Assumption of Mary

Amen.

The fourth glorious mystery, the Assumption of Mary.

We contemplate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, our model of trust and purity.

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Lead all souls to heaven, especially those who most need thy mercy.

The fourth glorious mystery, the Assumption of Mary.

Mary's whole person is glorified because of her union with Christ.

Are we living for eternity, like Mary, or merely for today? Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

He was a careful organiser, and he had clearly planned the practical side.

He set a departure date for the following year, the Feast of the Assumption in the middle of August of 1096, sensibly after the harvest, so that armies would have food to carry.

He appointed a leader to represent him on the expedition, a respected and capable nobleman bishop named Adamar of Lepuy, who would serve as the Pope's own deputy and try to hold the whole unruly venture together.

Urban also tried to set limits on who should go.

though of course even if unfallen she was not pre-fall, her destiny was far higher than that of any man would have been had the fall not occurred.

So he really has her on a pedestal, like so much of the art of the Assumption.

And that the Assumption relates to original and restored states of grace, and Mary's role in the redemption of fallen humanity.

So in Galadriel, as being the, you know, she who brings assistance to the Fellowship of the Ring, for example, and gives them special gifts which will help them on their quest.

And so we are able to... um speak to our lady pray to her ask for her help in in our quest through life i mean that that motif is very clear and we see this really very dramatically when sam wields the the file of light um as he is attacked by that ghastly spider shelob um and he you know he calls out and and she Her help kind of, you know, wins that particular day where they are able to continue on their journey.

Dieses Mal beim Ketzer-Podcast.

[Intro-Musik endet] Hallo, liebe Hörerinnen und Hörer, hier ist Matthias und ich will mich mit einer Predigt von Bischof Oster befassen, die er am Hochfest Mariä Himmelfahrt in Altötting am 15.

August 2026 gehalten hat.

Und, äh, wie das immer so ist, je mehr ich mich damit befasst habe, ich hatte eigentlich nur so einen Aufhänger, desto, äh, verquaster wurde das.

Ich hab gelesen, er sieht sich wohl auch als Social-Media-Bischof.

Und gut, man muss zugeben, mit, äh, etwas über zwanzigtausend Followern auf YouTube hat er natürlich mehr als wir, aber da muss ich sagen, ist doch gut, dass der Staat sein Gehalt bezahlt, denn [lacht] mit YouTube könnte der seinen Lebensunterhalt wahrscheinlich nicht finanzieren.

Ähm, gut, ein weiterer Hintergrund ist das Fest Mariä Himmelfahrt.

Äh, da geht es um das Dogma der leibhaftigen Aufnahme Mariens in den Himmel.

On May 13th, 1917, the very day the three shepherd children first saw Our Lady of Fatima, this man was being consecrated a bishop back in Rome.

In 1946, when he was the one who had written to every bishop around the world asking what they thought about defining the Assumption.

In 1942, in the middle of the war, he went on the radio and consecrated the whole human race to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

He did it for Fatima's 25th anniversary.

But what about that dagger in the pocket of Bruno, the tram driver? Those four words that he etched on the blade.

Death to the Pope.

Because the man on Bruno's list, the man who blessed the statue at St. Peter's Square, the man who wrote the definition of the Assumption, and the man who stood in that garden and watched the sun in the miracle in the sky, they were all the same man.

His name was Eugenio Pacelli.

Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of thy mercy.

The fourth glorious mystery is the Assumption.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church, quoting Lumen Gentium, teaches that the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory.

In other words, Mary is the first participant in the fullness of Christ's resurrection.