It would seem right that on this day of the Assumption of Mary to heaven the holy Church should rather invite us to mourn than to rejoice , since our sweet Mother has quitted this world and left us deprived of her sweet presence, as St. Bernard says: “It seems that we should rather weep than rejoice.”
But no; the holy Church invites us to rejoice: “Let us all rejoice in the Lord, celebrating a festival in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”
And justly; for, if we love our Mother, we ought to congratulate ourselves more upon her glory than on our own private consolation. What son does not rejoice, though on account of it he has to be sepaated from his mother, if he knows that she is going to take possession of a kingdom?
Mary, on this day, is crowned Queen of heaven; and shall we not keep it a festival and rejoice if we truly love her?
“Let us rejoice then; let us all rejoice.”
–St. Alphonsus de Liguori, “Discourse on the Assumption of Mary,” in The Glories of Mary.
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It would seem right that on this day of the Assumption of Mary to heaven the holy Church should rather invite us to mourn than to rejoice , since our sweet Mother has quitted this world and left us deprived of her sweet presence, as St. Bernard says: “It seems that we should rather weep than rejoice.”
But no; the holy Church invites us to rejoice: “Let us all rejoice in the Lord, celebrating a festival in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”
And justly; for, if we love our Mother, we ought to congratulate ourselves more upon her glory than on our own private consolation. What son does not rejoice, though on account of it he has to be sepaated from his mother, if he knows that she is going to take possession of a kingdom?
Mary, on this day, is crowned Queen of heaven; and shall we not keep it a festival and rejoice if we truly love her?
“Let us rejoice then; let us all rejoice.”
–St. Alphonsus de Liguori, “Discourse on the Assumption of Mary,” in The Glories of Mary.