The Theotokos
O God, you have taken to yourself the blessed Virgin Mary,
mother of your incarnate Son: Grant that we, who have been
redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of your
eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives
and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and for ever. Amen.
A Blessed Feast Day of St. Mary the Virgin!!
posted by fatherneo at 5:30 PM
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When I was growing up, this feast day was called "The Assumption", and commemorated the bodily raising of Mary to heaven, surrounded by angels. Since leaving the Roman Catholic church of my youth and reading the bible, I know of no scriptural account of this "miracle". Am I out of date, you Catholic brothers and sisters out there? Has there been a feast day name change? Is August 15 still a Holy Day of Obligation?
It's called the 'Assumption' in the RC Church and the 'Dormition' in the Orthodox Tradition. There is a story from Tradition that, upon Mary's death, the apostles were summoned by the angels to be by her side. She died and was buried. Both in Eastern and Western Traditions, she was 'carried away' to heaven after death--hence becoming 'chief among saints. Rome is a little more detailed about the account, but the Tradition stands in both traditions nonetheless. Anglicans, predictably, as the collect of the day implies, honor the tradition but not all parishes have festal celebrations. Many Anglicans are so protty that it is not even on the radar screen. Fr. Walker did it up last night of course.
PS
Looking at the icon from the Orthodox, Jesus is holding the soul of Mary much the same way she held him. Quite tender actually.
Neo,
An interesting choice of words to describe Mary - the Theotokos. This reveals your interest in the Eastern church.
Do the Church of Rome and the Anglican church use the term "Theotokos" too?
Most Protestants blow past Mary as if she never even existed. An unfortunate overreaction to the Roman Catholic Marion dogmas.
Theotokos, Mater Dei, Mother of God--this was affirmed at Ephesus and Chalcedon. If you don't believe she is the Mother of God, you are a Nestorian or Apollynarian heretic!
Is anyone else experiencing weird issues with blogger and reverting to the home page? when I press "home" it goes back to old post.
Hail Mary full of grace.
I was reading Luke. Jesus having dinner and the other Mary comes in. Talk about giving up of the old self and worshiping Jesus, with tears and oil. Pray that I can reach that dept of devotion.
Ask the question in a different way Monco. What are you driving at?
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