“Let us ask the Mother of God to teach us also to say to God, every day of our lives: Let it be to me according to Your word

“The Mother of God shows us this preparation. She said yes to God at the Annunciation. She remained with Christ throughout her life. She stood beside Him at the Cross. She prayed together with the Apostles. And at the end, she passed over to Him

“She who received God into her body is now received by God into His Kingdom

“She is not holy merely because she lived a virtuous life. She holds a unique place in the history of salvation because the mystery of the Incarnation took place within her body.

“the unique place of the Mother of God in the history of salvation, since it was from her body that the Son of God took His human flesh

“The Mother of God falls asleep, but death cannot hold her.