“She who received God into her body is now received by God into His Kingdom
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“At Bethlehem, she receives God into our world. At the Dormition, God receives her into His world. At Bethlehem, the Mother carries the Son. At the Dormition, the Son carries His Mother.
“the Church’s embrace of the Virgin Mary’s passage into the eternal Kingdom of God also represents an acknowledgement of humanity’s own destiny
“Our faith is that, like the Mother of God, by being filled with Christ and receiving God within us, we pass from death to life.
“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.
“through her words, “Let it be to me,” she entrusted herself to the will of God and became a model of faith and devotion.
“Although the Mother of God passes through death and is then taken up to heaven in body as well as in soul, she remains forever present in the world through her prayers
