“But if her Son, God Himself, died, was buried and rose again, she too chose to die, like all of us, and to be laid in the tomb. Yet the tomb could not contain her.
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“that the Mother of God could have chosen not to die and could have been taken bodily into heaven by her Son
“The Mother of God falls asleep, but death cannot hold her.
“She suffered greatly and experienced the martyrdom of her husband and sons as a heavy cross, but with hope in God’s help.
“She suffered greatly and experienced the martyrdom of her husband and sons as a heavy cross, but with hope in God’s help
“Just as the Mother of God held her Son on her left arm, close to her heart, when He was a child and presented Him to the world, so now her Son in heaven holds her soul in His hands and presents it to the angels
“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.
“the God who humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross
“At the centre of today’s feast stands a tomb, yet the Church does not call us to sorrow, but to joy. The Apostles are gathered around the body of the Mother of God, yet the feast’s hymns speak of life. A separation takes place, yet the Church proclaims a reunion.