PRAYER

SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY

Celebrated every year on August 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary commemorates the death of Mary and her bodily assumption into Heaven, before her body could begin to decay; a foretaste of our own bodily resurrection at the end of time. Because it signifies the Blessed Virgin’s passing into eternal life, it is the most important of all Marian feasts and a Holy Day of Obligation.

Prayer

Almighty God, 

You gave a humble Virgin the privilege of being Mother of your Son,

And crowned her with the glory of heaven.

May the prayers of the Virgin Mary bring us to the salvation of Christ

And raise us up to eternal life.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you

And the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

St Norbert, pray for us.