FR REMI HOMILIES/REFLECTIONS AND SERMONS

SERMON/HOMILY ON THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY  Rev.11:19a; 12:1-6a.10ab; Ps.45; 1Cor.15:20-27; Luke 1:39-56 “ _Henceforth all generations will call be blessed_ ” (Lk.1:48b) LET US CELEBRATE HOLINESS! The Assumption of Mary is one of the dogmas of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Being a dogma, it appeals to our sense of reasoning but more importantly, it commands our faith. We agree and belief that Mary has assumed into heaven not just because is it reasonable but also because the God to whom nothing is impossible or difficult, has revealed and made it so. The Assumption of Mary, although not explicitly stated in the pages of the Scripture, sheds light on the truth of the scripture. If there is truth in the Scripture, then the Assumption is not unthinkable. In the second reading of today, St. Paul tells us that as all men died in Adam, so also have all men being resurrected in Christ Jesus. Jesus himself said, I am the resurrection and the life, anyone who bel...