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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I – Doctrine: At the end of her earthly life Mary was assumed into heaven 1) Body 2) Soul. Sin and Death. II. Consequence of Sin: Death 1 ) Our soul is separated from our body (we are not complete)

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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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  1. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary I – Doctrine: At the end of her earthly life Mary was assumed into heaven 1) Body 2) Soul

  2. Sin and Death II. Consequence of Sin: Death 1) Our soul is separated from our body (we are not complete) 2) The body decays (usually….there are exceptions!) 3) End of the world our humanity is restored (body and soul) 4) Live in a glorified state *a) immortality (gratuitous) – free from death and decay b) impassibility – freedom from all physical evil (sickness, injury, suffering – Rev. 21:4 c) freedom from concupiscence (inclined to sin), ignorance, sin d) Supernatural gift of Sanctifying Grace

  3. * Absolute immortality is God’s alone. His spirit is eternal by essence. He always has existed and always will exist. He cannot not exist. Natural immortality belongs to all spiritual persons, angels and human souls. Their immortality is not absolute because God could annihilate them. Gratuitous immortality is a special grace, given by God to our first parents Adam and Eve, freedom from bodily death, and from separation of soul from body.

  4. Tradition / Church Fathers III. Tradition and Church Fathers (Hand Out) • Part of the Church’s belief from the beginning. 2) Liturgies of the East (Dormition) since 5thcentury (Aug. 15) 3) Western Liturgies (Assumption)

  5. Magisterium IV. Church / Magisterium – CCC 966 (read) • Consistently taught by the Magisterium 2) Formally defined a dogma in 1950 – Pope Pius XII 3) Feast is celebrated on August 15 4) Holy Day of Obligation

  6. “Sin is the great barrier between God and man. Sin, caused the beginning of hell and made devils of the fallen angels. Sin drove Adam and Eve out of their paradise and took away their marvelous gifts of grace and of freedom from sickness and death. But only in the sufferings and death of the God-man do we see what God really thinks of sin. Before sin there existed no sickness, no death, no hatred, no discord, no ugliness. Every suffering and disorder in the world is a reflection of sin. Every Mass, continuing the atoning Sacrifice of Calvary, is God's mercy to sinners throughout the world. Every sacrament is God's means of restoring all things in Christ.” — Daily Missal of the Mystical Body How should our understanding of what sin is and does, shape our understanding and approach to grace, and the sacraments? What type of disposition should it bring about in us if we really do grasp what sin is and does?

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