In Sollemnitate Assumptionis!

"A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun..."
~ Revelation 12:1

Assumption of Mary by Jan Frans Beschey

​"She mounts up to Heaven, flowing with delights, leaning upon Her Beloved (Cant. 8:5). Amid the acclamations of the daughters of Sion, who will henceforth never cease to call Her Blessed, She ascends surrounded by choirs of heavenly spirits joyfully praising the Son of God. Never more will shadows veil, as they did on earth, the glory of the most beautiful daughter of Eve. Beyond the immovable Thrones, beyond the dazzling Cherubim, beyond the flaming Seraphim, onward She passes, delighting the heavenly city with Her sweet perfumes. She stays not till She reaches the very confines of the Divinity; close to the throne of honor where Her Son, the King of ages, reigns in justice and in power, there She is proclaimed Queen, there She will reign for evermore in mercy and goodness."

~ Abbot Proper Gueranger

 Himmelfahrt Mariae by Guido Reni

"Today let the inhabitants of Heaven and earth be united,
let the joy of Angels and men be one, let every tongue exult and sing Hail to the Mother of God."
​ ~ St. Andrew of Crete