(For a better view of this work's beauty,
click on the image.)
Assumption of the Virgin
by Egid Quirin Asam 1725, marble and stucco
Pilgrimage-church, Rohr, Bavaria
Wednesday of this week (August 15) is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven.
The scriptures we'll be hearing both on Tuesday night at the 7:00 p.m. Vigil Mass and on Wednesday morning at the 9:00 a.m. Ascension day Mass are these. Mass will also be celebrated on Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. in the chapel and the readings for that liturgy can be found here. To understand the first reading (at all three Masses), you might want to skip back to my post of August 2 for some background on the ark of the covenant. Reading the scriptures ahead of time is a great time to prepare for Mass.
(August 15 is also the wedding anniversary of my sister and brother-in-law. Every year my sister and I have a little contest to see if I will remember her wedding anniversary and if she will remember my ordination anniversary. Looks like I'm going to remember - as she did on May 19!)
Your suggestion of "a great time to prepare for Mass" made me think about the struggle to get a high schooler and college student to even attend Mass on Sundays, let alone on a Holy Day. Prepare for Mass? That is most unlikely - maybe impossible. Could you possibly write a post about the importance/value of attending Mass. Possible answers to the kids when they say they can pray on their own.
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