(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!)
