"Bonus: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Vigil Homily" — Assumption Vigil Mass, 8/14/25
Description
Fr. Chuck focuses our hearts and minds primarily on the Responsorial Psalm, Ps 132. He invites us to meditate on the refrain, which speaks of the Lord's "ark of holiness," the sacred wooden chest containing the 10 Commandments, above which God's divine presence would dwell. Speaking more generally of the symbolic, poetic, imagery of God dwelling in the Ark, Fr. Chuck explains that some Christians take it as a prophetic symbol of the Blessed Virgin Mary as she bore Christ within her womb. Further, he invites us to seek Mary's intercession that by God's grace we, too, can grow into our identity as "arks of God's holiness" giving ourselves over to Jesus Christ actively dwelling in us.
Catholic Mass readings for the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 14, 2025
First Reading: 1 Chronicles 15: 3-4, 15-16; 16: 1-2
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 132: 6-7, 9-10, 13-14
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15: 54b-57
Gospel: Luke 11: 27-28
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