15 August 2007

August 15: Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

From Morning Prayer

Hymn
O Mary, Of All Women

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Reading:
Isaiah 61:10

Antiphon:
This daughter of Jerusalem is lovely and beautiful as she ascends to heaven like the rising sun at daybreak.

~ Canticle of Zechariah

This daughter of Jerusalem is lovely and beautiful as she ascends to heaven like the rising sun at daybreak.
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Prayer
All Powerful and everliving God,
you raised the sinless Virgin Mary,
mother of Your Son,
body and soul to the glory of heaven.
May we see heaven as our final goal
and come to share her glory.

We ask this ....
Amen.

Cited from
Christian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours,
Daughters of St. Paul: St. Paul Editions, 1976
I didn't publish the entire Morning Prayer, I didn't want to jump completely into infringing on the Sisters' copyright.
Have a Blessed and Joyous Feast of the Assumption. Alas I will not be able to attend Holy Mass today, so if anyone passing through does attend mass today, please include us in your prayers today, Thank you.

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