The Assumption

 The Assumption. 2014

Why was Mary Assumed into Heaven?

Because She said Yes!

It sounds easy enough.

But It is much easier to say No to God.

People say no to God everyday.

No, I am too tired.

No, I am too busy.

No, I do not feel like it.

No, it is not my job.

No, let someone else do it.

Yes is far more difficult.

Yes, I will conceive God's Son.

Sounds easy enough.

Now go tell Joseph and your parents that you are pregnant by someone else.

And it was not by a man!

Yes, I will give birth to God's Son.

Sounds easy enough.

Try it in a stable surrounded by farm animals.

Yes, I will nurture God's Son.

Sounds easy enough until you have to flee to a foreign country as an unwanted immigrant.

Yes, I will raise God's Son.

Sounds easy enough.

He should be no problem until He takes off without telling you and goes back to Jerusalem and makes you look for Him for three days.

Yes, I will watch over God's Son.

Sounds easy enough

Until you have to watch Him stripped naked and scourged and blood flowing down His Face into His eyes from the crown of thorns.

Yes, I will stand by God's Son

Sounds easy enough.

Until you have to stand at the foot of His cross and watch Him die in agony and take His last breath.

Yes, I will lay God's Son down to sleep.

Sounds easy enough.

Until you have to lay Him to sleep not in His manger but in a stranger's tomb.

Mary was assumed into heaven precisely because she always said "Yes"

Not just once;

But Every moment and every circumstance of her life.

Never counting the cost or asking why.

And so God said "Yes" to her

"Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." Mt. 25:34

If we too want to follow her into Heaven,

Then we too must say “yes” to God

When He asks something of us.