Friday 19th week of Ordinary Time

 The Assumption 

Wherever Christ goes Mary Goes

At the moment her life on earth ended,

Mary was Assumed body and soul into Heaven. 

Because Just as Jesus ascended Body and Soul into Heaven,

So all those who believe in Him,

Will rise to Eternal Life,

Body and Soul!

Mary is the first, to be Assumed Body and Soul into Heaven. 

We will come later,

If like her we follow Jesus. 

At the Annunciation when Jesus was conceived in the womb of Mary,

The two became so close, so united,

That nothing could ever separate them. 

Wherever Jesus went, she went. 

From Bethlehem, to Egypt to Nazareth 

they were always together. 

Together at their Home in Nazareth when Jesus went to bed,

Together with Jesus when He woke up in the morning. 

Together for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 

They were together for everything for 30 years. 

She was always with Jesus. 

She went with Him to Cana at the wedding feast. 

She went with Him as He preached,

She went with Him as He carried His cross,

She went with Him as He died on it. 

She went with Him as she laid Him in the tomb. 

Jesus and Mary were always together

In joy and in sorrow. 

Therefore since Christ went to Heaven, in the Ascension. 

It only follows

That Mary would go with Him, in the Assumption;

 body and soul into Heaven with Him. 

If we imitate Mary,

And follow Jesus wherever He goes 

From the Crib, to the Cross,

Then we too one day will be Assumed into Heaven,

Body and Soul as He promised all those who follow Him.