August is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15th is one of the most important feastdays of the Catholic Church, one of only six of the holy days of obligation.  In the 7th century in Rome the Assumption or Dormition of the Holy Mother of God was already being celebrated on August 15th, extolling the solemnity of the blessed night whereon the Virgin Mary made her entry into heaven.  On the testimony of St. Peter Damian, the whole people of Rome spent the glorious night in prayer, singing, and visiting the different churches consecrated to her name.  Let us who became Mary's children, hear the Word of God, keep it in our hearts and may it become so much a part of us that we are doers of the Word of God in the life set before us by the Blessed Virgin Mary and her saints.  "This assembly of men whom reigned the light of God, understood that they must carry out to the end the desires of her who even in death was still the humblest of creatures." (The Liturgical Year, vol 13 by Venerable Abbot Gueranger OSB

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