The Roman Catholic Lectionary offers texts to
celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Mary into heaven. The confrontation between the woman and great
red dragon in the passage from the Book of Revelation invokes many images. The
Church has been described as being Marian before it was Petrine or Pauline.
This observation is supported by the Incarnation as the Divine being present in
human form in our community as a consequence of the “yes” of Mary. The Church
born in Mary and reborn in believers today lives the resurrection promise that
Paul presents to the Corinthians. The battle continues today between Church and
rulers, authorities and powers, both within and outside the person. The victory
of Christ over these agents of death is the message of the Book of Revelation.
In the text from the Gospel of Luke, Mary declares her praise of God for the
life which she lives in harmony with His will to show mercy, scatter the proud
and lift up the lowly. The Roman Catholic Church celebrates the lifting up of
the Most Faithful Mother of the Church to heaven in the liturgy today.
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