{"id":1130,"date":"2020-08-15T00:14:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T00:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2025-09-29T13:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:53:01","slug":"today-is-the-feast-of-the-assumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1130","title":{"rendered":"Today is the Feast of the Assumption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e2026bde89ed0e200c-200wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12834\" title=\"Assumtion 3\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An important feast as it says something about our ultimate destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a short article and more paintings below &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aleteia.org\/2019\/08\/15\/the-history-and-the-heart-of-the-solemnity-of-the-assumption\/\">The fact that there was a celebration of Mary\u2019s entrance into Heaven tells us that early Christians believed that there was something special about the end of Mary\u2019s time on earth (called her Dormition (\u201cfalling asleep\u201d in Latin) and that they saw particular meaning in this mystery. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The doctrine of the Assumption affirms the fulfillment of this contemplative life in heaven. There the most redeemed human being, the woman in whom God touched us in the most intimate way, the mother of Jesus and all who believe in him\u2014there she stands in the presence of God, enjoying forever the beatific vision that is the hope of all Christians.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tiny taste of the representations of the Assumption &#8211; no one was there to video so these have to do &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e20263e95c9c80200b-300wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12832\" title=\"Assumption 4\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e20263e95c9c90200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12831\" title=\"ASSUMPTION 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e20263e95c9c90200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e20263e95c9c90200b-500wi-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e20263e95c9cea200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12829\" title=\"Assumption 5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e20263e95c9cea200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e20263e95c9cea200b-500wi-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e2026be408afb2200d-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"> <\/a><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e2026be408afb2200d-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><br><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An important feast as it says something about our ultimate destiny. Here&#8217;s a short article and more paintings below &#8211; The fact that there was a celebration of Mary\u2019s entrance into Heaven tells us that early Christians believed that there was something special about the end of Mary\u2019s time on earth (called her Dormition (\u201cfalling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12835,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions\/12835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}