TODAY IS the Feast of the Assumption. In this fifteenth century painting, once the center of an altarpiece, Matteo Giovanni depicted the Assumption of Mary. Angels ascend to heaven with the Virgin’s throne. Her girdle drops and is caught by St. Thomas, known as Doubting Thomas, the apostle who questioned that Christ stood before him after the Resurrection. Christ awaits her at the top of the panel with prophets and ancestors.

O, Glorious Queen, hear us.

Help us to desire celestial things. 

Mystical Rose, Morning Star, Gate of Heaven and Refuge of Sinners, may we meet you someday in Paradise!

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