Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.(Opinion & Editorial)

From: Manila Bulletin | Date: August 14, 2002 | Copyright information

THE feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a special day for Filipino Catholics who live in parishes or attend schools named in memory of this feast. Today's celebration expresses the Catholic teaching that when the mother of Jesus died, she was taken up bodily into God's heavenly court.

The Scriptures contain no evidence for the church's belief, although there is a tradition in Judaism for holy personages, like the prophet Elijah, to be taken bodily to heaven. In...

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