Holy Assumption

The Feast of the Assumption

The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 15 August; also called in old liturgical books Pausatio, Nativitas (for heaven), Mors, Depositio, Dormitio S. Mariae.

This feast has a double object:
(1) the happy departure of Mary from this life;
(2) the assumption of her body into heaven. It is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin.