#assumption of the virgin

[stayatsam]

Assumption of the Virgin - Volterrano Baldassare Franceschini Italian 1611 - 1690

[lionofchaeronea]

The Assumption of the Virgin, Bernardo Daddi, ca. 1337-39

[my-sacred-art]

Bunny (Linnea Eleanor) Yeager (1929-2014, USA). Self Portrait.

The Assumption of the Virgin, circa 1611-1612. Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640). Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Guercino 'Giovanni Francesco Barbieri' (Italian, 1591-1666) Assumption of the Virgin, Detail, 1650 Detroit Institute of Arts

[artschoolglasses]

Assumption of the Virgin, Nicolas Poussin, 1630-32

[portraitsofsaints]

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Feast Day: August 15

The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory [Pius X

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[manessha545]

Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral, Santiago, Chile: Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile and the main temple of the Catholic Church in that country. As a Cathedral Church, it is the permanent seat of the Archbishop of Santiago and is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Wikipedia

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[yea-baiyi]

people on twitter are discoursing about whether xie lian’s chastity-based cultivation is a form of abuse (?????) which is so backward to me like huh???? yes jun wu’s thing about xie lian being a virgin is fucking creepy and weird and part of his overall obsession and desire to control him. but did they just completely miss the part where xie lian chose this method of cultivation bc the abstinence wasn’t an issue for him? he got hit by sex pollen and never once thought of sex? he didn’t even cultivate for 700 years and just never had sex because he never wanted to and as soon as he found a guy he wanted to fuck he just went for it? literally didn’t even pause to consider the cultivation thing at any point. if this were any other character it might have been used against him but the whole point is xie lian once again perfectly dodging jun wu’s manipulation attacks by just being a weird little guy with autism

[my-sacred-art]

Anya Taylor Joy (English-American, born 1996)

Assumption of the Virgin, circa 1551-1600. Francesco Bassano (Italian, 1549-1592. Museo del Prado, Madrid.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Mariano Salvador Maella (Spanish, 1739-1819) Himmelfahrt Mariens, n.d.

[koredzas]

Starnina - The Assumption of the Virgin. 1404 - 1408

[myremnantarmy]

A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun,

with the moon under her feet,

and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

[kazoosandfannypacks]

Medical Professionals Stop Assuming Your Patients Are Sexually Active Challenge

[jh-newman-opn]

did the blessed Virgin Mary see the apostles martyred

A question that occurred to me during my daily rosary, and which I am now going to attempt to answer.

According to Hippolytus of Thebes, our blessed mother was assumed around the year 41AD. The 18thC mystic Catherine Emmerich says she was aged around 64 at the time of the Dormition (source: a vision), which would put the date between 45-49AD. Based on these two extremely accurate and definitely not questionable dates, I will now show how many of her children Our Lady had to watch die (while on earth). Edited upon being reminded from "she did not see this" to "she saw this from heaven", because. well. she did.

Jesus: 33AD. Obviously.

Judas: 33AD. She did not see this bc she was a bit busy with our boy JC but she was around and in the area.

James (the Greater) son of Zebedee: killed by Herod Agrippa in 44AD. Our Lady apparently bilocated to see him on his mission (ur mum could never) so maybe she did that for his death as well.

Andrew: Crucified on an X-shaped cross in Achaia (Greece) in the year 60-61AD. She saw this from heaven.

James (the Lesser) son of Alphaeus: stoned to death in the AD60s. She saw this from heaven.

Philip: Crucified upside down in Hierapolis in 62AD. She saw this from heaven.

Matthew: martyred in Ethiopia in 65AD. She saw this from heaven.

Matthias (replaced Judas): martyred in 65AD, either hacked to death or crucified. She saw this from heaven.

Peter: crucified upside down during the Neronian persecutions of 67-68AD. She saw this from heaven.

Paul: beheaded in Rome on the same day (BFF goals). She saw this from heaven.

Bartholomew/Nathaniel: skinned alive in Armenia in 72AD. She saw this from heaven.

(Doubting) Thomas: was in Persia and India (VERY funny story about this in the gnostic Gospel of Thomas) but was teleported back to Jerusalem three days after Our Lady's Dormition, and was there to see that her body had been assumed. He was later stabbed to death in India in 74AD. She saw this from heaven.

John: Probably died of natural causes at the end of the 1st century. He's winning. St Robert Bellarmine thinks his body was assumed into heaven so they even reunited on the same day (side note: John's conviction that he is Jesus's specialest little apostle is consistent with the favourite child syndrome he clearly also has from Our Lady, and this cannot have helped. Who is the greatest disciple? Doesn't matter, mummy loves John most). She saw this from heaven and then immediately they had a touching reunion :))))))

Simon the Zealot/Jude and Jude/Thaddeus: unknown but probably martyred together. We assume she saw this from heaven, because the alternative would make me sad.