tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post4000621559020437938..comments2024-03-18T20:38:40.751+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Assumpta estFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-4860492809453367252016-08-20T18:49:07.048+01:002016-08-20T18:49:07.048+01:00On 14 August there is in Sorrento a devotion of &q...On 14 August there is in Sorrento a devotion of "la Madonna morta". A statue of Our Lady on her deathbed is carried in a funeral procession through the streets. When the procession returns to church, the image is replaced under the altar where it resides, Benediction is given, and then there's a rather good bunfight in the piazza.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365402242052425654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-85959598911127368292016-08-19T21:17:49.127+01:002016-08-19T21:17:49.127+01:00Nicolas, Our Lord certainly died a real death, and...Nicolas, Our Lord certainly died a real death, and there has never been a question of sin in His regard. Our Lady died a natural death in order to be conformed to her Son.Josh Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02764499976590872445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-13772958689653258852016-08-19T19:10:59.817+01:002016-08-19T19:10:59.817+01:00Regarding the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary...Regarding the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for myself the unvarying and unquestioned tradition that at the end of her earthly life she did "fall asleep" -- that is, she "died," her soul and her body separated -- carries great weight, and I see no grounds for questioning or rejecting what has been accepted for most of the Church's history. There is simply no otherConfiteborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17951083063448447552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-30210417172638826462016-08-19T18:57:14.468+01:002016-08-19T18:57:14.468+01:00Mike Hurcum, you've confused "the other M...Mike Hurcum, you've confused "the other Mary," mother of the Apostles St. James the Lesser and St. Jude Thaddaeus, with Salome, wife of Zebedee and mother of the Apostles St. James the Greater and St. John. The Gospels identify "the other Mary" as a "sister" of the Blessed Virgin. Of course "sister" in Hebrew culture could mean an actual sister or a Confiteborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17951083063448447552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-88271850613508913312016-08-19T11:41:27.454+01:002016-08-19T11:41:27.454+01:00I always thought that death only comes as a result...I always thought that death only comes as a result of original sin. As Our Lady was free of original sin she would not die. She may have gone to sleep (dormition) before she was assumed but that is all. Am I wrong?Nicolas Bellordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063019108964247676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-42854280967314584062016-08-18T18:53:54.854+01:002016-08-18T18:53:54.854+01:00I also would like you all to know when we are perf...I also would like you all to know when we are perfect in grace witgh God's help we by our love conquers God.<br />By the way I do have some misgivings about the Catherine Emmereich her biography by a popular german romance author chosen by the local bishop claims that at the cross Blessed Mary's older sister was there. Can't be possible. It was the Mother of James and John, who was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-73049759721991080042016-08-18T18:53:34.700+01:002016-08-18T18:53:34.700+01:00I would like to capture your interest with my own ...I would like to capture your interest with my own account of what the Assumption of Bl Mary could be within the confines of what happens in the Catholic Church and through looking at what happened to Bl Mary at the moment her body had to return to the Beatific Vision. First we must consider what form Divine <br />Contemplation takes and how it forms what Mysticism is to a proper practicing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-19563598368439543112016-08-18T18:08:28.317+01:002016-08-18T18:08:28.317+01:00It is perfectly reasonable to say that Mary died i...It is perfectly reasonable to say that Mary died in the sense that her heart stopped beating. Likewise, we do not have to believe that she stayed in a state of perpetual bodily youth, never having aches and pains, and never needing to use a walking stick, etc.<br /><br />What we can say is that Mary underwent none of the negative attributes of dying and death. Prominent among these would be dunmowflitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078414155588506510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-30344864947258111462016-08-18T13:37:03.254+01:002016-08-18T13:37:03.254+01:00Father,
You address two issues: The first is the...Father,<br /><br />You address two issues: The first is the breakdown in tradition/traditional knowledge of Our Lady's Dormition/Assumption. This traditional knowledge has been, regrettably, divorced from Marian devotion, and, amongst Catholics, this has been compounded by the plethora of visionaries giving accounts of the life of the Virgin. <br /><br />This breakdown in tradition/James Ignatius McAuleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170178446627560622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-85983747562229615422016-08-18T13:28:13.987+01:002016-08-18T13:28:13.987+01:00Father, I think you're right to related these ...Father, I think you're right to related these matters concerning the Assumption to issues raised by Vatican II as well as by even more recent developments in the Church. What it points to, IMO, is a very real need for clarity regarding what we mean by "tradition."<br /><br />If we read people like Paul and his contemporaries in the ancient/primitive Church--who knew a thing or two mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12847411975641738898noreply@blogger.com