Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
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The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal for
The Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Violet Vestments.
The Epistle is "Ego quasi vitis" ["As the vine, I have brought forth a pleasant odour, and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches"] (taken from The Book of Wisdom) from the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (16 July).
Christ, after having lain for only three days in the tomb, rose again and ascended into Heaven.
Likewise, the death of The Virgin resembled, rather, a short sleep. Hence, it was called "Dormitio" (Dormition), and before corruption could defile Her body.
God restored Her to life and Glorified Her in Heaven.
These three privileges are celebrated by the Feast of the Assumption, which follows logically from the privilege of the Immaculate Conception and the privilege of the Mystery of the Incarnation.
For sin never having defiled the Soul of Mary, it was right that Her body, in which the Word had become Incarnate, should not be tainted by the corruption of the tomb.
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