Fourth Glorious Mystery – The Assumption of Mary into Heaven

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The Fourth Glorious Mystery – The Assumption of Mary into Heaven plaque is a touching depiction of Mary falling asleep, being awakened by the Risen Jesus, and taken by him and his angels body and soul to Heaven. The Assumption of Mary into Heaven plaque is an especially fitting gift – as part of the complete set of plaques of the Mysteries of the Rosary – for a retreat house, hospital, hospice, monastery, convent, parish, or school.

The Assumption of Mary into Heaven Plaque – A Tender Labor of Love, Faith, and Hope

The Assumption of Mary into Heaven plaque is 8.25 inches high, 6.75 inches wide, and 1 inch thick. A community of cloistered religious sisters in a French monastery create, fashion from dolomite stone and resin, and finish by hand this plaque in their atelier. Each member of the community prayerfully completes an assigned necessary for finishing every plaque. How, where, and by whom The Assumption of Mary into Heaven plaque is made gives testament to how profoundly ”culturally authentic” – and what a tender labor of love, faith and hope this plaque is!

The Dogma of the Assumption of Mary Body and Soul into Heaven

The Assumption (or Dormition or “Falling Asleep”) of Mary into Heaven was dogmatically defined in 1950 by Pope Pius XII:  By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that 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. (Munificentissimus Deus). As a scriptural foundation for this doctrine, Pope Pius XII cites First Corinthians 15 where Saint Paul alludes to Genesis 3:15 (in addition to the primary reference of Psalms 8:6): And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; her offspring will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”  The prophecy is then that the seed of the woman will crush Satan with his feet. Since Jesus ascended to Heaven to fulfill this prophecy, it follows that the woman would enjoy a similar end, since she shared his enmity with Satan. The pope also mentioned Psalm 132 which commemorates the return of the Ark of God to Jerusalem and laments its subsequent loss. The second half of the psalm promises compensation for this loss in the New Covenant:  “Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified”. Since the Church sees Mary as this New Covenant ark, the Church understands that she was assumed into Heaven in the same manner as was the Risen Jesus – that is, body and soul. Finally, Pope Pius XII understands Mary to be the “woman clothed with the sun” of Revelation 12:1–2: A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 

The Mysteries of the Rosary

JOYFUL MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY

1. The Annunciation of the Lord to Mary
2. The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth
3. The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ
4. The Presentation of Our Lord
5. Finding Jesus in the Temple at age 12

SORROWFUL MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY

1. The Agony of Jesus in the Garden
2. The Scourging at the Pillar
3. Jesus is Crowned with Thorns
4. Jesus Carries the Cross
5. The Crucifixion of our Lord

GLORIOUS MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY

1. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
2. The Ascension of Jesus to Heaven
3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit
4. The Assumption of Mary into Heaven
5. Mary is Crowned as Queen of Heaven and Earth

LUMINOUS MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY

1. The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan
2. The Wedding at Cana
3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom
4. The Transfiguration
5. The Institution of the Eucharist

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Weight	2 lbs
Dimensions	9 × 8 × 2 in