August 15
The Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all original sin, over the course of his life, was assumed into heavenly glory body and soul, and exalted by the Lord as Queen of the universe, because it was more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death '. (Vatican Council II, 'Lumen Gentium', 59). The Assumption is the first fruits of the heavenly Church and a sign of sure hope and consolation to the pilgrim church. The 'Dormition Virginis' and the assumption, in the East and West, are among the oldest Marian feast days. This ancient liturgical evidence was explained and solemnly proclaimed the dogmatic definition of Pius XII in 1950. (Aug. Roma)
Martyrology: Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our Lord Jesus Christ, who completed the course of her earthly life was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory. This truth of faith received from the tradition of the Church was solemnly defined by Pope Pius XII.
Mary appears for the last time in the writings of the New Testament in the first chapter of Acts: She is among the apostles, in prayer in the Cenacle, awaiting the descent of the Holy Spirit. The brevity of the inspired texts, is matched by the abundance of news about Madonna in the apocryphal writings, especially the Proto-gospel of James S. and Narration John the Theologian on the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God The term "Dormition" is the oldest of which relates to the conclusion of the earthly life of Mary. This celebration was decreed for the East in the seventh century by decree of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice. In the same century the feast of the Dormition is introduced in Rome by a pope East, Sergio I. But he spent another century before the term "Dormition" cede place to the more explicit "recruitment".
The dogmatic definition, given by Pius XII in 1950, saying that Mary did not have to wait, like the other creatures, the end of time to qualify for redemption of the body also, wanted to emphasize the uniqueness of his personal holiness, as sin has never dimmed, even for a moment, the purity of his soul. The union ultimately, spiritual and physical, of man with Christ in glory, is the final and eternal redemption. So the blessed who already enjoy the beatific vision, are in a sense waiting for the fulfillment of our redemption, that Mary had already taken place with the singular grace of protection from sin.
In light of this doctrine, which has its foundation in Sacred Scripture, the so-called "Protoevangelium", containing the first proclamation of the messianic salvation given by God to our first parents after the fault, Mary is presented as the new Eve, closely linked to the new Adam, Jesus Christ and Mary are indeed associated with pain and love to repair the fault of our ancestors. Thus Mary is not only the mother of the Redeemer, but also its cooperation with him closely united in struggle and in the decisive victory. This close Union demands that Mary triumphs, like Jesus, not only sin but also death, the two enemies of mankind. And as for the redemption of Christ to its conclusion with the resurrection of the body, including Maria's victory over sin, the Immaculate Conception, was to be completed with the victory over death through the glorification of the body, with the assumption, since the fullness of Christian salvation is the participation of the body to heavenly glory.
Santa Maria Assunta in Capena
is the main festival of the country and is celebrated on the night of August 13 to 15. It focuses on the two famous paintings of the Assumption of the Savior and mounted on two heavy machines. This tradition
is very old and according to some historians derives from the ancient triumphs celebrated in honor of the Roman Emperors, then transported them in the Christian religion became the Triumph of the SS. Salvatore and Assunta. Under the pope
Adeodato (672-676), it was decided that Feast of the Assumption were to take place in Rome on the night between 14 and 15 August and since then the tradition has spread throughout the Lazio region, where continued, except rare interruptions, for all these years.
The procession, however, to Capena, is based on the popular belief that Madonna has lost her son and looking desperately for three days, until they found him running up to him.
the night of 13, sent to an hour, in a very suggestive atmosphere, eight men carry the poster with the image of S. Savior, the church of Our Lady of Grace, to the door of the former Monastery of the Monks of St. Paul and deposit it there all night and all the next day.
The day of 14, the site is visited by the faithful, both Capenati that of other neighboring countries who come to venerate the Holy Savior. On the night of Aug. 14, two processions start from opposite ends of the country, bringing a canopy with the beautiful image of Our Lady of Grace, the other with the canopy of the SS. Savior.
When the procession reaches the Savior in view of the Mother, the bearers, dressed in special white you know, with blue coats, for those who carry the Madonna and red for those who bear the Savior, soaring travel as if they had wings on their feet, with the heavy car, and so do those of the Madonna and right in the center of the village, s 'meet, forcing the carriers of the two machines to meet with each other, and exchange a kiss as a sign of brotherhood.
All around the scenery is made up of people who moved along with the two saints went to the ancient church of Our Lady of Grace. there the following day, a procession with the two "machines" is back in Piazza del Popolo, where the priest gives the blessing to sacred images and all the people.
associated with this festival is also the custom to appoint, for a whole year to a household in the country a small bronze statue of Our Lady of the Assumption. The family will keep and venerate the house, until the next Aug. 14, when the will return to the hands of parish priest, along with a gift for the Church.
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