St. Joe's Consecration Day 20 - The Assumption

Mathew 27:52-53

Many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep arose; and coming forth out of the tombs after His Resurrection, they came into the holy city and appeared to many. 

 

"(Of) the Virgin, coming up to heaven in the court of her Son, we can truly say that never was so great a quantity brought to Heaven. Nor did anyone present so much to her Son as this holy Lady."

St. Frances de Sales 

Homily, August 15, 1602 

The ache and longing we all feel for union and communion is the ache and longing for heaven . . . Because of our pull toward sin (concupiscence), we aim that desire for fulfillment toward other people and things, but nothing will fully satisfy us like heaven. 

Our Lady understood and lived that ache and longing for heaven like no one else on earth. She had been united with the Holy Trinity in a beautiful and fulfilling way. . . As she experienced the Passion, death, and Resurrection of her son, her mother's heart was left on earth to experience a deep ache and longing for union and communion with Him . . . One can imagine her ache and longing for union and communion also connected with her desire to be reunited with St. Joseph.  

Could St. Joseph have been given the gift of assumption as well? Even Pope John XXIII in his homily on the Feast of the Ascension (May 26, 1960) made the statement that the Assumption of St. Joseph "is worthy of pious belief."

. . . The fulfillment of the ache for communion was our Lady's Assumption, as Jesus and St. Joseph welcomed her home, body and soul. 

From Consecration to Jesus through Saint Joseph:

An Integrated Look at the Holy Family

(pp. 70 - 72)

Bottaro and Settle

St. Joseph, Prince of the Church

How do you attempt to satisfy the ache and longing of your heart with anything other than God or the hope for heaven?

• Chasing esteem, success in my career, building a sense of communion and solidarity with friends
• Seeking out a romantic partner
• Seeking approval or affirmation from my parents

If you have lost a loved one, can you give them over to the care of the Holy Family and have confident hope in your communion with them again in heaven?

Yes. I can give my grandparents over to the care of the Holy Family.