In his latest Florida Catholic column, Bishop Barbarito writes about the feast of hope that is the Assumption of Mary:
Mary’s Assumption during the Jubilee Year of Hope
We are at the midway of the month of August, and we can see the daylight hours are getting visibly shorter. The summer is quickly moving to its informal closing on Labor Day, and it does not seem quite possible that the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope is halfway spent. School has already started, and the pace of life will change in southern Florida. Time slowly but surely moves forward, and this is a sign of hope for us to celebrate this Jubilee Year.
It is fitting that we now celebrate the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary as it reminds us of our journey through life. As time moves forward, so do the days of our lives. That movement is a natural one and will eventually result in us moving from time into eternity. However, Mary’s Assumption puts that movement into a hopeful perspective. She, too, had to depart from this world, but her departure reminds us that we are put in this world precisely for that departure. Unfortunately, the consequences of original sin have brought an uncomfortableness and even pain to that departure. However, it was not meant to be that way. The Assumption of Mary helps to restore a necessary perspective of hope.
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