by ICL Editor | August 17, 2024 12:02 am
“Even though your most holy and blessed soul was separated from your most happy and immaculate body, according to the usual course of nature, and even though it was carried to a proper burial place, nevertheless it did not remain under the dominion of death, nor was it destroyed by corruption.
“Indeed, just as her virginity remained intact when she gave birth, so her body, even after death, was preserved from decay and transferred to a better and more divine dwelling place. There it is no longer subject to death but abides for all ages.”
– Saint John Damascene, Homily 2 on the Dormition
The Optional Memorial of Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church (died ca. 750) is December 4.
Image (inset) credit: “Assumption of Mary” | Titian[1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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