Detail: Titian, Assumption of the Virgin (1516–18)
Glorious Mystery 4 of 5.
Scripture
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Revelation 12:1; cf. 1 Corinthians 15
Meditation
At the end of her earthly life, Mary is taken up body and soul into heavenly glory. The Church holds this as a sign and a promise: what God has done for her, he intends, in his way, for each of his children. Her end is the shape of our hope.
Fruit of the mystery
Grace of a happy death