The Assumption of
Mary
For
Catholic Christians, the belief in
the
Assumption of Mary flows immediately
from
the belief in her Immaculate Conception.
Catholic
Christians believe that if Mary
was
preserved from sin by the free gift of
God,
she would not be bound to
experience
the consequences of sin—
death --in
the same way we do. Mary's
assumption
shows the result of this
freedom from sin--the immediate union of her whole
being with
her Son Jesus Christ with God at the end of her
life.
Catholic Christians believe that the Blessed Virgin
Mary, at the
end of her earthly life, was assumed both body and
soul into
heavenly glory.
