Year 133 - July-August 2021
Mary, the first witness
Fr. Livio Tonello, director

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary’s body and soul in heavenly glory after completing the course of her earthly life, is not narrated in the New Testament: it has been celebrated since VIII century and it was dogmatically defined in 1950. The readings for the solemnity of the Assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary (on 15 th August ) provide biblical support to place Mary’s life in the history of…