THE FOURTH GLORIOUS MYSTERY
The Assumption

Let us so imitate the virtues of the Blessed Mother that we may share in some degree her privileges at the hands of God.

- Come then, my love, my lovely one, come. (Song 2:10)
- For see, winter is past, the rains are over and gone. (Song 2:11)
- Show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is beautiful. (Song 2:14)
- And the sanctuary of God in heaven opened. Then came flashes of lightning and peals of thunder. (Rev. 11:19)
- Now a great sign appeared in heaven; a woman, adorned with the sun. (Rev. 12:1)
- She was standing on the moon, with the twelve stars on her head for a crown. (Rev. 12:1)
- With jewels set in gold, and dressed in brocades, the king's daughter is led in to the kind. (Psalm 45:13, 14)
- May you be blessed, my daughter, by God Most High, beyond all women on earth. (Judith 13:23)
- The trust you have shown shall not pass from the memories of men, but shall ever remind them of the power of God. (Judith 13:25)
- You are the glory of Jerusalem! You are the great pride of Israel! You are the highest honor of our people! (Judith 15:10)
