Feast of the Assumption

Honoring Mary's Assumption into Heaven is something that  dates back a long way in the 
history of Christianity. It is this day that we specially remember when Our lady was taken up to heaven with body and soul.

 It is traditional to bless fruits and herbs on this day. In Medevial times, devotion to Mary was so strong in 
England that the country was known as 'Mary's dowry'.

St JOhn Damascane, writing in 749, stated : ' St Juvenal the bishop of Jerusalem made known to emperor to possess the body of Mother of God, that Mary died in the presence of the apostles, but the tomb, when opened at the request of St Thomas, was found empty: the apostles concluded that her body was taken upto heaven'' (feast & seasons ).

The feast of Assumption craft is adopted from real life at home blog. The floral arrangement with sticks and clouds was done by my little kidoos with my assistances. Today is an important day fr us , the independence day of India.

Our Lady Of Mt Carmel Feast Day

It was a beautiful marian feast of  Our L ady Of Mount Carmel yesterday the July 16th. We could began the day with H.Mass. We read about significance of mount carmel. Hermites founded the carmelite order on Mount Carmel and they were dedicated to Mother Mary, themselves titled as Our Lady Of Mt Carmel. Later Our lady Mt Carmel appeared  to St Simon Stock, the leader of the order and gave him  scapular.




Found some beautiful pictures drawn by members of St John the baptist church through catholic icing. Thanks Lacy.

                               
                                      Munnu's coloring sheet

                                   Annu's picture

                             
                                Children drew some pictures of brown scapular.

 They made it well. Munnu thought of started wearing scapular which I had only one left with me. Chocolate cookies were made in the afternoon.


  Since wearing scapular by munnu, an amazing miracle happened to him too. He was riding in his bike in  town centre in the evening, ended up in falling from his bike, hit on a wooden plank. Thank God, nothing much happened, bulged his forehead quite a bit. I believe it was a motherly protection, which is of course by wearing the scapular.

                              "Whosoever dies clothed in this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire"Our lady's scapular promise.


                        Our Lady Of Mount Carmel pray for us.

A Prayer to the Blessed Virgin

O most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me, and show thou art my Mother.

O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech thee from the bottom of my heart, to succor me in this necessity. There are none that can withstand thy power. Oh, show me herein thou art my Mother.

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.

(3 times)

Sweet Mother, I place this cause in thy hands. (3 times)