Thomas catches the belt (Detail), by Matteo di Giovanni, c. 1474.

“SING,SING, ye angel bands,
All beautiful and bright;
For higher still and higher,
Through fields of starry light,
Mary, your Queen, ascends,
Like the sweet moon at night.

“A fairer flower than she
On earth hath never been;
And, save the throne of God,
Your heavens have never seen
A wonder half so bright
As your ascending Queen.

“O happy angels! look
How beautiful she is!
See! Jesus bears her up,
Her hand is locked in His;
Oh who can tell the height
Of that fair mother’s bliss! (Source)

Prayers, sermons and instructions for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in honor of the day Mary was taken up into heaven after death, can be found here.

Forgive, O Lord, we beseech Thee, the sins of Thy people: that we, who are not able to do any thing of ourselves that can be pleasing to Thee, may be assisted in the way of salvation by the prayers of the Mother of Thy Son. Through the same Christ Our Lord, Amen. 

(Collect, Mass of the Feast of the Assumption)

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