All generations will call her blessed.

"A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, the moon beneath her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head." Rev. 12:1

The Feast of the Assumption, commemorated on August 15, is the oldest Marian feast in the history of the Church, and honors the fact that the Blessed Virgin was assumed body and soul into heaven after her dormition (sleep/death).  God would not suffer the incarnate body of she who bore Christ to be subjected to the physical deterioration that our physical bodies, tainted with sin, will undergo.  Mary's unique passing into eternity is a beautiful reminder of the fact that at the end of time, our souls will be reunited with our bodies and again reminds us that our Lady desires always to point us toward heaven, our final goal.  

"Mary is indeed the first fruit of the new humanity, the creature in whom the mystery of Christ - his Incarnation, death, Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven - has already fully taken effect, redeeming her from death and conveying her, body and soul, to the Kingdom of immortal life. For this reason, as the Second Vatican Council recalls, the Virgin Mary is a sign of certain hope and comfort to us (cf. Lumen Gentium, n. 68). Today’s feast impels us to lift our gaze to Heaven; not to a heaven consisting of abstract ideas or even an imaginary heaven created by art, but the Heaven of true reality which is God himself. God is Heaven. He is our destination, the destination and the eternal dwelling place from which we come and for which we are striving" (Benedict XVI, Homily from 15 August, 2008).

Prayer:  Almighty, ever-living God, You raised to eternal glory the body and soul of the immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of Your Son. Grant that our minds may always be directed heavenward and that we may deserve to share in her glory. Amen.