Prayer poem for Feast of the Assumption

The Apostles Witness the Assumption of St Mary

The Assumption/ Dormition of Our Lady Saint Mary, Mother of Jesus

Gentle Lady Mary, sister of us all

We celebrate that day

When your earthly life ended in our human death

Not in total sorrow, not in unending grief

For the resurrection of your son

Touched this longest sleep we shall all ever have

That of your darkened dreaming

And so in resting peace

You too awoke to see your son

Who drew you closer to him

In the embrace of glory.

Holy Mary, Mother of Christ,

Where you have gone with him

So too must we all

But not in fear, only in the aloneness of hope

For your Dormition

Is also the sleep of all the Just

May we like you awake

To see the shining light

That is our first sight in the Kingdom

Of the dear face of your son Jesus.