Sydney looks to Mary on the feast of her Assumption

Sydney looks to Mary on the feast of her Assumption

From candlelit streets in Fairfield to a rain-soaked Croatian celebration and the unveiling of a Marian statue in the heart of Liverpool, Sydney Catholics proudly took their devotion to Our Lady out to the public square for the Feast of the Assumption.

IV Day in the Octave of the Assumption

Above: Death of the Virgin, oil on panel, c. 1480-90, Master of the Drapery Studies, National Museum in Kraków ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. ℟. Amen. Reading 4 Sermo sancti Joannis Damasceni Orat. 2 de Dorm. Deiparæ Let us rejoice in the ark of the Lord God with all our heart, and the walls of Hiericon will fall… Source