I’m offering up the Rosary
for our daughter’s hands.
It’s the Glorious Mysteries today
and we all begin to pray
the Assumption of Our Lady
into Heaven.

As I ponder the Assumption
I find myself thinking
about the sheer impossibility
of bringing the physical body
of Our Lady
to a spiritual place – heaven.

Then I think about
how special Our Lady was to God –
so special
that He didn’t wish
her body to decay
here, on Earth.

The love of Almighty God
for Our Lady,
like a tsunami,
beyond all our comprehension.
Our All-Powerful God
for whom nothing is impossible.

In that instant
I’m convinced
that Our Lady was assumed
body and soul
into Heaven.

And, in that instant,
I’m also convinced
that right now
Our Lady is already at work
healing the hands
of our daughter.

As I gaze at the statue of Our Lady
on the altar,
I know in my heart
that our daughter’s hands
will be fine.

© Claire Murray