ESPRESSO SHOT: The Original Divine Plan of our Bodies

The Assumption of Mary is a quiet but astonishing reminder that God does not mean to save us from our bodies, but to save and glorify them. In Mary, we are shown the human creature already entering, body and soul, into the life for which we were made: not absorption into God, but intimate participation in the divine life of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The body we are tempted to regard as…