Assumpta Est Maria! On this Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we share with you an icon painting timelapse from our very own Brother Blair Nuyda, A.A.

"No, nothing held Mary to this earth, and everything called her to heaven. Holy desires, purified by the virtues that calmed their fire to meet her needs, gave the most excellent of creatures, the Mother of God, her final perfection." - Venerable Emmanuel d'Alzon, founder, Augustinians of the Assumption