The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
Saint Mary's was founded in 1868 to be the Episcopal parish church for the new residential neighborhood, then called Longacre Square, here in midtown Manhattan. Our doors have been open daily for welcome and worship since December 8, 1870. All are welcome. Our members and friends now live both near and far from Times Square. We invite you to join us.
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The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
The Assumption of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

Thursday

August 15, 2024

MORNING PRAYER 8:00 AM

SUNG MASS 12:10 PM

Homily by Father Sammy Wood

SOLEMN MASS 6:00 PM

Sermon by Father Sammy Wood

Missa Ave Maria—Palestrina (1525–1594)

Hodie Maria virgo caelos ascendit—L. Marenzio (1556–1599)

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Weekday Commemorations

Monday, August 12

Florence Nightingale, 1910

Tuesday, August 13

Jeremy Taylor, Bishop, 1667

Wednesday, August 14

Jonathan Myrick Daniels, 1965

Thursday, August 15

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Friday, August 16

Feria

Saturday, August 17

Parish Requiem

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FROM FATHER JACOBSON:

THE DREAM OF THE VIRGIN

On Thursday, August 15, we commemorate one of the principal Marian feasts of the Church year, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Assumption is typically referred to by an older title, the Dormition (falling asleep) of the Theotokos (God-bearer). The God-bearer’s falling asleep reminds me of a somewhat unusual fourteenth-century painting, the Sogno della Vergine (Dream of the Virgin) by Simone dei Crocifissi of Bologna, that I was struck by recently when visiting the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Ferrara.