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The Passing of Mary

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Section 17

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17. And kissing her, the Lord went back, and delivered

her

soul

to

the

angels

,

that

they

should

carry

it

into

paradise

.

And

He

said

to

the

apostles

:

Come

up

to

me

.

And

when

they

had

come

up

He

kissed

them

,

and

said

:

Peace

be

to

you

!

as

I

have

always

been

with

you

,

so

will

I

be

even

to

the

end

of

the

world

.

And

immediately

,

when

the

Lord

had

said

this

,

He

was

lifted

up

on

a

cloud

,

and

taken

back

into

heaven

,

and

the

angels

along

with

Him

,

carrying

the

blessed

Mary

into

the

paradise

of

God

.

And

the

apostles

being

taken

up

in

the

clouds

,

returned

each

into

the

place

allotted

for

his

preaching

,

telling

the

great

things

of

God

,

and

praising

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

,

who

liveth

and

reigneth

with

the

Father

and

the

Holy

Spirit

,

in

perfect

unity

,

and

in

one

substance

of

Godhead

,

for

ever

and

ever

.

Amen

.

Notes

23
Lit., the lot.