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 merely temporary is destined for glory; the flesh that seems so frail may become an instrument of eternal praise. Mary’s Assumption therefore stands like a signpost on the road to our own resurrection: God’s final purpose is not the abandonment of creation, but its transfiguration.