Istvan Szonyi, Assumption of Mary, 1945
From Sirach Chapter 24:
Thus in the chosen city he has given me rest, in Jerusalem is my domain.
I have struck root among the glorious people, in the portion of the LORD, his heritage.
"Like a cedar on Lebanon I am raised aloft, like a cypress on Mount Hermon,
Like a palm tree in En-gedi, like a rosebush in Jericho, Like a fair olive tree in the field, like a plane tree growing beside the water.
Like cinnamon, or fragrant balm, or precious myrrh, I give forth perfume; Like galbanum and onycha and sweet spices, like the odor of incense in the holy place.
I spread out my branches like a terebinth, my branches so bright and so graceful.
I bud forth delights like the vine, my blossoms become fruit fair and rich.
Come to me, all you that yearn for me, and be filled with my fruits;
You will remember me as sweeter than honey, better to have than the honeycomb.
He who eats of me will hunger still, he who drinks of me will thirst for more;
He who obeys me will not be put to shame, he who serves me will never fail."
Happy Feast of the Assumption
