This year, the letter was written by an international group of TA members who were completing a training course in Santa María de Los Negrales on 18 July.
We have selected a few paragraphs from the letter.
God’s promises, definitively fulfilled in Mary
Assumption Letter 2026
The Assumption Letters of the Teresian Association are a call to lift our gaze and renew our faith and hope by contemplating Mary.
What do we contemplate as we look today at this image of a woman being raised to heaven?
We contemplate ‘the whole in the fragment’5; we contemplate in her that which all of created humanity—great and small, young and old, healthy and sick, of any race, language, people or nation —and the whole of creation are called to be: beauty, praise, integrity, grace, the glory of God and full participation in God’s life. These are God’s promises, already definitively fulfilled in this woman, Mary.
This feast reveals to us Mary’s role in the history of salvation and also the progressive growth of her faith. Her faith took shape day by day throughout her life as she accepted God’s plan with compliance and responsibility and followed her Son who is the way, the truth and the life8, right to the end.
Mary’s human life is a testimony of courage and perseverance. She experienced both immense joy and profound sorrow, from the Annunciation and the birth of Jesus right through to his death. At all times she remained faithful, and her example encourages us to trust in God, knowing that his plans are greater than we can understand. Her willingness to follow God’s plan, even in the midst of uncertainty, invites us to remain steadfast in the faith.
Walking with Mary means that we pay attention to the shadows in our world so that we may welcome others, stand by them and forge truer and more fraternal relationships. It helps us to contribute, through our lives and mission, through our studies, our professions and our daily lives, to the common good of humanity –magnifica humanitas– and to a culture of peace and solidarity.
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Illustration accompanying the text: Asunción de la Virgen.Drawing on paper in charcoal and black pencil, by an anonymous artist from the mid-18th century. From the collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid. Not currently on public display. © Museo Nacional del Prado.