By Fr. George Rutler, Church Militant - Pope Benedict XVI wrote: "The Church ... carries the burdens of history. She suffers, and she is assumed into Heaven. Slowly she learns that Mary is her mirror, that she is a person in Mary. Mary, on the other hand, is not an isolated individual ... She is carrying the mystery of the Church."… The Church ... carries the burdens of history. She suffers, and she is assumed into Heaven. Slowly she learns that Mary is her mirror, that she is a person in Mary.