The passage was (is) from the book of Revelation, better known as the Apocalypse, the last book of the New Testament. Have a look, keeping mind that it’s all about the Assumption.

God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple.

Sets the scene.

A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

Yes. Nothing matter-of-fact about it.

She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.

Mary, of course. No ordinary mother in labor. But wait.

Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadems [crowns].

Satan et al.

Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth.

Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth.

Horrors.

She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod.

Her child was caught up to God and his throne.

The woman herself fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God.

The author John:

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have salvation and power come, and the Kingdom of our God and the authority of his Anointed One.”

OK. A short, eerie Biblical shot at doing justice to a glorious event.

We make of the short passage what we can, buying into the mystery factor, letting it sink in, exposing the supernaturality of it all, reminding us how Mary is far more than a friend in a high place with our interests in mind (we knew that, of course), but a divinely chosen heroine who faced up to Satan while taking on the near-incredible role for which God chose her.

In a sense, the account does away with the sentimentality factor, especially with the description of the horrible creatures whom she had to defy while filling the role to which God called her.

God bless all. Our Mary Mother of God is an absolute marvel of God’s care for us.