Today the Church
celebrates the Queenship of Mary
This memorial
was set up with an encyclical written by Pope Pius XII in 1954
The
encyclical has lots of awesome references, mostly from early Saints in the
Church, and so I would just like to mention some of them In case anyone is
under the impression that Mary’s queenship was just discovered in 1954
St. Andrew
of Crete frequently attributes the dignity of a Queen to the Virgin Mary. For
example, he writes, "Today Christ transports from her earthly dwelling, as
Queen of the human race, And in another place he speaks of "the Queen
of the entire human race.”
St. Germanus
speaks to the humble Virgin in these words: "Be enthroned, Lady, for it is
fitting that you should sit in an exalted place since you are a Queen
and glorious above all kings."
She is
called by St. John Damascene "Queen, ruler, and lady," and
also "the Queen of every creature."
In the
eighth century Gregory II called the Mother of God: "The Queen of
all Christians."
Pope Sixtus
IV described Mary as the Queen Who is always vigilant to intercede with
the king whom she bore.
Pope Benedict
XIV wrote an encyclical called Mary the Queen of heaven and earth
St.
Alphonsus Ligouri, wrote "Because the virgin Mary was raised to such a
lofty dignity as to be the mother of the King of kings, it is deservedly and by
every right that the Church has honored her with the title of 'Queen'.
Furthermore,
the Church sings hymns such as "Hail, Holy Queen"
We can rest
assured that since her Assumption, Mary was crowned the queen of Heaven and
Earth, and desire nothing more than to intercede for us.
Mary, Queen
of Heaven and Earth, pray for us!
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