We celebrate the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary because her Divine Son is King.
Pope Pius XII declared a dogma that the Immaculate Mother of God was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.
He then established today’s feast of Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary and set the feast day to fall on the octave day (8th day) after the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. This day is August 22 every year.
The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Patron Saint of any good activity; she is also cited as the patroness of all humanity.
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Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary History
With the certainty of faith, we know that Jesus Christ is king in the full, literal, and absolute sense of the word; for He is true God and man.
This does not, however, prevent Mary from sharing His royal prerogatives, though in a limited and analogous manner; for she was the Mother of Christ, and Christ is God; and she shared in the work of the divine Redeemer, in His struggles against enemies and in the triumph He won over them all.
From this union with Christ the King she assuredly obtains so eminent a status that she stands high above all created things, and upon this same union with Christ is based on that royal privilege enabling her to distribute the treasures of the kingdom of the divine Redeemer.
And lastly, this same union with Christ is the fountain of the inexhaustible efficacy of her motherly intercession in the presence of the Son and of the Father.
Without doubt, then, does our Holy Virgin possess a dignity that far transcends all other creatures. In the eyes of her Son, she takes precedence over everyone else.
In order to help us understand the preeminence that the Mother of God enjoys over all creation, it would help to remember that from the first moment of her conception, the holy Virgin was filled with such a plenitude of grace as to surpass the graces enhancing all the saints.
Recall what our predecessor Pius IX, of blessed memory, wrote in his Bull Ineflabilis Deus: “More than all the angels and all the saints has God ineffable freely endowed Mary with the fullness of the heavenly gifts that abound in the divine treasury; and she, preserving herself ever immaculately clean from the slightest taint of sin, attained a fullness of innocence and holiness so great as to be unthinkable apart from God Himself, a fullness that no one other than God will ever possess.”
Spurred on by piety and faith, may we glory in being subject to the rule of the Virgin Mother of God; she bears the royal sceptre in her hand, while her heart is ever aflame with mother love.
Pope Pius XII established this feast in 1954. But Mary’s queenship has roots in Scripture. At the Annunciation, Gabriel announced that Mary’s Son would receive the throne of David and rule forever.
At the Visitation, Elizabeth calls Mary “Mother of my Lord.” As in all the mysteries of Mary’s life, she is closely associated with Jesus: Her queenship is a share in Jesus’ kingship. We can also recall that in the Old Testament, the mother of the king has great influence in court.
In the fourth century, St. Ephrem called Mary “Lady” and “Queen.” Later Church fathers and doctors continued to use the title.
Hymns of the 11th to 13th centuries address Mary as queen: “Hail, Holy Queen,” “Hail, Queen of Heaven,” and “Queen of Heaven.”
The Dominican rosary and the Franciscan crown as well as numerous invocations in Mary’s litany celebrate her queenship.
Today’s Catholic Quote:
From this union with Christ the King she assuredly obtains so eminent a status that she stands high above all created things; and upon this same union with Christ is based that royal privilege enabling her to distribute the treasures of the kingdom of the divine Redeemer.
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