"I shall sing a hymn to the mother, the Queen, whom
I joyously
approach in praise, gladly
celebrating her wonders in song. . .
Our tongue cannot worthily
praise thee, O Lady; for thou who
hast borne Christ the king art exalted above the
seraphim. . .
Hail, O Queen of the world;
hail, O Mary, Queen of us all."
- Axathistos (Byzantine
hymn)
Feast of Queenship of Mary ~
August 22*
*Octave of feast of Assumption
(August 15)
Feast established - Pope Pius XII - October 11, 1954
Encyclical Letter "Ad
Caeli Reginam."
He points out that
Mary deserves the title because she is Mother of God,
because she is
closely associated as the New Eve with Jesus’ redemptive work,
because of her
preeminent perfection and because of her intercessory power.
“When she became Mother of the Creator,
she truly became Queen of every
creature.”~ St. John Damascene
Carlo
Crivelli
"Every
time the Son of God comes again to us in the “poverty” of the sacramental signs
of bread and wine, the seeds of that new history wherein the mighty are “put
down from their thrones” and “those of low degree are exalted” (cf. Lk
1:52), take root in the world. Mary sings of the
“new heavens” and the “new earth” which find in the Eucharist their anticipation
and in some sense their programme and plan. The
Magnificat expresses Mary's spirituality, and there is nothing greater than
this spirituality for helping us to experience the mystery of the
Eucharist. The Eucharist has been given to us so
that our life, like that of Mary, may become completely a
Magnificat! ~
Ecclesia de Eucharistia (58)
“Mary,
then, is a Queen; but for our common consolation, be it known that she is a
Queen so sweet, clement, and so ready to help us that Holy Church
Mary, our Mother, Queen of Heaven,
pray for
us!
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