The Feast of the Queenship of Mary

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On August 22 the faithful, under the guidance of an unerring Catholic instinct, commemorates the Queenship of Mary. After she was assumed into Heaven, Jesus took His Mother to a throne next to His own. The Blessed Virgin Mary now shares in the glory of her resurrected Son, because she had a part in His work of saving souls. Mary was the Mother of Christ, she carried Him in her womb, gave Him birth, raised Him through childhood and into adulthood and stayed with Him when He was on the Cross.

Mary shared in the work of the divine Redeemer. 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. 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. She obtains all graces for us through her prayers. As our mother and as Jesus's Mother, she will always intercede for us to her Son, and lead us closer to Him. So we should pray to her in all our needs, and everyday. Mary is Queen to all of us.