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   May 31st - The Queenship of Mary   
      
   From the earliest centuries of the Catholic Church,Christians have addressed   
   suppliant prayers and hymns of praise to the Blessed Virgin Mary,  and the   
   hope they have placed in the Mother of the Saviour has never been   
   disappointed. They have looked upon Her as Queen of Angels, Queen of   
   Patriarchs, Queen of Prophets, Queen of Apostles, Queen of Martyrs, Queen of   
   Virgins. Because of Her eminence, She is indeed entitled to the highest   
   honors that can be bestowed upon any creature. Saint Gregory Nazianzen   
   called Her Mother of the King of the entire universe, and the Virgin Mother   
   who brought forth the King of the entire world.   
      
   His Holiness Pope Pius XII, in his Encyclical Letter of October 11, 1954,   
   "On the Royal Dignity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Institution of Her   
   Feast", ordaining its celebration throughout the world every year on May   
   31st, reminds us of what Pope Pius IX had said of Mary:   
      
   "Constituted by the Lord as Queen of Heaven and earth, and exalted above all   
   the choirs of Angels and the ranks of the Saints in heaven, standing at the   
   right hand of Her only-begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, She petitions   
   most powerfully with Her maternal prayers, and obtains what She seeks." And   
   when Christians reflected upon the intimate connection that exists between a   
   mother and a son, they readily acknowledged the supreme royal dignity of the   
   Mother of God. But the Blessed Virgin Mary should be called Queen, not only   
   because of her Divine Motherhood, but also because God has willed her to   
   have an exceptional role in the work of our eternal salvation. Now, in the   
   accomplishing of this work of redemption, the Blessed Virgin Mary was most   
   closely associated with Christ.   
      
   God, by making all through His power,  is Father and Lord of all, so the   
   blessed Mary, by repairing all through her merits, is Mother and Queen of   
   all; for God is the Lord of all things, because by His command He   
   establishes each of them in its own nature, and Mary is the Queen of all   
   things, because she restores each to its original dignity through the grace   
   which she merited.   
      
   Pius XII, in his Radiomessage to Fatima, Bendito seja (AAS 38. 266):   
      
   "He, the Son of God, reflects on His heavenly Mother the glory, the majesty   
   and the dominion of His kingship, for, having been associated to the King of   
   Martyrs in the unspeakable work of human Redemption as Mother and   
   cooperator, she remains forever associated to Him, with a practically   
   unlimited power, in the distribution of the graces which flow from the   
   Redemption.   
      
   Jesus is King throughout all eternity by nature and by right of conquest:   
   through Him, with Him, and subordinate to Him, Mary is Queen by grace, by   
   divine relationship, by right of conquest, and by singular choice [of the   
   Father]. And her kingdom is as vast as that of her Son and God, since   
   nothing is excluded from her dominion." He is king by nature, as God; she is   
   Queen by "divine relationship" that is, by being the Mother of God. In fact   
   her relation to her Son is greater than that of ordinary Mothers of Kings.   
      
   For she is the Mother of Him who is King by very nature, from all eternity,   
   and the relationship is exclusive, for He had no human father.   
      
   Still further, the ordinary queen-mother gives birth to a child who later   
   will become king. The son of Mary is eternally king, by His very nature. For   
   "just as Christ, because He redeemed us, is our Lord and king by a special   
   title, so the Blessed Virgin also is our queen, on account of the unique   
   manner in which she assisted in our redemption, by giving of her own   
   substance, by freely offering Him for us, by her singular desire and   
   petition for, and active interest in, our salvation."   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with   
   love.   
   -St. Therese of Lisieux   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   16 Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more   
   and more ungodly. 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them   
   are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have wandered away from the truth. They   
   say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the   
   faith of some. 19 Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed   
   with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone   
   who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."  (2 Tim   
   2:16-19)   
      
      
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   Hail Holy Queen !   
      
   Hail holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope, to   
   thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve, to thee do we send up our   
   sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then most gracious   
   advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto   
   us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.   
      
   O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!   
   Pray for us O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises   
   of Christ.   
      
      
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   Visit, We Beg You, O Lord (Visita, Quaesumus, Domine)   
      
   Visit, we beg you, O Lord, this dwelling, and drive from it all snares of   
   the enemy: let your Holy Angels dwell herein, to keep us in peace; and let   
   your blessing be always upon us. Through Christ our Lord. - Amen.   
      
    - Roman Breviary   
      
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