Readings
I - Is. 9: 2-7
II - Lk. 1: 26-38
QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Today the Church celebrates the feast of the Queenship of Mother Mary. Pope Pius XII instituted this feast in 1954. The celebration has its roots in the Scripture. At the annunciation, the angel Gabriel, as we have heard it read in the Gospel reading, says, “The Lord will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end”. In the first reading Prophet Isiah titles him as ‘Prince of Peace’ and prophesy that his kingdom would have no end. Mary’s Queenship is a share in the kingship of her son Jesus. Pope Pius XII in his encyclical “To the Queen of Heaven” Justify her title as ‘Queen’ emphasizing that she was the Mother of God and the Mother of King and that she was closely associated with the redemptive work of her son.
In the litany of the Rosary invoke the intercession of mother Mary, calling her as ‘Queen’. She is queen of heaven and of the earth because she had been faithful to her ‘fiat’ meaning ‘let it be done’ until her assumption into Heaven. Mary served the Lord in humility and obedience even in the most trying situations, all with faith and in faithfulness. Let us implore Mother Mary’s intercession, assistance, support and guidance in our fidelity and commitment to the Lord as His beloved children. Let our mind and heart resonate with the prayer: “Mother Mary, Queen of heaven and of the earth, Pray for us.
