Mary, Mother of God and Queen of the Universe

Throughout the history of the Church, Christians have offered prayers and hymns of praise to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Due to her exceptional position, she deserves the utmost respect that can be given to any being, as she is the magnificent Queen of the universe. They have always acknowledged the royal excellence of the Mother of God, whose Son "will reign in the house of Jacob forever" (Lk 1:32). Pope Paul VI declared that the celebration of the Assumption is extended to the observance of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which takes place seven days later. This day is an opportunity to reflect on Mary, who sits beside the King of Ages as Queen and intercedes as a Mother. Many Saints have called Mary the "Mother of the King" and "Mother of the Lord." St Gregory Nazianzen called her "the Mother of the King of the entire universe" and "the Virgin Mother who brought forth the King of the entire world." From the testimonies of the Chruch Fathers, theologians concluded that the Blessed Virgin is the Queen of all creation and Sovereign Mistress of all men. 

Accordingly, St Alphonsus of Liguori summed up the tradition: "Since the great Virgin Mary was raised to the dignity of Mother of the King of Kings, the Church justly honors her and wishes that she be honored with the glorious title of Queen." Pope Pius IX said of Mary: "Turning her maternal heart toward us and dealing with the affair of our salvation, she is concerned with the whole human race. Constituted by the Lord Queen of heaven and earth, and exalted above all the choirs of the 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 she obtains what she seeks." In 1954, proposing the traditional doctrine on the Queenship of Mary, Pope Pius XII said in his encyclical Ad Coeli Reginam: "We commend that on the festival there be renewed the consecration of the human to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Upon this, there is founded a great hope that there may arise an era of happiness that will rejoice in the triumph of religion and in Christian peace." 

Mary, Mother of God and Queen of the Universe, grant us the most lively contrition for our many sins and the grace to imitate closely those virtues you practiced so faithfully, especially purity, humility, and obedience. Enable us to love Jesus and submit to His Holy Will wholeheartedly. Amen.

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,

Most High Servant,

Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love 

(Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)