May 31
Saints of the Day

The Queenship of Mary, 1954
Mary is three times Queen, of Heaven, of earth, and of our hearts

    Mary is three times Queen, as proclaimed in Psalm 45:
    1- The Queen of earth, because in all kingships the mother of the King is the Queen-Mother, and Mary is the Mother of Jesus, the King of kings.
    2- The Queen of our hearts, because she is the spouse of the Spirit, and in in all kingdoms the spouse of the king in the queen.
    3- The Queen of Heaven because she is the preferred daughter of God the Father, as proclaimed in Luke 1:28.

    So, She is the Queen of Heaven, of earth and of our hearts.

    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 31^st, 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.”

    Pope Pius XII adds another ordinance: “We ask that on the feast day be renewed the consecration of the human race to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Upon this is founded a great hope that there may arise an era of happiness which will rejoice in the triumph of religion and Christian peace. Therefore let all approach, with greater confidence than ever before, to the throne of mercy and grace of our Queen and Mother, to beg help in difficulty, light in darkness and solace in trouble and sorrow.” In asking this, the Holy Father was responding to the request of the Virgin Herself at Fatima in 1917, that the world and each soul individually be consecrated to Her Immaculate Heart. She promised that it will be then that “a time of peace will be given to the world.” Do not Mary’s rights as Queen require respect? And will we deny to Her maternal Heart the love it merits, for twenty centuries of uninterrupted intercession on behalf of Her children?

    http://www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/05-31.htm
    The Five Dogmas on Mary... and 3 more coming

The Visitation of Mary
    http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintOfDay/default.asp?id=1400

Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces
    Mary: Co-redeemer, Mediator, Advocate
    http://www.ewtn.com/faith/Teachings/MARYA4.HTM
    http://lullianarts.net/mdtrx.htm
    http://www.tldm.org/news5/mediatrix1.htm
    http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/medtrix.htm
 

Saints of May 31:

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