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Peter Paul Rubens, “Coronation of the Virgin,” ca. 1625 (photo: Public Domain)

By Joseph Pronechen, EWTN News, August 22, 2023

Joseph Pronechen is staff writer with the National Catholic Register since 2005 and before that a regular correspondent for the paper. …

 

The feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a royal occasion to sing the praises of our Queen Mother

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Aug. 22 is another monumental Marian feast on which we should sing the praises of our Queen and profusely thank her for all the help she gives and is constantly waiting to give us.

We celebrate Mary our Queen and her Queenship because Jesus her Son is King. We have known this for centuries and have celebrated this for centuries praying the Fifth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary — “The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth.” But have we thought about what this really means?

Venerable Fulton Sheen certainly enlightens us about Mary our Queen and Mother. Queen of Mercy. Queen of Angels and Men. Queen of Heaven and Earth. Queen of the Universe. …