M.C. Holbrook is a homeschooling mother of ten and author of the series, The Safe Haven: Scriptural Reflections for the Heart and Home. Originally from New York City, Holbrook received a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Cornell University, and a Master’s degree in School Counseling from New York University. Holbrook enjoys meals with her family, prayer with her friends, and a hot cup of coffee each morning with the Word of God.
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By M.C. Holbrook, Catholic Exchange, August 22, 2025
Author’s Note: Excerpt from: The Safe Haven: Scriptural Reflections for the Heart and Home (Ordinary Time Weeks 15-21). To purchase, visit Amazon or The Catholic Company, where all other volumes currently in print are also available.
There is not a whole lot that has been written in the Scriptures about our dear Blessed Mother, but there is a lot that has been written about her in the time since. Last week, we celebrated a feast that honors her Assumption—a dogma that took some interpreting and extrapolating by the Church in order to determine it to be infallibly true.
Today, we honor Mary as “Queen of Heaven”—again, a dogma that is not explicitly stated in Scripture, but one that is nonetheless logically concluded. So how is Mary’s queenship in heaven a logical conclusion? Pretty simple, really. All mothers of Israel’s kings held the royal title, “Queen Mother,” and as Mary’s son is King of Kings, this makes Mary, queen. Still, the fact that Mary is called, “Queen of Heaven” doesn’t just give the rest of us a new and lovely title by which to refer to her. ….
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