May, Month of the Blessed Virgin

Third Sunday after Easter
St. Stanislaus - Bishop, Martyr
J.M.J.


MAY, THE MONTH OF THE QUEENSHIP OF MARY

"As we crown thee with our hands, may we, through thee, be found worthy to
be crowned by Jesus, thy Son, with honor and glory in heaven." Pope Pius
XII

The Church has for centuries believed in the queenship of Mary, as is
evidenced by various prayers and expressions, especially in the recitation
of the Rosary and in the Litany of Loreto. In the Rosary we praise her for
the glory she received when God crowned her Queen of Heaven. In the Litany
we call upon her as Queen of angels, of patriarchs, and prophets, of
apostles, martyrs, confessors, virgins, and all saints; as Queen conceived
without sin, Queen taken into heaven, and Queen of peace. The Church
believes firmly that Mary has a kingdom and royal powers; the faithful have
great confidence in her queenly intercession.

For more than a thousand years the Church has been greeting Mary in the
Divine Office and in private devotion with the words: "Hail Holy Queen, our
life, our sweetness, and our hope."


HOLY QUEEN, WE COME BEFORE THEE
by George Herbert

Holy Queen, we come before thee,
Queen of purity divine,
Make us love thee, we implore thee,
Make us truly to be thine.
Thou by faith the gates unfolding
Of the kingdom in the skies
Hast to us by faith beholding
Shown the land of Paradise.

Teach thy children, Holy Mother,
How to conquer every sin
How to love and help each other
How eternal life to win
Thou to whom a Child was given
Greater than the sons of men
Coming down from highest heaven
To create the world again.

Oh, by that Almighty Maker
Whom thyself a virgin bore,
Oh, by that supreme Creator
Whom you praise forevermore,
By the hope thy name inspires,
By our doom reversed through thee.
Help us, Queen of angel choirs
To a blest eternity.



From "The Angelus" - May 1986
(http://www.sspx.ca/Angelus/1986_May/May_Queenship_Mary.htm).


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Our Lady of the Rosary Library
"Pray and work for souls."
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