MARY, OUR MOTHER

Monday, August 22, 2005

QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Hail, O Queen of heav'n enthroned, alleluia!

Hail by angels mistress owned, alleluia!

Root of Jesse, Gate of Morn, alleluia!

When the world's true Light was born, alleluia!

Glorious Virgin, joy to thee, alleluia!

Loveliest whom in heaven they see, alleluia!

Fairest thou, where all are fair, alleluia!

Plead with Christ our sins to spare, alleluia!

(Edward Caswall, 1814-1878. Public domain)

Here we are at the Fifth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary. Our Blessed Mother is crowned Queen by God the Father, as His beloved daughter; God the Son, as His dearest Mother; God the Holy Spirit, as His most chosen Spouse; the most perfect adorer of the Most Blessed Trinity, pleading our cause, interceding for us sinners. She is our Advocate, who takes us, her children in her arms, as she held Jesus, her Divine Son, and presents us to Him for our salvation! What a Mother we have! She loves each one of us as if we were a little Jesus. And the more we receive Him in the Blessed Sacrament, the more we become images of Him, our Savior, our Redeemer, our Lord and God!

How wonderful must it have been when Our Lady, her time being completed here on earth, was re-united with her Son in Heaven and surrounded by all the Angels and the Saints, was embraced by Him and then crowned Queen of all the universe.

I hope and pray that we all will one day see this great Glorious Mystery and be embraced by Jesus and Mary too!

Deacon John G.

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Quotes from 'The Glories of Mary':

‘I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head.’

(Gen. 3:15)

“Since the devil is the head of original sin, this head it was that Mary crushed: for sin never had any entry into the soul of this Blessed Virgin, which was consequently free from all stain.”

Saint Augustine

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PSALM 71 SPEAKS TO MY HEART

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame!
In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me, and save me!

Be to me a rock of refuge,
to which I may continually come;
you have given the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;
you are he who took me from my mother's womb.
My praise is continually of you.

I have been as a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
My mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all the day.
Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength is spent.

For my enemies speak concerning me;
those who watch for my life consult together
and say, “God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is none to deliver him.”

O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
who seek my hurt.

But I will hope continually
and will praise you yet more and more.
My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for their number is past my knowledge.

With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;
I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
Your righteousness, O God,
reaches the high heavens.
You who have done great things,
O God, who is like you?

You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.
You will increase my greatness
and comfort me again.

I will also praise you with the harp
for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have redeemed.

And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been put to shame and disappointed
who sought to do me hurt.

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