Mary, Immaculate Queen of the Universe
The Assumption of Mary into heaven is the fruit of the holy Resurrection of Christ, the Word of God and Head of the Church. She is the primary fruit of his splendor, and his glory, still hidden in Christ, but already sung in the Church.
The Assumption is a proclamation of the Gospel of grace, which through faith in Christ leads to eternal life. In her, we contemplate and admire the superabundant goodness of the Triune God, who calls, creates and sanctifies the Church by "the grace of Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father and the comunion of the Holy Spirit".
Mary is alive in the eternal life of Heaven, in the blessedness promised to those who followed the Lord even unto his Passion! She who was his servant more than anyone else, is today glorified by the Trinity, and invited to share, in her dependence on the one King, her Son, in his dominion over the universe.
Read a catechesis by John Paul II on Mary, Queen of the universe
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The angel entered and said to her: Called to be the Mother of the Beloved Son, O Immaculate one, |
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Mary
You will conceive and bear a son, In her virginity, Mary conceives, by the action of the Holy Spirit, Him who is begotten before time in the Father's heart, the Saviour. O Virgin Mother of God, |
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Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it. Marie follows her Son like a true disciple, she meditates and keeps his Word in her heart; completely associated to Christ the Redeemer, she stands at the foot of the Cross and becomes the Mother of every person redeemed by his Blood. O Mary, faithful Virgin, handmaid of the Lord,
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Mary
To the one who conquers, I will give the Morning Star. Now living in the glory of her Son, as first-born of the Church invited to the wedding feast of eternal life, Mary cooperates maternally with him and in the Spirit, in the return of every person and of all things to God, until the day when he will be all in everyone.
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