Special Page for August 22---October 11: QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY August 22 is the Feast of The Immaculate Heart of Mary, Traditional Calendar and the Queenship of Mary, the New Calendar. October 11 is the Feast of the Divine Maternity, both Calendars and the Queenship of Mary, Traditional Calendar. On the 11th OF October 1954, Pope Pius XII established the Feast of the Queenship of Mary to be celebrated throughout the world, and commanded that on that day each year, the world should renew its consecration to her. In the future the Feast came to be celebrated on 22nd of August. "The purpose of the Feast is that all may recognize more clearly and venerate more devoutly the merciful and motherly sovereignty of her who bore God in her womb" (Ven. Pius XII, Ad. Coeli Reginam). On the day of her Assumption, Mary our Mother was solemnly crowned by Christ and received by the whole court of Heaven as Queen. What Christ has done in Heaven and the Church has done on our behalf we should now do individually, that is, we should recognize Mary's Queenship, enthrone her in our homes, consecrate ourselves to her and, by this means, establish in our lives the reign of Mary Immaculate Queen of the Universe. How to Enthrone Mary Immaculate Queen in Your Home and Consecrate Your Family to Her A statue or picture may be blessed; If convenient, ask a priest to perform the ceremony, otherwise the head of the family can do it. Prepare her altar with flowers and candles, giving her an honored place in your home where all will see her and often pray to her. Recite together kneeling: Act of Contrition; 3 Hail Marys; 3 Glorias; 3 times the invocation: Mary Immaculate Queen: Triumph and Reign. followed by the Act of Consecration O Mary Immaculate Queen, glorious Queen of the Universe, most powerful Virgin, merciful Mother of a merciful God and refuge of sinners, we consecrate ourselves to thy Royal and Immaculate Heart. It is through thee that Jesus Christ our King has come into the world to save it. It is also through thee that He is to reign over the world. In order to obtain this great benefit for ourselves and all mankind, we come to thy feet to consecrate to thee our persons, our lives, all that we are, all that we have, all that we love. Keep us, enlighten us, dispose of us, reign over us. May all hearts and all homes willingly proclaim thee as their Immaculate Queen. PRAYER O Mary Immaculate Queen, look down upon this distressed and suffering world. Thou knowest our misery and our weakness. O Thou who art our Mother, saving us in the hour of peril, have compassion on us in these days of great and heavy trial. Jesus has confided to thee the treasure of His Grace, and through Thee He wills to grant us pardon and mercy. In these hours of anguish, therefore, thy children come to Thee as their hope. We recognize thy Queenship and ardently desire thy triumph. We need a Mother and a Mother's Heart. Thou art for us the luminous dawn which dissipates our darkness and points out the way to life. In thy clemency obtain for us the courage and the confidence of which we have such need. Most Holy and Adorable Trinity, Thou Who didst crown with glory in Heaven the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Savior, grant that all her children on earth may acknowledge her as their Sovereign Queen, that all hearts, homes, and nations may recognize her rights as Mother and as Queen. Amen. MARY IMMACULATE QUEEN Triumph and Reign. Imprimi potest: + Michael Epus Galviensis, 4 June, 1966
Well I was so disappointed at mass...there were no extra candles on the altar, not even a shrine made for Our Lady, just a little ring of roses for her head. What were they thinking! This is a huge day (at least for me) but only a "memorial" at mass. Good grief!
Our lady came to knock at 8 pm on 21 aug 1879. She came as queen wearing her crown so many many years before 22 aug was assigned as the feast of her queen ship. The annual novena to our lady of knock concluded today. I attended at the start of the novena and was pleasantly surprised at the large attendance. Young and old were there. So nice to see. Mary
Lee I had been praying to St. Theresa and off course Our Blessed Mother for my son and his wife for conversion and sanctification and other personal requests for them and asked St Theresa for 3 yellow roses . I never ask for the roses but decided to this time.Well at the top of your page there they were. Thank you! I was at Mass today and it was mentioned ---the Feast Day I mean. I just took Mary to my coffee table and said the prayers you suggested. Thanks for posting them!!
Thank you Lee for posting this. I too said the prayers. I just stumbled upon this site and found it to be a beautiful, spiritual site and couldn't resist joining. Looking forward to being a member here. RR, don't be afraid to ask Therese for roses as she is always most accommodating. I did a novena to her and received out of the blue from a site I had never ordered anything from, a red rosary in the mail, nothing I had ordered mind you. When I opened the envelope the rosary and a white slip of paper with a red rose on it fell out!
Welcome Patrice to the forum! RR very happy to learn that the "Little Flower" brought you the roses you had been asking for. We never know what will happen or who it will effect when we post something. This is especially good news and a blessing to me as well.
I also said the prayers today. I lit a candle and put some artificial flowers beside my statue of Mary. Thank you Lee for your post as I wouldn't have known about the feast day being today...
hello Lee,.......Feast Of Immaculate Conception corner stone of Christmas and all feast days....no Christ ..no feast...not least Passover..Easter the wrong word ..not Biblical in the positive sense.. it got the people of Jerusalem into a lot of trouble as a false idol...finally the old Jewish feast of the Tabernacles is now under the new dispensation the feast this Saturday...80 tabernacles leads to Anne leads to Mary the new Ark leads to Jesus..if we are going to have a grandparents day ancestors day then this is it ...discuss
