Preparation for the feast of the Queenship of Our Lady, Day Six

Ave Maria!

Reflection.

This is from a poem by G.K. Chesterton on the Assumption and Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Chesterton was fascinated that Our Lady, a simple creature (even if the most perfect after Christ) was made queen of the angelic host who, by nature, are technically higher than she.

Our Lady went into a strange country,

Our Lady, for she was ours

And had run on the little hills behind the houses

And pulled small flowers;

But she rose up and went into a strange country

With strange thrones and powers.

Our Lady went into a strange country

And they crowned her for a queen,

For she needed never to be stayed or questioned

But only seen;

And they were broken down under unbearable beauty

As we have been.

Our Lady wears a crown in a strange country,

The crown He gave,

But she had not forgotten to call her old companions,

To call and crave;

And to hear her calling a man might arise and thunder

On the doors of the grave.

Prayer.

I rejoice with you, O Divine Trinity, for the glory granted to Mary, assuming her body and soul to Heaven.

O Mary assumed into Heaven, luminous image of the future Church, obtain for me, a miserable sinner, to fix my gaze continuously on you, so that imitating your sublime virtues on earth, I may one day enjoy your blessed company in Heaven.

Hail Mary...

Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the universe, pray for us!