Excerpt from Hail, Holy Queen! https://www.thedivinemercy.org/articles/hail-holy-queen Jesus is raised on high as king because He is a faithful Son of God the Father. Jesus empties Himself, giving everything in obedience to the will of the Father. The first Adam seized the forbidden fruit in an attempt to grasp divinity. Jesus, the new Adam, is humble, becoming obedient unto death, even death on a cross. So then Mary is Queen and Mother because of her humble acceptance of the will of God. When the archangel Gabriel comes to her to ask on behalf of God if she would consent to be the Spouse of the Spirit and the Mother of the eternal Son of the Father, she responded, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." (Lk 1:38) Mary remained without sin from the moment of her conception to the time of her Assumption into heaven. She did not grasp at divinity, but emptied herself, becoming obedient even unto walking with her Son every step of the way throughout His life, even unto accepting the sorrows and trials that came with her role as Mother of God. She is known as Our. Lady of Sorrows for a reason So her Queenship was wrought in the marriage of grace and nature in her Immaculate Conception; in her "yes" to God's call which opened the gates of heaven to allow the Word to become flesh and dwell among us; in her quiet maternity of the most extraordinary child in the history of humanity; in her perpetual virginity; in her faithful love and presence in the life of her Son; in her tears during His passion; in the wood and iron of the crucifixion; in the light of the Resurrection; in her patient prayer with the early Church after the Ascension; and finally in her glorious Assumption into heaven. Mary's Queenship is the fruit of much sowing, of much suffering, of much giving to God - everything she had, everything she was, given to God. She did not see Queenship as something to be grasped, but emptied herself. And, emptying, received Queenship over all. Memorial of The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary August 22nd Image from: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/articles/hail-holy-queen-angels
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