Queenship of Mary

August 22

God, You have given us the Mother of Your Son to be our Mother and Queen. Through her intercession, grant that we may attain the glory destined for Your adopted sons in Your Heavenly kingdom. Amen.

Four years after he declared the dogma of the Assumption of Mary, Pope Pius Xii, in an encyclical letter Ad Caeli Reginam, decreed and instituted the feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary to be celebrated. He formalized the Church's tradition from the earliest centuries of Mary's Queenship in Heaven. This belief rested on both Holy Scripture and tradition.

How can this be? If Jesus is our Lord and King, then surely His mother is our Queen. Mary is Queen of all "since she brought forth a Son, Who at the very moment that He was conceived, was, by reason of the hypostatic union of the human nature with the Word, even as man, King and Lord of all things." In addition, "as Christ is our Lord and King by a special title because He redeemed us, so the Blessed Virgin is our Lady and Queen because of the unique way in which she has cooperated toward our redemption by giving of her own substance, by offering Him willingly for us, and by desiring, praying for, and bringing about our salvation in a singular manner."

By first carrying her to Heaven, then crowning her in the sight of all the angels and saints, God richly rewarded his most faithful of servants. Her own prophecy is fulfilled. "Truly All people shall call me blessed, for The Lord has done great things for me."
 

source:  http://www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19980701/SAINTS/QUEENSHIP.HTM