12/8/2023 0 Comments Daily homily![]() ![]() Life message: 1) Understanding Mary as Queen-Mother explains her important intercessory role in the Christian life. ![]() Some Old Testament prophecies incorporate the queen-mother tradition when telling of the future Messiah. Probably the clearest example of the queen-mother’s role is that of Bathsheba, wife of David and mother of Solomon (1 Kgs 1:16–17, 31 1 Kgs 2:19–20 1 Kgs 2:19–20). The prophet Jeremiah tells how the queen-mother possessed a throne and a crown, symbolic of her position of authority in the kingdom (Jer 13:18, 20). In fact, the king’s mother ruled as queen, not his wife or one of his wives. Role of Queen-mother in the Bible: In the monarchy of King David, as well as in other ancient kingdoms of the Near East, the mother of the ruling king held an important office in the royal court and played a key part in the process of dynastic succession. Thus Revelation 12 portrays Mary as the new Queen-Mother in the Kingdom of God, sharing in her Son’s rule over the universe. So, she, His Mother, would be a Queen.3) Vision of Mary in the Book of Revelation: Mary’s Queenship can be seen in the great vision described in Revelation : “ And a great portent appeared in Heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery” (Rv 12:1–2). For the angel tells Mary that her Son will be King over the house of Jacob forever. 2) The annunciation scene: The beginning of the concept that Mary is a Queen is found in the Annunciation narrative, given in today’s Gospel (Lk 1:26-38). In most of the Messianic prophecies given in the Old Testament books of Samuel, Micah (5:1), Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel (7: 13-14), Christ, the Messiah, is represented as a King, an identity given to Jesus in the New Testament: Lk 1:32-33, Mt 2:2, Lk 19:38, Jn 18:37. If a mere human can become King or Queen by choice of the people how much greater a title is the choice of the Father Himself! Biblical basis: Holy Father gives three biblical citations supporting Mary’s queenship.1) The messianic prophecies. She is Queen by singular choice of God the Father. She is full of grace, the highest in the category of grace, next to her Son. Jesus is King by Nature, as God but Mary is Queen by “Divine relationship,” that is, by being the Mother of God. Theology of Mary’s queenship : Since Holy Scripture presents Jesus Christ as a king, his mother Mary is the Queen-Mother. Here is the Biblical argument supporting her Queenship given in the encyclical. But Mary’s title as “Queen of Heaven and Earth” is a great scandal to many non-Catholic Christians. ![]() Aug 22-27: Kindly click on for missed homilies : Aug 22 Monday: (The Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary): : Lk 1:26-38: This special Liturgical Feast was proclaimed by Pope Pius XII on Octothrough his Encyclical Letter Ad Caeli Reginam.
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