Our Patroness: Mary Immaculate Queen

Behold our Hope, Mary Immaculate Queen of the Universe, with all the emblems of her royalty:

Her cloak, with its border of ermine, envelops the earth and denotes the extent of her authority and protection.

A crown of gold and precious stones proclaims her sovereign majesty.

The sceptre in her right hand, which she holds slightly inclined in token of mercy, affirms her power and authority.

On her finger glistens the ring of her alliance with her people.

The dazzling whiteness of her robe, veil and cloak, and also of the lily lying at her feet, evokes her virginal purity.

The side of the cloak turned towards men is the color of dawn and speaks to them of hope.

The rosary she wears hanging from her girdle invites to prayer, and the roses adorning the large beads are symbolic of her boundless love.

A bright light shining down upon her from Heaven recalls the striking privilege of her Immaculate Conception, which pervades and exalts her whole person, and manifests the unprecedented love which the Holy Trinity has lavished on her from all eternity.

But she is a Queen with a mother’s heart!

Kindness emanates from her.

Her countenance bears the impress of gentleness and majesty, as does her whole attitude.

Her eyes, brimful of mercy, are looking towards the earth seeking to meet our gaze, desiring to make known to us the overflowing love of her maternal heart and to penetrate our inmost soul.

Her lips are smiling tenderly on us.

Her hands are stretched out to us, poor sinners, in order to protect us and are pouring out on us the graces of her Divine Son.

She moves forward on the sphere representing the world to meet her children… to come to their assistance in their troubles; yet her feet do but glide over the earth as a reminder that this world is but a passage leading to the Eternal Homeland.