On this Day a Son is Given to Us . . . and as a Result, We Also Belong to Him!

On this Day a Son is Given to Us . . . and as a Result, We Also Belong to Him! The Feast of the Queenship of Mary On this Day a Son is Given to Us . . . and as a Result, We Also Belong to Him! Strange title for a day in which we celebrate the Queenship! At first glance, it also seems like an odd Gospel to have on the Feast of the Queenship of Our Lady. The Gospel is a dialogue between Jesus and His Father just before Our Lord’s Passion. Great as it is, how does that relate to the feast day we celebrate? On this day, when the Montfort Community honors Our Lady, under the title Queen of All Hearts, this Gospel is particularly appropriate. The Homily references the statue and image of Our Lady, Queen of All Hearts (see full image on the website). This title appears in Latin on the statue. At the foot of the throne is a book, authored by St. Louis de Montfort. The book is the treatise concerning True Devotion to the Holy Virgin Mary. The book is indeed the True Devotion to Mary. Fr. de Montfort wrote that Mary is the key to experiencing an authentic Christian life. A Son Is Given Enthroned upon Our Lady is the King. He is sitting upon His throne. His throne is the Queen. A loyal subject honors Our Lady on her throne. Yet, she herself is the throne of the King . . . Jesus Christ. Hear more about the throne within the Homily. Knelling before the throne is a loyal subject (Montfort). This great Apostle of the Cross and Apostle of the Rosary is kneeling before the throne. In the first reading (not included within this audio), we hear a reading read on Christmas Eve. A Son is given to us! What Son? Jesus Christ! Whose Son? God the Father. And the Son of Our Lady. Because the Son is given to US, notice the sense of belonging. Why? Because the Son is also ours! Hear more within the Homily! The One who is given to us is the One who will also save us! As a result, we likewise our His . . . we belong to Him! Wow! What a connection! On this day of Queenship…meditate on this day that we belong to Our Lord. He is give