Catholic Answers Focus: Mary Is Your Queen

From ancient times, Christians have celebrated the Assumption of Mary on August 15. In modern times, the celebration of the Coronation of Mary has been joined to that feast. Father Hugh Barbour reviews the history and theology of these Marian celebrations, and explains why they should fill you with joy.

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[kevinvelez-mora]

You guys are awesome! Thank you for this explanation!

[arldsouza]

Great Explanation .Love from Indian Roman Catholic 💞

[alleadonai]

So I'm not the "sola scriptura" type because I think the Bible is clear about the faith being based on both the Word and tradition, but all I think I heard here was mythologizing of Mary...

I'm not a Catholic but I have been looking for a steel-manned argument for the idea of "the queen of heaven" or for what I see as an inappropriate elevation of the position of Mary.

The whole framework seems odd to me. If Mary is the queen and Jesus is the king, we have a strange monarchal relationship between the mother queen and the king son that is really reminiscent of the Semiramis story...

If anybody has apologetics on this topic that are more robust, reference the scripture for their conceptual backing, I would be interested.

[jeanfloro]

Awesome!!! Listen to him, my beloved Son and do whatever he tells you are connected!!! Of course!!!❤❤❤ from Dad & Mom

[ianrobinson]

Dear Viewers, the illumination of conscience WILL give you the TRUTH! Those who "bag" Catholicism and its teachings WILL see themselves as Jesus sees them and YOU will not feel good at believing your own hysteria! I should say REPENT now, but YOU need to look deeper and make up your own mind! Prayers and blessings for your decisions from The Great South Land; Land of The Holy Spirit!.

[Randomhandleplaceholder]

How did you know that Mary has near-infinite merit?

[jeanfloro]

that's funny, as a baby, Fr. listens to the Pope's homily It's actually a Gift....Thank you Fr.💖 thank you for sharing your Gift!

[gregtan]

Simple 3 words {{pray to Mary}} show a verse.

[daffidavit]

Why does Mary cry if she is happy? Why do we see miracles of tears on certain apparitions?

[melanierabe]

Queen mother and jesus king is exactly how it worked then. Vread ypur bible. You can not read bible in your human mind and woth todaya day and age . Ita written ftom their times their culture

[francissweeney]

The queen of heaven is written about in Jeremiah 44. The queen of heaven is a Babylonian pagan goddess. The queen of heaven is condemned by God.

[alhilford]

I was hoping for some solid biblical references on how to explain her queenship to a non-Catholic.

[easybandzofficial]

This is not part of the Gospel! As in Jesus never preached or taught us to worship/venerate/call Mary the queen of heaven/Mother of God etc... Jesus describes the Trinity (i and the Father are one/i must go first so as to send you the comforter (Holy Spirit)). He never describes Mary as a partner of the Father or anything close to what this priest is saying. If anything Jesus rebukes Mary and his family when he begins his ministry. The people come to him and say your mother Mary and your brothers are outside and they want to talk to you. Jesus then looks at the crowd of believers in the house and says these are my mother and brothers, anyone who follows the word of God. (Mary and his brothers had come to get Jesus and get him back under control. They thought Jesus had lost his mind. They were among others who thought Jesus was possessed by demons).
Because Jesus never taught this or even alluded to it, i can not in good faith adopt this stance. May God forgive me if i am wrong. I believe in the fullness of the Holy Trinity, and that Jesus is sufficient for my salvation.

[tygulick]

Jesus is human. He’s also God. How do you get that wrong? To believe that he’s not fully God and fully human,
is heresy. How do you not know that?

[melanierabe]

Solo scripture is, not biblical!. St paul says request for intercessory prayera and petitions made for all, she brings us closer to her son, many catholics including me have had divine interventions bringing us closer to god thru the rosary,

[rbnmnt]

"To rule over others you are supposed to be good". The bible says "there is none good, no not one". Romans says "there is none righteous, no not one". I don't know that those make exception to Mary. Quite the contrary. Scripture says ALL have sinned". Again, ALL is not excluding Mary. Then on the assumption of Mary. Why is it that scripture is abundantly clear on the ascension of Elijah, Enoch and Jesus himself. Why is there nothing on the much venerated and worshipped Mary? Where did this singular privilege come from? From the church. Certainly not the bible. Why the church insists on defying God's word is unbelievable, if not blasphemous. God will not have mercy on those that spread lies of the devil and preach another gospel. According to the apostle Paul they are to be anathema. Not like the anathemas pronounced by Trent that are not biblical. Those Trent anathemas are used to instill fear and control over Catholics. When your doctrines are false the only way to get people to believe is by coercion. That is contrary to what the supposed first pope teaches. In his epistle peter calls himself a "fellow elder" when he is saying not to lord it over those you have been entrusted to. Doesn't sound like the church is following "the Pope's" teachings. Instead it is doing just the opposite on top of doing it for "filthy lucre". As everyone knows the church is the richest organization in the world. It's own bank, tons of money, real estate and gold. Gold? Again, peter said "silver and gold have i none". Yet the church is loaded. I guess is one word describes catholicism it has to be hypocrisy.

[marshallsilva]

🌿MATERNAL LOVE 💜... In Jesus' own summary his philosophy at the end dealt w two subjects, both were on LOVE. There's no mystery about Mary, without her maternal protection n love God would not have lived/survived. In fact if not for force of Maternal Love in Nature at large, all higher mammalian life would go extinct universally probably in months. Long before there was Catholicism there was great Mother Goddess based religions of the Egyptians or Hindu. At time of Jesus birth, the Goddess ISIS was the largest Cult in Roman Empire n Greece. ISIS was patron of artisans n the common man, they called her Queen of Heaven 👑 🕉️ ✨

*It was Mary who took Jesus to Egypt btw, saving his life. If you have read the Bible then u should have caught this, no better example of the above.

[nsbomb]

I don't understand this, Mary the Mother of Jesus, is dead. Please think about it.. this is what GOD says about these things.. why even consider what the Catholic church is saying when it is the opposite of what the word of God says? Please people think of you eternal destination, follow Jesus Christ, not Catholicism..

When we die we “sleep” until the Lord Jesus Christ comes back and calls us up from death. When we are dead we know nothing (Ecclesiastes 9:5-6: For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun) and hear not His voice until He calls us. (John 5:28/29: Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation).

It is forbidden to interact with the dead, it IS necromancy because inquires of the dead fall under the same category as necromancy (Deuteronomy 18:11 Or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, ) AND is an abomination to God. (Isaiah 8:19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter, ” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?) WHY do Catholics feel they should ask a dead person who knows of nothing that is under the sun (Ecclesiastes 9:5-6: For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun) for they have not yet been raised up by the Lord Jesus Christ, anything? (John 5:28/29: Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation).

I wish you would think for yourself and pray to the Father in heaven and ask the Holy Spirit of God for revelation and truth. Let GOD guide you, not your catholic priest… you HAVE a priest, he is Jesus Christ and HIS spirit is in you if you truly believe! I truly love you and I hope this helps you! Peace and love!

[easybandzofficial]

Wow you have raised Mary to an equal of GOD. YOU HAVE TURNED MARY INTO A GODESS.

[eve]

How is Mary the Queen of Heaven and Earth? Easy. She's neither.