BEAD BY BEAD: MEDITATIONS ON THE ROSARY, The Glorious Mysteries The Fifteenth Mystery: The Coronation of Our Lady as Queen of Heaven and Earth The Fruit: True Devotion to the Mother of God 1.
After placing the Most Blessed Mary on her exalted and supereminent
Throne, The Lord declared to the Courtiers of Heaven all the privileges
She should enjoy in virtue of this participation in His Majesty. The
Person of the Eternal Father, as the first principle of all things,
speaking to the Angels and Saints, said to them: "Our Daughter Mary was
chosen according to Our pleasure from amongst all creatures, the first
one to delight Us, and who never fell from the title and position of a
True Daughter, such as We had given Her in Our Divine Mind; She has a
claim on Our dominion, which We shall recognize by crowning Her as the
legitimate and peerless Lady and Sovereign." 2. The
Incarnate Word said: "To My True and Natural
Mother belong all
the creatures which were created and redeemed by Me; and of all things
over which I am King, She too shall be the legitimate and Supreme
Queen." 4. Having thus
spoken the Three Divine Persons placed
upon the head of the
Most Blessed Mary a crown of such new splendor and value, that the like
has been seen neither before nor after by any mere creature. At the
same time a voice sounded from the throne saying: "My Beloved, chosen
among the creatures, Our Kingdom is Thine; Thou shalt be the Lady and
the Sovereign of the Seraphim, of all tale Ministering Spirits, the
Angels and of the entire universe of creatures. Attend, proceed and
govern prosperously over them, for in Our Supreme Consistory We give
Thee power, majesty and sovereignty. Receive now the Supreme Dignity
deserved
by Thee and, as a participation in Our Divinity, the dominion over all
the creatures of Our Omnipotence. By the power We give thee, thou shalt
subject Hell with its demons and
inhabitants. 6. Grace shall
be diffused in Thy lips for obtaining all
that Thou
wishest and ordainest in Heaven and on Earth, and everywhere shall
Angels and men obey Thee; because whatever is Ours shall be Thine, just
as Thou hast always been Ours; and Thou shalt reign with Us forever." In
the execution of this decree and privilege conceded to the Mistress of
the World, the Almighty commanded all the Courtiers of Heaven, Angels
and men, to show Her obedience and recognize Her as their Queen and
Lady. Psalm 146: The Lord taketh pleasure in
them that fear Him: and in them that hope in His mercy. 8. Within
the glorious body of the Queen, over Her Heart, was visible
to the Saints a small globe or monstrance of singular beauty and
splendor, which particularly roused and rouses Their admiration and
joy. It was there in testimony and reward of Her having afforded to the
Sacramental Word an acceptable resting place and sanctuary, and of Her
having received Holy Communion so worthily, purely and holily, without
any defect or imperfection, and with a devotion, love and reverence
attained by none other of the Saints. 9. In
regard to the other rewards
and crowns corresponding to Her peerless works and virtues, nothing
that can be Said could give any idea; and therefore I refer it to the
Beatific Vision, where each one shall perceive them in proportion as
his doings and his devotion shall have merited. 10. We
leave the Great Lady at the right hand of
Her Divine Son, reigning through all the Ages of Eternity. The words of
the Queen: How
much My intercession and the power I have in Heaven is worth has never
been hidden in the Church, for I have demonstrated My ability to save
all by so many thousands of miracles, prodigies and favors operated in
behalf of those devoted to Me. With those who have called upon Me in
their needs I have always shown Myself liberal, and the Lord has shown
Himself liberal to them on My account. The Most High still wishes to
give liberally of His Infinite Treasures and resolves to favor those
who know how to gain My intercession before God. This is the secure way
and the powerful means of advancing the Church, of improving the
Catholic reign, of spreading the Faith, of furthering the welfare of
families and of states, of bringing the Souls to Grace and to the
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