1. It was not enough that Mary should be received into heaven. She was to be no ordinary denizen of the celestial court. Mary was, by her perfect and unfailing conformity to the will of God throughout her life, rasied to a pre-eminence which none other of the saints could attain. By her cooperation in the Passion of her Son she had a dignity beyound the reach of even the highest of the archangels. Mary was to be crowned Queen of heaven by the eternal Father: she was to have a throne at her Son's right hand.
2. Mary, too, enjoyed a happiness different from that of all the other saints. All other knew that if they had been more faithfull, they might have been more full of happiness. Though their happiness is perfect, it is not perfect with the same perfection as Mary's. She possesses all that it was possible for God in the present order to bestow upon her. What must be her happiness now! Short only of the infinite happiness of the infinite God!
3. But Mary is not Queen of heaven only for her own sake, but also for ours. Day by day, hour be hour, she is praying for us, obtaining graces for us, preserving us from danger, shielding us from temptation, showerin down blessings upon us. She is our dear Mother, as well as Queen of heaven. How she loves ! What a confidence we should have in her!
Once more we will cry out:
O Mary, concieved without sin!
O Mary, Queen of heaven!
Pray for us who have recourse to thee!
~ Taken from "The Catholic Girls Guide" by Father Lasance
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