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When Saint John the Evangelist recorded the great apocalyptic vision he had, he wrote that he saw, \u201ca woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.\u00a0 She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.\u201d\u00a0 A great red dragon also appeared, threatening to devour the child.\u00a0 Saint John continues, \u201cShe gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod.\u00a0 Her child was caught up to God and his throne.\u201d\u00a0 This revelation from the New Testament portrays Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth \u2013 the fifth glorious mystery of the Rosary.<\/p>\n

Whoever recognizes Jesus as King, also recognizes His mother Mary as Queen.\u00a0 Jesus fulfilled the promises God made to his ancestor King David, primarily that through one of his descendants, God would take care of his chosen people, and that his kingdom would last forever.\u00a0 The kingdom of David eventually fell into the hands of its enemies, and the Jewish people began to wait for the Messiah who would restore the kingdom.\u00a0 The Old Testament records that in ancient Israel, the queen of the kingdom was not the wife of the king (since oftentimes the kings had numerous wives and concubines).\u00a0The queen was the mother of the king.\u00a0 When Jesus was greeted enthusiastically into Jerusalem, the crowd exclaimed, \u201cHosanna!\u00a0 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!\u00a0 Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come!\u00a0 Hosanna in the highest!\u201d\u00a0 Those who recognized Jesus as king in the early church, also naturally recognized that his mother was the queen.<\/p>\n

After rapid societal changes in Europe in the 19^{th<\/sup> and early 20^{th<\/sup> centuries, Pope Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King to remind the world that in the midst of uncertainty and conflicting ideologies, Jesus remained sovereign over all people and all things.\u00a0 A visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Cz\u0119stochowa, or any shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary, reveals that as long as Jesus is King, his mother is Queen.\u00a0 The 12^{th<\/sup> century Marian hymn Regina Caeli<\/em> is a testament of the love and devotion Christians have expressed to the Queen throughout time: Queen of Heaven, rejoice, for He whom you did merit to bear, has risen as He said, pray for us to God.\u00a0 Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin, Mary, for the Lord has truly risen.<\/p>\n}}}

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