Holy Mother Church has on many occasions asserted that it is lawful and right to venerate images of Christ, His Mother and the saints and has often instructed the faithful on the proper understanding of such veneration. Crowning is one form of reverence shown to images of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Through today's May Crowning, the Church proclaims that the Blessed Virgin Mary is rightly regarded and invoked as queen for many reasons. She is: the Mother of the Son of God; the Mother of the Son of David; the chosen companion of the Redeemer; the perfect disciple of Christ; the foremost member of the Church. She is therefore rightly invoked as Queen of Angels and of Saints, as our Lady and our Queen. The glory of the Blessed Virgin, who is a daughter of Adam and mother to us all, not only does honor to the people of God, but ennobles the entire human family. Thus, today and throughout the month of May, we honor and venerate Mary as we crown her today - symbolizing her being crowned as Queen in each of our hearts.
We thank our First Communicants for leading our parish in this wonderful, traditional devotion to Mary, our Queen Mother.
Here is a wonderful, old, traditional song for the May Crowning: "Bring Flowers of the Rarest." Enjoy!
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