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| Concert of the Birds, Snyders, 1629, detail |
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| 14 Queen of Heaven
Mary is celebrated as
the Queen of Heaven
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And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars … Revelation 12:1
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end." And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?" And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. Luke 1:32-35
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De sancta Maria (opposite column)
Our father…
O God, you have taken to yourself the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of your incarnate Son: Grant that we, who have been redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen (collect for feast of St. Mary, August 15)
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| Queen of Heaven, Giotto, 1334, detail |
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De sancta Maria
O Mary, artist of life, hail!
By recreating wholeness, you have convulsed death itself.
You have destroyed the serpent which, blown up with pride,
Raised its outstretched neck to Eve.
You have trampled on it by giving birth out of heaven to God’s Son.
Breathed into you by the Spirit of God.
O loveliest and most loving Mother, hail!
You have given forth into this world your Son,
Sent from heaven and breathed into you by the Spirit of God.
Praised by the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit.
Breathed into you by the Holy Spirit.
Hildegaard of Bingen 12th Century
(don’t know translator)
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NOTES: Bird: Eagle Plants: rose (mystical rose – white) Symbol: lampstands and lamps, Revelation, and Mary bears The Light)
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