The Panakranta, also known as Kyriotissa, Queen of Heaven, She Who Reigns in Majesty
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Christians who do not acknowledge Mary as their Queen are thus out of step with the vast majority of their fellow Christians, both Catholic and non-Catholic. A true concern for ecumenism would lead them to join us in devotion to Mary—or at least to refrain from attacking her. The subtitle of the entire CRI article is: “From Lowly Handmaid to Queen of Heaven.”(Elliott Miller, “The Mary of Roman Catholicism,” Christian Research Journal, Summer 1990 and Fall 1990. In these notes the two parts are referred to as Part 1 and Part 2. The articles represent the position of the Christian Research Institute.) We are supposed to see an anomaly here: “How could a mere village girl, a lowly handmaid, ever become Queen of heaven?” The answer to this objection is in our Lord’s words of reproach to the Sadducees about another matter: “Are you not misled, because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God?” (Mark 12:24).
What Scripture says
Scripture is full of the promise that the lowly and poor will be raised to royal dignity: “From the ash-heap he lifts up the poor . . . to make a glorious throne their heritage” (1 Sam. 2:8); “You who have followed me will yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel” (Matt. 19:28); “If we persevere, we shall also reign with him” (2 Tim. 2:12); “I will give the victor the right to sit with me on my throne, as I myself first won the victory and sit with my Father on his throne” (Rev. 3:21). It would be unbiblical to deny this victory and share in Jesus’ royal Davidic throne to his Mother.
Jesus again said to his apostles, “It is you who have stood by me in my trials, and I confer a kingdom on you, just as my Father has conferred one on me” (Luke 22:28-29). But who stood by him most faithfully? The apostles fled at Jesus’ arrest. Only one, the beloved disciple, dared to stand beneath the cross. But Mary stood by him there, and so he will confer the kingdom on her.
Christopher O’Donnell points out the remarkable parallel between Luke 1 and Philippians 2:5-11, between Jesus and Mary as examples of poverty and humility raised to unimaginable glory: “It is worth remarking that the great hymn of redemption in Philippians 2:5-11 finds echoes in the first chapter of St. Luke’s Gospel. Jesus took the form of a slave (Greek doulos, Phil. 2:7); Mary describes herself as a slave (Greek doule, Luke 1:38). Jesus humbled himself (Phil. 2:8); Mary describes her state as one of humiliation (Luke 1:48). God exalted Jesus (Phil. 2:9); the humble are exalted (Luke 1:52). Every knee shall bend...confess that Jesus is Lord (Phil. 2:11); all generations will call Mary blessed (Luke 1:48). The similarity of Greek expressions throughout seems to suggest deliberate borrowing by Luke to illustrate the mystery of poverty being exalted in both Son and mother....One can at least point to a common tradition to which Paul and Luke had access.”(Christopher O’Donnell, Life in the Spirit and Mary (Wilmington: Glazier, 1981), 45.)
Luther’s testimony
Every disciple will share Jesus’ royal dignity. But Mary is the first and holiest disciple, “full of grace” and first to believe in him (Luke 1:28,45). She is even—unimaginable dignity!—the very Mother of her Lord (1:43). This translates to Queen, if human language and divine revelation have any meaning at all. Although Martin Luther was somewhat nervous about applying the title “Queen of Heaven” to Mary, he admits that “it is a true enough name and yet does not make her a goddess.”(Luther’s Works, 21:327.) In a sermon Luther preached on July 2, 1532, the Feast of the Visitation, he said, “She, the Lady above heaven and earth, must...have a heart so humble that she might have no shame in washing the swaddling clothes or preparing a bath for St. John the Baptist, like a servant girl. What humility! It would surely have been more just to have arranged for her a golden coach, pulled by 4,000 horses, and to cry and proclaim as the carriage proceeded: ‘Here passes the woman who is raised far above all women, indeed above the whole human race.’” Five years later, preaching on the same feast day, Luther said, “She was not filled with pride by this praise...this immense praise: ‘No woman is like unto thee! Thou art more than an empress or a queen...blessed above all nobility, wisdom, or saintliness!’”(Ibid., 36:208, 45:107.)
The Panakranta, also known as Kyriotissa, Queen of Heaven, She Who Reigns in Majesty
"Jesus again said to his apostles, “It is you who have stood by me in my trials, and I confer a kingdom on you, just as my Father has conferred one on me” (Luke 22:28-29). But who stood by him most faithfully? The apostles fled at Jesus’ arrest. Only one, the beloved disciple, dared to stand beneath the cross. But Mary stood by him there, and so he will confer the kingdom on her."
A sword shall pierce her heart. She Had to have a special Grace to go through it all. Any other woman would have been in a asylum. Just to know from the beginning that your own Son would be brutalized and murdered right before your eyes. No mother should go through this But Mary did. HOW MANY COULD DO WHAT MARY DID? NOT MANY AT ALL. We forget how special this woman is for all eternity. Praise Jesus And Hail Mary INDEED!!! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!