QUOTATIONS ON THE QUEENSHIP OF MARY

"A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars." 
- (Revelation 12:1)

"[The Queen] is always vigilant to intercede with the king whom she bore."
- (Pope Sixtus IV)

"Be enthroned, Lady, for it is fitting that you should sit in an exalted place since you are a Queen and glorious above all kings."
- (St. Germanus)

"Because the virgin Mary was raised to such a lofty dignity as to be the mother of the King of kings, it is deservedly and by every right that the Church has honored her with the title of 'Queen'."
- (St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church)

"Certainly she who performed the role of the Creator's handmaid and Mother is truly and in
perfect reality God's Mother, and Lady and Queen over all creation."
- (St. John Damascene, Doctor of the Church, c. 8th century A.D.)

"Mary in Hebrew signifies lady or sovereign: and truly the authority of her Son, who is the Lord of the world, constituted her Queen, both in fact and in name, from her very birth."
- (St. Peter Chrysologus, Doctor of the Church)