The Blessed Virgin Mary is Queen of Heaven because her Son, Jesus Christ, is the King of Israel and the Heavenly King of the universe.
Short 🧵of some countries where Our Lady is Queen too.
The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland. On 1 April 1656, during a Mass in the Latin Cathedral of Lwów (today Lviv, Ukraine), John II Casimir entrusted the Commonwealth to the protection of the Our Lady, and proclaimed her Queen of the Polish Crown and of his countries
King John IV of acclaimed Our Lay Queen and Patroness of Portugal, on March 25, 1646, following a referendum of the Empire that lasted 6 years after which his subjects affirmed that they believed that the Blessed Virgin Mary was the physical reigning Queen of Portugal.
Our Lady, Queen of Ireland. Walter Lynch, Bishop of Clonfert, was forced to flee Ireland in 1654 due to the Cromwellian persecution of Catholics, taking with him this painting of Our Lady, Consoler of the Afflicted. He found refuge in the Diocese of Győr, Hungary. When he died in exile in 1663, he bequeathed this painting to the Diocese of Győr. On March 17th, 1697 during the time of great suffering in Ireland, the painting shed blood and tears, from henceforth the image was called the Queen of Ireland.
The evening of 21 August 1879, Our Lady, St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, appeared at the south gable end of a Church in Knock, Ireland. She would be venerated as Our Lady of Knock, Queen of Ireland.
Our Lady, Queen of Vietnam. The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared at La Vang in Quảng Trị, Vietnam, in 1798. Holding the Baby Jesus in her arms, she appeared to suffering Christians who fled to the wild forest jungle of La Vang to avoid the persecution of Emperor Cảnh Thịnh.
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