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Pictured above: Detail from The Coronation of the Virgin by Filippino Lippi. c. 1480. National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Mary is gloriously crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth. Devotion to Mary is associated with this mystery.
- The Lord God said to the serpent: I will put enmity between you and the woman, and
between your offspring and hers. (Genesis 3:15)
- The angel Gabriel went on to say to her… "You shall conceive and bear a son and give him the name Jesus." (Luke 1:31)
- "Great will be his dignity and he will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will
give him the throne of David his father. He will rule over the house of Jacob forever
and his reign will be without end." (Luke 1:32–33)
- 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)
- She gave birth to a son – a boy destined to shepherd all nations with an iron
rod. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne. (Revelation 12:5)
- The woman herself fled into the desert, where a special place had been prepared for her
by God. (Revelation 12:6)
- Fairer in beauty are you than the sons of men; grace is poured out upon your lips; thus
God has blessed you forever. (Psalm 45:3)
- Blessed are you, daughter, by the Most High God, above all the women on earth. (Judith 13:18)
- For he who finds me finds life, and wins favor from the Lord. (Proverbs 8:35)
- Jesus said to his mother, "Woman, there is your son." In turn he said to the disciple, "There is your mother."
(John 19:26–27)
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