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Jesus Master

Queen of Apostles

St. Paul

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Like a branch ever bearing its fruit and offering it to men, Mary always gives Jesus: suffering, glorious, eucharistic, the Way, Truth and Life of men. She is the apostle of Jesus, not on;y in word but in mind, will and heart. She always said what was necessary and essential: "Fiat." Her actions were marked by constancy and perfection. Her entire will was committed; she lived by love.

As to her intelligence, from the moment of the annunciation she knew what a Son was to be born of her. More than with ink, she wrote Jesus, that is, formed him of herself by the power of the Holy Spirit, with her blood. Giving Jesus, she gave us the holy Gospel in Him. Giving Jesus, she presented every perfection in Him. Giving Jesus, she gave us the Redemption, the Eucharist, the Life. "Hail holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness anf our hope..."

Mary is therefore the apostle, the Queen of Apostles, the exemplar of every apostolate, the inspiration of every apostolic virtue. May the heavens sing to her! May the earth sing to her! And through her, with her, and in her, may all praise rise to the Holy Trinity.

Now we can understand what Queen of Apostles means. It was she who brought the physical Jesus into the world. It is she who forms and nourishes the mystical Christ, the Church.

She is the true apostle, with Jesus Christ and independence on Jesus Christ. All the other apostles participate in the apostolate of Jesus and Mary. As planned from creation, Jesus is the great Architect. Mary was made great, chosen among all creatures, raised up to be the apostle.

Prayer to the Queen of Apostles

Virgin most pure, noble Queen of Martyrs, Morning Star, safe Refuge of sinners, rejoice for the days in which you were Teacher, Comforter and Mother of the apostles in the Cenacle. You invoked and received the divine Paraclete, the Spirit with the seven gifts, Love of the Father and of the Son, Transformer of the apostles. With your all-powerful intercession and your humble and irresistible prayers, which always move God's heart, obtain for me the grace to realize the value of every human person ransomed from hell with Jesus' most precious Blood. May each one of us be enthusiastic about the beauty of the Christian apostolate. May the charity of Christ urge us on. May the spiritual misery of poor humanity move us. Grant that we may feel in our hearts the needs of childhood, of adolescence, of adulthood, of old age. Grant that vast Africa, immense Asia, promising Oceania, troubled Europe, the two Americas may exercise a powerful attraction in our being. May the apostolate of example and word, of prayer and the press, of films, radio and television, of the souls in purgatory, win over the hearts of many generous persons, even to the point of the most heroic sacrifices. Mother of the Church, Queen of the Apostles, our Advocate, to you we sigh, mourning in this valley of tears.

Mary, Queen of the Apostles,
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