Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today is the Memorial in honor of the Queenship of Mary. This memorial is placed an octave (eight days) after we celebrated Mary's Assumption into Heaven.
During Pope Benedict XVI's weekly general audience, he said that Mary’s queenship is a “consequence of her being united with her son, her being in heaven, in communion with God."
From heaven, she participates in God’s love for the world, the Holy Father said. She “watches over us, her children; children who turn to her in prayer to thank her or to ask for her maternal protection and her heavenly assistance, perhaps after losing the way, oppressed by suffering or anguish."
“Devotion to Mary is an important element of the spiritual life,” the pope said. “Gazing upon her, let us imitate her faith, her full openness to God’s plan of love, her generous welcoming of Jesus. Let us learn to live from Mary.”

Mary being crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth.