DIVINUM OFFICIUM Collect

Collecta

Queenship of Mary - Collect (May 31)

This collect, composed for the feast's institution by Pius XII (1954), petitions for 'pacem in praesenti et gloriam in futuro' (peace in this life and glory in the future). The Queenship feast was established in the Marian Year to crown the Church's teaching on Mary's royal prerogatives. The phrase 'ejus muniti praesidio' (protected by her patronage) echoes Carmel's collect, employing the same military imagery of queenly protection. Peace and glory form the complete Christian hope: tranquility now, beatitude hereafter.

LATINE
Concede nobis, quaesumus Domine, ut qui solemnitatem beatae Virginis Mariae Reginae nostrae celebramus, ejus muniti praesidio, pacem in praesenti et gloriam in futuro consequi mereamur. Per Dominum.
ENGLISH
Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that we who celebrate the solemnity of the blessed Virgin Mary our Queen, may by her intercession enjoy peace in this present life and obtain glory in the life to come. Through our Lord.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Queenship of Mary - Collect (May 31)
HORA
Lauds
GENVS
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