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## [Mary, Icon of Evangelization: Queen of Heaven and Earth, Hope of the Downtrodden](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/08/15/mary-icon-of-evangelization)
Published by [Fr. Virgilio Elizondo](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/author/fr-virgilio-elizondo)
When I was a young boy praying the Rosary, the title of the fifth glorious mystery (*La Coronación de la Virgen Maria como Reina del Cielo*—the Crowning of Mary as Queen of Heaven) led me to visualize a beautiful woman, dressed in royal clothing and wearing a lovely crown of glowing jewels. This was not surprising, since I was formed to imagine the Virgin Mary as an angelic woman, totally beyond our...
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## [Mary as Icon of Evangelization: Behold Your Mother](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/03/21/mary-as-icon-of-evangelization-behold-your-mother)
Published by [Fr. Virgilio Elizondo](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/author/fr-virgilio-elizondo)
I grew up in a very Marian based Christo-centric tradition. From my earliest memories I remember beautiful Marian prayers like the Memorare, the many joyful hymns to Mary, pilgrimages, beautifully decorated home altars with her image, Rosary devotions and lavish parish celebrations in her honor. We (those of us in this tradition) loved her because she was the Mother of Jesus and our Mother. Some h...
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