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It's the Feast of Trinity Sunday, 1st Class, with the color of White. In this episode: the meditation: "The Mystery of the Trinity", today's news from the Church: "Rest in Peace, Fr. Dreher", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org

Sources Used Today:

• "The Mystery of the Trinity" — Eastertide Day by Day
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• "Rest in Peace, Fr. Dreher" (FSSPX.news)
  • https://sspx.org/en/news/rest-peace-fr-dreher-59395
  
  
• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
  
  

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The Feast of the Queenship of Mary celebrates a title that Christians have given to the Blessed Virgin for many centuries: Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth. While the feast itself is relatively recent in the Church’s calendar, the belief behind it reaches back to the earliest centuries of Christianity.

The foundation of this title is found in Mary's unique relationship to Christ. The Church teaches that Jesus is not only the Savior, but also the King of Kings. In the ancient kingdoms of Israel, the king's mother held a special position of honor as queen mother, interceding for the people before her son. The early Christians saw this as a foreshadowing of the Blessed Virgin Mary. If Christ reigns forever as the Son of David, then Mary, His mother, shares in a unique way in His royal dignity.

The earliest Christian writers and hymnographers frequently referred to Mary with royal titles. By the fourth and fifth centuries, saints and theologians were already calling her "Lady," "Sovereign," and "Queen." In the Eastern Church especially, hymns praised her as the Queen standing beside the heavenly King. During the Middle Ages, devotion to Mary's queenship became deeply woven into Catholic spirituality. The familiar prayer Salve Regina ("Hail, Holy Queen"), composed around the eleventh century, helped spread the title throughout the Christian world.

The feast itself has a more recent history. In 1954, following the Marian Year that commemorated the centenary of the definition of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Pius XII established the Feast of the Queenship of Mary through his encyclical Ad Caeli Reginam. At a time when many nations were abandoning Christian principles and political ideologies were challenging the social kingship of Christ, Pius XII wished to emphasize Mary's royal dignity and her role in leading souls to her Son.

Originally, the feast was celebrated on May 31, closing the month traditionally dedicated to Our Lady. Following the calendar revisions after the Second Vatican Council, i