Signum magnum apparuit in caelo: mulier amicta sole, et luna sub pedibus eius, et in capite eius corona stellarum duodecim.
“A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, the moon beneath her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head.” (Rev. 12:1)
This painting hangs above the altar and tabernacle in my parish, Immaculate Conception in Salem, depicting the woman of Revelations 12, but also traditionally known as the Assumption.
“Let us rejoice in the Lord and celebrate this feast in honor of the Virgin Mary, at whose assumption the angels rejoice, giving praise to the Son of God.”
“The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold of Ophir.
Hear, O daughter, and see, turn your ear, forget your people and your father’s house.
So shall the king desire your beauty; for he is your lord.
They are borne in with gladness and joy; they enter the palace of the king.” (Psalm 45:10-12, 16)
Thank you, Domenico.
“A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, the moon beneath her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head.” (Rev. 12:1)
I love this verse, one of several about Mary I love.
I love it because Mary is the prototype of the Church, and she is the mother and model for us all. In a figurative way, she is us and we are her, with the only difference being that she understood and we don’t always; she was obedient and loved and we don’t always. Her destiny in Christ paves the way for our destiny in Christ, if we follow. She is the essence of the truth about us and the best of us. [[And she was a woman
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Also I love:
“Who is She that comes forth as the morning rising,
fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
terrible as an army set in battle array?”
Both of those quotes are the answer to Genesis 3:15—
“I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.”
Courage on those difficult days.