Jesus, a Mama's Boy and the Wait Continues..

August 22 - The Queenship of Mary. Today is an interesting feast day, because it reveals what kind of man Jesus is.....a mama's boy. In the Glorious mysteries of the Rosary we have a mystery called the Coronation, where it celebrates the crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of heaven and earth. This can be related to the image of the woman "clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head" in Revelation 12 and the queen arrayed in gold of Psalm 45. The Church has revered Mary as Mother and Queen since the beginning but it was only declared in 1954.

The Coronation from earlychurchfathers.org

This feast, along with the Assuption (August 15) shows Jesus' affection for his mom. We can picture Him wanting to honor her and elevate her to a high position and so Jesus, in union with the Father and the Spirit, crowns her as Queen. As Christ is the King, she is his queen. Her job is simply to point people to her Son.
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People have been asking me, "Father, I heard you were going into the military, is that true?"  I usually reply that I have applied to be a Navy Chaplain but I haven't been accepted yet. Most people
think this is an awesome thing (with the occasionally, "I wouldn't let my kid go into the military.") So, I usually feel pretty good about it.

I am still is wait mode. I hope I will be invited to Washington to meet the Chaplain Board soon.  I just want to be accepted. Then, of course, I will still have to wait until July, but at least I will know for sure I am going.

Pray for me. I am off to a retreat called "Into the Wild." It is about 100 guys at a state park doing spiriutal and outdoorsy things. Should be great. For info:  http://www.intothewildweekend.com/