While the notion of the Queenship of Our Lady is not explicitly mentioned in Scripture, the Responsorial Psalm today offers a suggestion for the appropriateness of the thought of Mary as Queen. The Psalm praises God: "the Lord our God, who is enthroned on high". All the rest of us are "servants of the Lord". Mary was a very special servant of the Lord, chosen before the ages to be the mother of Jesus, and so rightfully called "Mother of God" for her son, Jesus, was true God and true man. Mary's Magnificat echoes verses 7 and 8 of the Psalm, when she acknowledges that in her God had raised up the lowly.

The Psalmist can acknowledge that God has raised up the poor and the lowly "to seat them with princes, with the princes of his own people". How much more true is this of the humble and lowly Virgin of Nazareth, who surrendered her whole life to God as the "handmaid of the Lord"! She who was the Mother of Christ the King is surely above all the princes of the earth and is most fittingly honoured as Queen.