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Dec. 15, Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the Seraphic Order. This feast recently granted to the Franciscan Order is the logical consequence of the concession which allows them to add to the Litany of …More
Dec. 15, Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the Seraphic Order.

This feast recently granted to the Franciscan Order is the logical consequence of the concession which allows them to add to the Litany of our Lady the invocation “Queen of the Order of Friars Minor.” It takes the place of the octave day of the Immaculate Conception. It bears witness to the traditional attachment of the Order to the Mother of Jesus. The antiphon of the Introit, it will be noticed, is taken from the Mass of our Lady, Queen of all Saints; the other texts of the Mass are to be found in various feasts of our Lady.