Regina Caeli Statue
- Handcrafted Dolomite Stone and Resin Statuette
- 6.7 inches
- High Artistic Value
- Christian Image of Mary, Heavenly Queen
- Made in France
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Product Description
This statuette vividly depicts Mary as the Regina Caeli, Latin for “Queen of Heaven.” The book in her hands has an abbreviation version of John 17:21 in Latin: Pater, ut omnes unum sint, ut unum sint in nobis, Pater (“Father, that they may all be one, that they may be one in us, Father”). This statue will be a most lovely gift for a wedding or a wedding anniversary, an ordination or ordination anniversary, a profession or jubilee of religious vows, and, of course, Mother’s Day!
Regina Caeli – An Undeniable Labor of Love, Faith, and Hope
This statuette of Regina Caeli stands 6.7 inches tall and is fashioned from dolomite stone and resin. A community of cloistered sisters create and hand-finish this statuette in their monastery atelier in Western Europe. Each sister prayerfully fulfills a particular task to complete each statuette. How, where, and by whom the Regina Caeli is made means that this statuette is indeed ”culturally authentic” and an undeniable labor of love, faith and hope!
Mary – “Queen of Heaven”
According to the Catholic faith, on her death, Mary was “assumed” or taken up into Heaven. If taken into Heaven as the Virgin mother of Jesus, as the Mother of God, as the Theotokos, Mary must surely enjoy a very high place in Heaven indeed! And so, Catholic devotions began to address her as “Queen of the Angels” and “Queen of Heaven.” Saint John Damascene wrote: When she became Mother of the Creator, she truly became Queen of every creature.
Regina Caeli
While the author of the Regina Caeli is not known, the hymn goes back to the 12th century. According to tradition, Pope Saint Gregory the Great heard angels chanting the first three lines in Rome on one Easter morning in Rome, while he was walking barefoot in a great religious procession with an icon of the Virgin “written,” as was then believed, by Saint Luke the Evangelist. He was inspired by their celestial music to add the fourth line.
Latin Text
- Regina cæli, lætare, alleluia: R. Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
- Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia, R. Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
- Gaude et lætare, Virgo Maria, alleluia. R. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.
Oremus.
Deus, qui per resurrectionem Filii tui, Domini nostri Iesu Christi,
mundum lætificare dignatus es:
præsta, quæsumus, ut per eius Genitricem Virginem Mariam,
perpetuæ capiamus gaudia vitæ.
Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen.
English text
Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
- The Son whom you merited to bear, alleluia.
- Has risen, as He said, alleluia.
- Pray for us to God, alleluia.
- V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
- R. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
Let us pray.
O God, who through the resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
gave rejoicing to the world,
grant, we pray, that through his Mother, the Virgin Mary,
we may obtain the joy of everlasting life.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Additional Information
| Weight | 1.25 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 7 x 4 x 4 in |
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