Mediatrix means mediator. Mary is the Queen of Heaven and earth, crowned by Her son as the Queen mother. (This was a common practice of the Jews in Old Testament times. The queen mother would help her son rule, not the king’s wife.)

Mary has nothing without God. He allows her to pass out His graces to us. This shows how important she is to God. We call her the Mediatrix of graces because she has the authority from God to give out God’s grace to us. We only need to ask her for them.

We can ask Mary for prayers just as we ask family and friends to pray for us. Mary loves Jesus. She wants everyone to know and love Him, too. Mary comes to our aid as our mother to help us and to point the way to her Son. Remember what she told the servers at the wedding feast at Cana? “Do whatever He tells you.” (John 2:5)

Think of the times she has appeared on earth. She has told people to turn away from sin, to pray the Rosary, to pray for sinners, and to pray for peace. She has told us that her Son is very much offended by the sins of people. She asks us to pray and repent. God allowed her to come to deliver these messages to us. He did not have to do that. But, God loves us and He loves His Mother, so He allows her to help us.


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