St Peters Orthodox Church

October 11, 2020 - Today is the Feast of the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Today our focus is on something vastly misunderstood in may Christian circles; that is, the idea of the Blessed Virgin Mary as the Queen Mother. The Church's understanding of her as Queen Mother reaches back to antiquity beginning with Holy Scripture and truly comes clear when we understand that our Lord Jesus Christ, as prophesied, sits on the throne of David. Today we focus on two thoughts concerning this. The Queen Mother is a place of honor and has always been such. Secondly, it is a position of great intercession. As we look at the Blessed Virgin, as always, we see something of ourselves. We are a Priesthood called to great intercession offering this world to God for its life and salvation.