Today is the capstone feast of Mary’s Month, and thus eliminated, of course, from this month in the novus ordo calendar. The traditional Feast of the Visitation (July 2) is placed today to cover the tracks of “de-throning” Our Lady. The Feast of her Queenship was moved to August 22 in the n.o. and displaces the Feast of Mary’s Immaculate Heart, which was relegated to an optional memorial in June. Curious, that.
On this Memorial Day, ask yourself while remembering the brave sacrifices of so many, “Has there ever been a country under the patronage of Our Lady that needed to rush to her feet and beg her to save us from our own evil ways?”
O August Queen of Heaven, pray for us!
Saint Louis Catholic 
TM, of all the atrocities perpetrated by the architects of the Novus Ordo, the most offensive to me is the effective dethronement of Our Lady by relegation of today’s Feast to the marginal status of “Optional Memorial.” As you know, OM’s are completely ignored by 99.9% of N.O. parishes, not to mention all but a tiny minority, I would guess, of the clergy, religious and laity who pray the modernist Liturgy of the Hours. The moronic replies I get when I lament this state of affairs in the hearing of your typical Today’s Catholic are enough to send me away sadly shaking my head. They have no idea, none at all, of either the meaning or the importance of Mary’s Queenship, because no one has ever told them about it, nor have they ever encountered traditional writings discussing it. Down the memory hole she goes, because the hierarchy decided the idea of Mary as Queen might offend Protestants. 🤦🏻♂️