The Fifth Glorious Mystery of the Holy Rosary is the Coronation of Mary. In 1954, Pope Pius XII wrote, “if Mary, in taking an active part in the work of salvation, was, by God's design, associated with Jesus Christ, the source of salvation itself, in a manner comparable to that in which Eve was associated with Adam, the source of death, so that it may be stated that the work of our salvation was accomplished by a kind of ‘recapitulation,’ in which a virgin was instrumental in the salvation of the human race, just as a virgin had been closely associated with its death ... as Christ, the new Adam, must be called a King not merely because He is Son of God, but also because He is our Redeemer, so, analogously, the Most Blessed Virgin is queen not only because she is Mother of God, but also because, as the new Eve, she was associated with the new Adam.”
St. Josemaria Escriva wrote, “Mary, Virgin without stain, has made up for the fall of Eve; she has crushed the head of hell’s serpent with her immaculate heel. Daughter of God, Mother of God, Spouse of God. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit crown her as the rightful Empress of the Universe. And the angels pay her homage as her subjects . . . and the patriarchs and prophets and apostles . . . and the martyrs and confessors and virgins and all the saints . . . and all sinners, including you and me.”
The great mystic Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich said, “At every step of the Blessed Redeemer during His passion, Mary had gathered the infinite merits that He acquired for us, and laid them up in her most holy and compassionate heart, that unique and venerable treasury of all the gifts of salvation, out of which and through which, according to the eternal degree of the triune God, every fruit and effect of the mystery of Redemption perfected in the fullness of time should be bestowed upon fallen man.”
Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and devotion to the Queenship of Mary are inseparable. Both Blessed Alexandrina da Costa and Sister Lucia of Fatima prayed and petitioned the Holy Father to consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. On Oct. 31, 1942, Pope Pius XII consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart.
Two Marian feasts were related to Pius XII. On May 4, 1944, Pius XII decreed in the future the whole Church should celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Holy Father hoped to obtain by Our Lady's intercession “peace among nations, freedom for the Church, the conversion of sinners, the love of purity, and the practise of virtue.”
On Oct. 11, 1954, Pius XII established the Feast of the Queenship of Mary to be celebrated throughout the world, and commanded that on that day each year, the world should renew its consecration to Our Lady. He wrote, “The purpose of the feast is that all may recognize more clearly and venerate more devoutly the merciful and motherly sovereignty of her who bore God in her womb.”
In her final years, Blessed Alexandrina prayed much for the Church. She constantly told people to practise the First Saturday devotion and to consecrate themselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary through the Brown Scapular.
Alexandrina died on Oct. 13, 1955, the anniversary of the last apparition in Fatima. Her last words were: “Do not sin. The pleasures of this life are worth nothing. Receive Communion. Pray the Rosary every day. This sums up everything.”
教宗庇護十二世恭敬聖母元后
玫瑰經榮福五端的第五端是天主光榮聖母。在1954年教宗庇護十二世寫道：『如果瑪利亞活躍在教恩工程上，於天主的計劃中她與耶穌基督關聯的是救恩的根源，好像亞娃與亞當的關聯是死亡的根源，據此，我們可以「概括」救恩工程的滿全中，童貞女是人類救恩的一個工具，一如童貞女和死亡緊緊相關…一如基督，這位新的亞當，應該被尊為君王，不單是因為祂是天主之子，但也因為祂是贖罪者，所以，按此類推，這位至聖童貞女是母皇，不單是因為她是天主之母，但也因為她是新的亞娃，她與新亞當相關。』
聖施禮華寫道：『無玷童貞女瑪利亞，彌補亞娃的墮落；她以無染原罪的足踝踏碎地獄惡蛇的頭顱。天主的女兒，天主的母親，天主的配偶。聖父，聖子，聖神為她加冕作宇宙母皇。天使們奉申恭敬…聖祖，先知和宗徒…殉道者和精修者，貞女和所有的聖人…所有的罪人，包括你和我。 』
真福Anne Catherine Emmerich，這位偉大的神視者說：『在真福救主苦難的每一步，瑪利亞收集祂為我們獲得的無限的功勞，並存放在她至聖的和慈悲的心中，這獨一的，可敬的，所有救贖恩典的寶庫。據聖三天主永恆的旨令，在時候滿全時成就的救恩奧蹟的每一果實和效果都經由此並經此發放，施予墮落的人。』
真福雅麗珊.高詩戴及花地瑪的路濟亞修女，均向教宗要求要把世界奉獻給聖母無玷聖心。1942年10月31日，教宗庇護十二世把世界敬獻給聖母無玷聖心。
與聖母有關的兩個瞻禮日，都和教宗庇護十二世息息相關。1941年5月4日，教宗指定普世教會慶祝「聖母無玷聖心」的瞻禮日，希望藉聖母的轉禱帶來「世界和平、教會的自由、罪人的皈依、愛慕純潔、和德行的實踐。」
1954年10月11日，教宗庇護十二世建立「聖母元后」瞻禮，令普世教會每年慶祝。他寫道：「這瞻禮目的是讓眾人更清楚意會到和更熱心地尊敬聖母慈悲和母親的權柄，她在胎中懷了天主。」
在生命最後的幾年，雅麗珊荻諾勤為教會祈禱，推動世人在首瞻禮七，藉配載棕色聖母聖衣而奉獻自己給瑪利亞無玷聖心。
1955年10月13日、雅麗珊荻諾與世長辭，正是花地瑪聖母最後顯現的周年。她最後的遺言：「不要犯罪。塵世歡樂立無價值。善領聖體，每天誦唸玫瑰經，這總括了一切。」