The Blessed Virgin Mary after the Ascension
As it had pleased God not to manifest solemnly the mystery of the salvation of humanity before he sent the Spirit, Christ had promised, we see the Apostles before the day of Pentecost "persevering with one heart in prayer, with the women, Mary Mother of Jesus and the brethren thereof" (Acts 1, 14), and we also see Mary by her prayers imploring the gift of the Spirit, the Spirit who had covered itself with its shadow at the Annunciation. Finally, the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from every stain of original sin at the end of his earthly life, was elevated to the glory of heaven in his soul and his body and was exalted by the Lord as Queen over to to resemble more perfectly to His Son, the Lord of lords (cf. Rev. 19, 16) and conqueror of sin and death.
(Vatican II, "Lumen Gentium", 59) .
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