THE SEAT OF WISDOM
OUR LADY, QUEEN AND PATRONESS OF NIGERIA Isa 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2,7-8,12-13,17; Eph 2:13-18; Mt 2:13-15,19-23 The Throne of the Word of God Today, we Nigerians celebrate our said Independence Day. We use the opportunity to celebrate Our Lady as the Queen and Patroness of Nigeria, asking for her maternal intercession for our country. As members of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, we contemplate God in her arms, in order to understand the will of God for us as a nation. The throne of God was set before the angels in the spiritual realm, as we contemplated in Daniel’s vision, for they are pure spirits adoring in God and his immutable will in truth and in spirit. But the throne of God is set for us mortal men in the flesh or body of the Blessed Virgin Mary for our contemplation and worship. Since we are embodied spirits, God sent his Word to take flesh in the Blessed Virgin Mary so that we may attain our vocation, which is the same vocation as angels; namely, the beatific vision of God....