Quoted from Wikipedia [1]:
Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1944 to be celebrated on 22 August, coinciding with the traditional octave day of the Assumption. In 1969, Pope Paul VI moved the celebration of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to the Saturday, immediately after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This means in practice that it is now held on the third Saturday after Pentecost.
Quoted from Aleteia [2] [italics and bold original]:
[Pope Pius XII] saw a close connection between Mary’s queenship and her heart, the heart of a mother.
“With a heart that is truly a mother’s,” to quote again Our Predecessor of immortal memory, Pius IX, “does she approach the problem of our salvation, and is solicitous for the whole human race; made Queen of heaven and earth by the Lord, exalted above all choirs of angels and saints, and standing at the right hand of her only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, she intercedes powerfully for us with a mother’s prayers, obtains what she seeks, and cannot be refused.”
Above all, Pius XII believed that we should all go to Mary, the Queen of our Hearts, and beg for her assistance.
Let all, therefore, try to approach with greater trust the throne of grace and mercy of our Queen and Mother, and beg for strength in adversity, light in darkness, consolation in sorrow; above all let them strive to free themselves from the slavery of sin and offer an unceasing homage, filled with filial loyalty, to their Queenly Mother.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Heart_of_Mary#:~:text=Pope%20Pius%20XII%20instituted%20the%20feast%20of%20the,the%20Solemnity%20of%20the%20Sacred%20Heart%20of%20Jesus., quoted without references and hyperlinks.
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