This is an answer guide for several quizzes dealing with the titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is designed as a print and study page.
FROM THE LITANY OF LORETO
Ark of the Covenant:
Mary carried God just as the Ark carried God's LawCause of our Joy: Mary's birth "announced joy to the world" (Liturgy of the Nativity of Mary)
Help of Christians: Mary is a "defense of thy servants" as in Canticles 6:3 (St. Bernard)
House of Gold: The temple was filled with gold as Mary's soul was filled with sanctity (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Morning Star: The morning star precedes the sun; devotion to Mary leads to Christ (St. John Damascene)
Mother of Good Counsel: The name of a miraculous, and miracle-producing image which appeared in Genazzano, Italy,1467
Mother Most Merciful: The saints testify to the Virgin's compassionate intercession (Saints Bonaventure, Liguori, etc.)
Mother of the Church: As the 'Mother of God' she is the Mother of the Church, too
Mystical Rose: Comparison to the 'queen' of flowers; as the 'Garden' of Canticles 3:17; the 'rose' of Ecclesiasticus 24:18 & 39:17.
Queen Assumed into Heaven: The dogma of the Assumption (Pope Pius XII in 1950) and her long taught Queenship of Heaven (including the 12th century Regina Coeli)
Queen Conceived without Original Sin: "I am the Immaculate Conception" (Mary to St. Bernadette Sobirous)
Queen of Confessors: Saints of heroic virtue, writing or preaching (Saints Francis, Dominic, Nicholas, etc.)
Queen of Most Holy Rosary: The powerful prayer (i.e. Lepanto and others) she gave to St. Dominic
Queen of Patriarchs: Old Testament saints (Abraham, Isaac, Isaiah, etc.)
Queen of Peace: Mother of the 'Prince of Peace' is also its queen (inserted by Benedict XV in 1917)
Refuge of Sinners: "Many Christians who call upon her...at the hour of death and who really ought to be damned...are saved by her intercession" (St. Dominic via St. Louis de Montfort
Seat of Wisdom: Uncreated wisdom of the Old Testament 'wisdom' books applies to Mary (St. Augustine, Bl. Pope Pius IX, etc.)
Tower of David: Mary's perfection is high, like David's tower, Sion (Canticles 4:4)
Tower of Ivory: Mary is a valued and strong (ivory) channel (tower/neck) through which Christ's graces to pass (Canticles 7:4)
Vessel of Singular Devotion: Mary was more blessed by the union of her will with God than that of her body (Venerable Bede)
