12 reflects this by depicting her as a woman in heaven, clothed with the sun and with a crown of twelve stars, illustrating her royal position in glory as the Mother of the Messiah. From what we said earlier, we can understand why this doctrine is important. Mary stands as a monumental example of Christ’s power to save us from sin and evil. We know that Christ is the victorious king because he took his own Mother into heaven, body and soul. He will someday take us into heaven too, both body and soul.