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Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary Spis treści - Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary - PART I: TRUE DEVOTION TO OUR LADY IN GENERAL. Chapter one - CHAPTER TWO. IN WHAT DEVOTION TO MARY CONSISTS - PART II: THE PERFECT DEVOTION TO OUR LADY. CHAPTER THREE - CHAPTER FOUR. MOTIVES WHICH RECOMMEND THIS DEVOTION - CHAPTER FIVE. BIBLICAL FIGURE OF THIS PERFECT DEVOTION: REBECCA AND JACOB - CHAPTER SIX. WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF THIS DEVOTION - CHAPTER SEVEN. PARTICULAR PRACTICES OF THIS DEVOTION - SUPPLEMENT. THIS DEVOTION AT HOLY COMMUNION - Wszystkie strony Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary It was through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Jesus came into the world, and it is also through her that he must reign in the world. Because Mary remained hidden during her life she is called by the Holy Spirit and the Church "Alma Mater", Mother hidden and unknown. So great was her humility that she desired nothing more upon earth than to remain unknown to herself and to others, and to be known only to God. In answer to her prayers to remain hidden, poor and lowly, God was pleased to conceal her from nearly every other human creature in her conception, her birth, her life, her mysteries, her resurrection and assumption. Her own parents did not really know her; and the angels would often ask one another, "Who can she possibly be?", for God had hidden her from them, or if he did reveal anything to them, it was nothing compared with what he withheld. God the Father willed that she should perform no miracle during her life, at least no public one, although he had given her the power to do so. God the Son willed that she should speak very little although he had imparted his wisdom to her. Even though Mary was his faithful spouse, God the Holy Spirit willed that his apostles and evangelists should say very little about her and then only as much as was necessary to make Jesus known. Mary is the supreme masterpiece of Almighty God and he has reserved the knowledge and possession of her for himself. She is the glorious Mother of God the Son who chose to humble and conceal her during her lifetime in order to foster her humility. He called her "Woman" as if she were a stranger, although in his heart he esteemed and loved her above all men and angels. Mary is the sealed fountain and the faithful spouse of the Holy Spirit where only he may enter. She is the sanctuary and resting-place of the Blessed Trinity where God dwells in greater and more divine splendour than anywhere else in the universe, not excluding his dwelling above the cherubim and seraphim. No creature, however pure, may enter there without being specially privileged. I declare with the saints: Mary is the earthly paradise of Jesus Christ the new Adam, where he became man by the power of the Holy Spirit, in order to accomplish in her wonders beyond our understanding. She is the vast and divine world of God where unutterable marvels and beauties are to be found. She is the magnificence of the Almighty where he hid his only Son, as in his own bosom, and with him everything that is most excellent and precious. What great and hidden things the all-powerful God has done for this wonderful creature, as she herself had to confess in spite of her great humility, "The Almighty has done great things for me." The world does not know these things because it is incapable and unworthy of knowing them. The saints have said wonderful things of Mary, the holy City of God, and, as they themselves admit, they were never more eloquent and more pleased than when they spoke of her. And yet they maintain that the height of her merits rising up to the throne of the Godhead cannot be perceived; the breadth of her love which is wider than the earth cannot be measured; the greatness of the power which she wields over one who is God cannot be conceived; and the depths of her profound humility and all her virtues and graces cannot be sounded. What incomprehensible height! What indescribable breadth! What immeasurable greatness! What an impenetrable abyss! Every day, from one end of the earth to the other, in the highest heaven and in the lowest abyss, all things preach, all things proclaim the wondrous Virgin Mary. The nine choirs of angels, men and women of every age, rank and religion, both good and evil, even the very devils themselves are compelled by the force of truth, willingly or unwillingly, to call her blessed. According to St. Bonaventure, all the angels in heaven unceasingly call out to her: "Holy, holy, holy Mary, Virgin Mother of God." They greet her countless times each day with the angelic greeting, "Hail, Mary", while prostrating themselves before her, begging her as a favour to honour them with one of her requests. According to St. Augustine, even St. Michael, though prince of all the heavenly court, is the most eager of all the angels to honour her and lead others to honour her. At all times he awaits the privilege of going at her word to the aid of one of her servants. The whole world is filled with her glory, and this is especially true of Christian peoples, who have chosen her as guardian and protectress of kingdoms, provinces, dioceses, and towns. Many cathedrals are consecrated to God in her name. There is no church without an altar dedicated to her, no country or region without at least one of her miraculous images where all kinds of afflictions are cured and all sorts of benefits received. Many are the confraternities and associations honouring her as patron; many are the orders under her name and protection; many are the members of sodalities and religious of all congregations who voice her praises and make known her compassion. There is not a child who does not praise her by lisping a Hail Mary. There is scarcely a sinner, however hardened, who does not possess some spark of confidence in her. The very devils in hell, while fearing her, show her respect. And yet in truth we must still say with the saints: De Maria numquam satis : We have still not praised, exalted, honoured, loved and served Mary adequately. She is worthy of even more praise, respect, love and service. Moreover, we should repeat after the Holy Spirit, "All the glory of the king's daughter is within", meaning that all the external glory which heaven and earth vie with each other to give her is nothing compared to what she has received interiorly from her Creator, namely, a glory unknown to insignificant creatures like us, who cannot penetrate into the secrets of the king. Finally, we must say in the words of the apostle Paul, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has the heart of man understood" the beauty, the grandeur, the excellence of Mary, who is indeed a miracle of miracles of grace, nature and glory. "If you wish to understand the Mother," says a saint, "then understand the Son. She is a worthy Mother of God." Hic taceat omnis lingua : Here let every tongue be silent. My heart has dictated with special joy all that I have written to show that Mary has been unknown up till now, and that that is one of the reasons why Jesus Christ is not known as he should be. If then, as is certain, the knowledge and the kingdom of Jesus Christ must come into the world, it can only be as a necessary consequence of the knowledge and reign of Mary. She who first gave him to the world will establish his kingdom in the world. - poprz. - nast. »»
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Rasprava o pravoj pobožnosti prema Presvetoj Djevici - UVOD Spis treści - Rasprava o pravoj pobožnosti prema Presvetoj Djevici - UVOD - PRVIDIO. MARIJA U POVIJESTI SPASENJA - MARIJA U OTAJSTVU CRKVE I POSVEĆENJU DUŠA - POBOŽNOST PREMA MARIJI JE POTREBNA OSOBITO U POSLJEDNJIM VREMENIMA - DRUGIDIO. ŠTOVANJE MARIJE U CRKVI - LAŽNE POBOŽNOSTI I LAŽNI ŠTOVATELJI - OZNAKE PRAVE POBOŽNOSTI PREMA PRESVETOJ DJEVICI - POGLAVITE VJEŽBE PRAVE POBOŽNOSTI PREMA MARIJI - TREĆIDIO. SAVRŠENA POSVETA ISUSU KRISTU - POTICAJI NA OVU POBOŽNOST - BIBLIJSKA SLIKA OVE SAVRŠENE POBOŽNOSTI: REBEKA I JAKOV - DIVNI UČINCI ŠTO IH PROIZVODI OVA POBOŽNOST U DUŠI KOJA JOJ JE VJERNA - POSEBNE VJEŽBE OVE POBOŽNOSTI - ZAKLJUČAK - Wszystkie strony Marija u Božjem planu spasenja i u životu Crkve Po Presvetoj Djevici, Isus Krist je došao na svijet. Po njoj, također, treba kraljevati na svijetu. Po svojoj poniznosti Marija je živjela životom sasvim skromnim. Zato je Duh Sveti i Crkva nazivaju Alma Mater – Majka skromna i tajna. Njezina je poniznost bila tako duboka da je ništa na zemlji nije jače i trajnije privlačilo doli skrivati se samoj sebi i svakom stvoru kako bi bila poznata jedino Bogu. Bog je uslišao njezine molitve kojima ga je molila da je sakrije, osiromaši i ponizi te ju je rado sakrio pogledu skoro svakog ljudskog stvorenja u njezinom začeću, u njezinom životu, u njezinim tajnama te njezinom uskrsnuću i uznesenju. Ni sami njezini roditelji nisu je poznavali. I anđeli su često pitali jedni druge: »Tko je ta?« Jer im ju je Svevišnji skrivao, ili ako im je i otkrio koju njezinu odliku, ipak im je neizmjerno više toga skrivao. Po odredbi Presvetog Trojstva Bog Otac je privolio da ona za svoga života ne učini nikakva čuda, bar takvo koje bi zadivilo svijet, premda joj je bio dao čudotvornu moć. Bog Sin je privolio da ona skoro ni ne otvori svojih usta, iako joj je bio saopćio svoju mudrost. Duh Sveti je privolio da njegovi apostoli i evanđelisti o njoj reknu sasvim malo, i to samo toliko koliko bijaše potrebno za upoznavanje Isusa Krista, premda je ona bila njegova vjerna zaručnica. Zbog svoje posebne veličine Marija je izvrsno remek-djelo Svevišnjega, koji je za se zadržao spoznaju o njoj i vlasništvo nad njom. Marija je divna Majka Sina, koji ju je drage volje ponizio i sakrio u njezinu životu, da pogoduje njezinoj poniznosti, dajući joj naziv žena1 (Iv 2, 4; 19, 26) kao kakvoj tuđinki, iako ju je u svom srcu cijenio i ljubio više nego sve anđele i ljude. Marija je vjerna zaručnica Duha Svetoga i zapečaćeni studenac (usp. Pj 4, 12) kamo može ući samo on. Marija je svetište i počivalište Presvetoga Trojstva gdje se Bog nalazi na divniji i božanstveniji način negoli na ijednom mjestu svemira, ne izuzevši njegovo boravište nad kerubinima i serafi nima; niti je dopušteno ikomu stvoru, ne znam koliko on bio čist, unići tamo bez velike povlastice. Izjavljujem sa svecima:2 Božanska je Marija zemaljski raj novoga Adama, gdje se on utjelovio po Duhu Svetom, da tu učini nečuvena čudesa. Ona je veliki divni Božji svijet gdje ima neizrecivih ljepota i bogatstava. Ona je Veličanstvo Svevišnjega gdje je on sakrio kao u svome krilu, svoga jedinoga Sina i s njime sve što ima najodličnijega i najdragocjenijega. Koliko li je ovaj svemogući Bog učinio velikih i otajstvenih stvari u ovom divnom stvoru, tako da je i ona sama u svoj svojoj dubokoj poniznosti, prisiljena izjaviti: Velike mi stvari učini Svesilni (Lk 1, 49). Sveci su izrekli čudesne stvari o ovom svetom Božjem gradu. Nisu nikada bili rječitiji i zadovoljniji, kako sami priznaju, nego kad su govorili o Mariji.3 Još kliču da se ne može pogledom dohvatiti visina njezinih zasluga koje je ona uzdigla sve do božanskoga prijestolja,4 da se ne može izmjeriti širina njezine ljubavi koju je ona rasprostranila dalje od zemlje, da se ne može pojmiti veličina njezine moći, koju vrši i nad samim Bogom; i napokon, da se ne može doseći dno dubine njezine poniznosti i svih njezinih kreposti i zasluga, tom pravom bezdanu. O nedokučive visine! O neizrecive širine! O neizmjerne veličine! O nedosežna bezdana! Svakog dana, od jednoga kraja zemlje do drugoga, u najvišoj visini nebesa, u najdubljoj dubini bezdana, sve naviješta, sve objavljuje divnu Mariju. Devet anđeoskih korova, ljudi svakog spola, dobi, položaja, vjere, dobri i zli, pa i sami đavli, svatko mora, milom ili silom, priznati istinu i nazvati je blaženom. Svi anđeli na nebesima, po riječima sv. Bonaventure, neprestano joj kliču: »Sveta, sveta, sveta Marijo, Bogorodice i Djevice«5 – upravljaju joj svaki dan milijune i milijune puta anđeoski pozdrav: Zdravo Marijo, padajući pred njom i moleći u nje milost da ih počasti kojom svojom zapovijedi. Sam sv. Mihael, kako to veli 1 Iv 2, 4; 19, 26. Ni u grčkoj ni u rabinskoj literaturi sin ne zove majku ženom. Isus se time distancira od svoje majke jer u svom mesijanskom poslanju zavisi samo od Oca, ali u isto vrijeme ukazuje na Marijinu ulogu žene (Post 3, 15), koja sudjeluje u otajstvu Otkupljenja kao majka vjernika (Iv 16, 21; 19, 26). Puna je sva zemlja slave njezine, (usp. Iz 6, 3) osobito među kršćanima, gdje je mnoga kraljevstva, pokrajine, biskupije i gradovi uzimaju za pokroviteljicu i zaštitnicu. Mnoge katedrale posvećene su Bogu pod njezinim imenom. Nema crkve bez oltara u njezinu čast. Nema predjela ni pokrajine bez neke od njezinih čudotvornih slika pred kojima ljudi ozdravljaju od svih vrsta zala i dobivaju siako dobro. A koliko li je bratovština i kongregacija ustanovljenih u njezinu čast! Koliko li je redova pod njezinim imenom i njezinom zaštitom! Koliko li je subraće i sestara u tolikim bratovštinama, koliko li redovnika i redovnica u tolikim redovima, koji objavljuju njezinu hvalu i navješćuju njezino milosrđe! Nema ni malog djeteta koje je ne hvali, tepajući: Zdravo Marijo. Nema uopće grješnika, koji ma koliko otvrdnuo, nema u sebi koju iskru pouzdanja u nju. Nema, dapače, ni đavla u paklu koji je ne poštuje bojeći je se. Marija još nije dovoljno poznata Zato zaista treba reći sa svecima: »O Mariji nikad dosta.« Marija još nije dosta bila hvaljena, uzvisivana, čašćena, ljubljena i služena. Ona je zaslužila da je još više hvalimo, štujemo, ljubimo i služimo. Stoga trebamo reći s Duhom Svetim: Sva je slava Kraljeve kćeri iznutra kao da sva izvanjska slava, koju joj natječući se iskazuje nebo i zemlja, nije ništa prema onoj slavi koju joj Gospodin udjeljuje u njezinoj unutarnjosti, a koju sićušni stvorovi ne poznaju jer ne mogu proniknuti Kraljevu tajnu nad tajnama. Stoga trebamo kliknuti s Apostolom: Oko nije vidjelo, uho nije čulo, ljudsko srce nije osjetilo (1 Kor 2, 9) ljepote, veličine i odlike Marije, tog čuda nad čudesima u redu milosti, naravi i slave. »Ako želite shvatiti Majku – veli neki svetac – shvatite Sina jer je ona dostojna Majka Božja: ovdje neka zamulne svaki jezik.«6 Moje mi je srce diktiralo sve što, evo, napisah s osobitom radošću, da pokažem kako je božanska Marija bila nepoznata do sada i kako je to jedan od uzroka zašto Isus Krist nije poznat koliko bi trebao. Ako, dakle, poznavanje Isusa Krista i njegovo kraljevstvo ima doći na svijet, a sigurno ima, to će se sigurno zbiti kao nužna posljedica poznavanja i kraljevanja Presvete Djevice Marije, koja je prvi put svijetu donijela Isusa Krista, a po kojoj će se on drugi put proslaviti.