Part II : The Crown of Power : Chapter 7 : § 1.6-11

Chapter 7 : The Sixth Star or Splendour of the Crown of Power of the MOTHER OF GOD

She rules and guides the Church

Continuing our translation of the 1845 reprint of Fr François Poiré's Triple Crown of the Mother of God (1643 French edition).

Notre Dame des Grâces, Cotignac.(Poggi, 2020)

§ 1. Spiritual King and Head of the Church : second title of the Saviour of our souls

The Height of the Temple

 6   The fifth feature is the Height of the Temple, for it was built on the summit of two high hills and that is why strangers called the God of Israel the God of the hills[1]. When the Prophet Isaiah, is contemplating the Catholic Church[2], however, He sees her located on a mountain so high that her lower slopes are higher the highest hills – showing how far she is exalted over the Synagogue, and over anything that has ever been known for its greatness or its height.

Footnotes

[1] III Book of Kings (1 Kings) xx. 28.

[2] And in the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it. Isaiah ii. 2.

 

The Beauty of the Temple

 7   The sixth feature is its incomparable Beauty, whether considered from the outside or from within. This beauty was such as to make David sigh unceasingly for Holy Sion and all his happiness[1] was to contemplate the delightful vision of the House of God. I call it incomparable with regard to everything except that beautiful city built of gold and precious stones which St John saw[2] coming out of Heaven down to Earth; for when we come to this city, we are forced to concede that the beautiful Temple was but a prefiguration, losing its lustre and becoming almost as nothing when compared with this wonder of beauty.

Footnotes

[1] For the house which I desire to build, is great: for our God is great above all gods. II Paralipomenon (II Chronicles) ii. 5.

[2] Come, and I will shew thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.  10 And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he shewed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. Apoc. xxi. 9-10 et seq.

The Riches of the Temple

 8   The seventh feature concerns the Riches which could never be imagined by anyone who has not read and weighed what is said at various places in the Sacred Scriptures. I crave your patience, however, for we shall soon discover[1] that Solomon’s gold and silver were nothing in comparison with the inexhaustible treasures of the Messiah’s spiritual kingdom.

Footnotes

[1] Chap. 10.

The Holiness of the Temple

 9   The eighth feature is its Holiness, by reason of which it is called the Holy of Holies. This name is applied not only to the Temple itself but also to the surrounding vicinity, as is explained by the Prophet Ezekiel[1]. We should note, however, that just as there is a proportion between a type and the truth it prefigures, between darkness and light, between earth and heaven, just so is there a proportion between this old Temple and the Church of God, which is a thousand times holy in the person of Him who founded it, in its Sacraments, and especially in the most holy Sacrament of the Altar, in its Ministers, in its liturgy and traditions, and in the whole Christian people – for it is the Mystical Body of the Lord.

Footnotes

[1] All its border round about is most holy: Ezech. xliii.12. The Vulgate text here has an explicit reference to the Holy of Holies : omnis finis ejus in circuitu, Sanctum sanctorum est.

The Glory of the Temple

 10   The last feature is its Glory and Renown which had spread so widely that even the Pagans, who in everything else had a very low opinion of the Jewish people, regarded this as the most wonderful building in the world. Let us listen to the Prophet Isaiah[1] who promises the new people of God that it will be the honour and wonder of ages to come; and to the prophet Aggeus[2], who proclaims that the glory of the second house, which is the Church, will be very different to that of the first, being dedicated entirely to the honour and glory of the great King Jesus, the Prince of this spiritual Realm which was established for the eternal happiness of the elect.

[1] I will make thee to be an everlasting glory, a joy unto generation and generation. Isaiah lx. 15.

[2] Who is left among you, that saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in comparison to that as nothing in your eyes? Aggeus: ii. 4.

 11   The only aim of the above discussion was to explain briefly the nature of this Kingdom of which the peerless Spouse is Queen. Now it is time to consider the honour that she receives therefrom and the power that she is privileged to exercise therein, to the immense benefit of all the subjects of the Prince of Heaven and His Queen Consort. We shall be exploring this in the remainder of the Chapter.

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The Virgin of Tenderness. >12th century.

SUB tuum præsidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genitrix. Nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus, sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta. Amen. 

 

Totus tuus ego sum

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum semper tutus sum:

Ad Jesum per Mariam.

© Peter Bloor 2025