Part II : The Crown of Power : Chapter 9 : § 1.3-4

Chapter 9 The Eighth Star or Splendour of the Crown of Power of the MOTHER OF GOD

She commands the Church’s armies

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. Commander-in-chief of the Church’s armies : third attribute of the Incarnate King of glory

 3   Having said all this, however, we should remember that Solomon was only a shadow of the Saviour and his prowess as a warrior was merely a prefiguration of the wisdom and courage of the latter. Solomon was born into the royal purple, and he made his entry peacefully into a flourishing state which welcomed him with open arms. The Saviour, on the other hand, was forced to acquire His kingdom at the point of a sword, meeting his enemies head on. His prophet Isaiah[1] alludes to this when he describes him as being covered with the blood of his enemies, looking like one who had been treading grapes for a long time in the harvest. John, in his Apocalypse[2], shows him mounted on a white steed, bow in hand and with a crown on his head even before going into battle, as testimony to the complete confidence He had in victory. If you consider the enemies arrayed against him, they are just as formidable in their might as they are frightening through their sheer numbers. They will appear in a flash with an unheard of fury determined, if they have their way, to eliminate completely the memory of this heavenly Prince. His courage, however, is quite unrivalled just as his power cannot be resisted. Soon we will see Him trample on them all beneath His feet; the rivers will run red with their blood and their dead bodies will be strewn across the land.

Footnotes

[1] I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me: I have trampled on them in my indignation, and have trodden them down in my wrath, and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my apparel.  Isaiah lxiii. 3. 

[2] And I saw: and behold a white horse, and he that sat on him had a bow, and there was a crown given him, and he went forth conquering that he might conquer. Apoc. vi. 2.

 4   St John describes Him in this way a second time[1] under the name of faithful, true and Word of God, mounted on a white horse with eyes ablaze, wearing not one but several crowns, his cloak stained with His enemies’ blood. In His mouth is a sharp two edged sword, ready to inflict terrible carnage; in His hand, He holds a rod of iron to break the heads of His enemies, whom He will crush like grapes in a wine press; upon His coat of arms are written these words: the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords. The heavenly host follows Him on white horses, their capes of fine linen streaming behind them. All around Him may be seen crowns and sceptres scattered on the ground, and everywhere the bodies of Kings, Princes, Colonels, Field Marshals and Captains; in short, on surveying this scene you would think that all the great ones of the earth had fallen. This is a prefiguration of the Saviour’s conquests described in a mystical manner by St John. I would have good reason to speak further of these conquests but my plan in this work is to speak more of the great achievements of the Saviour's Spouse rather than His own wonders. In all that will be said about the Queen, however, it is the King who will always have the better part, for it was under His auspices that she gained all those victories which I shall be describing.

Footnotes

[1] Apoc. xix. 11 et seq.

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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.

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