Part II : The Crown of Power : Chapter 5 : § 5.10-11 > § 6.1

Chapter 5 : The Fourth Star or Splendour of the Crown of Power of the MOTHER OF GOD

She was the Spouse and the Companion of the Saviour

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)

§ 5. The Nuptial Rite and its Ceremonies 

 10   The chaste Bride herself does not hold back and, making use of her five senses, she does all that she can to show the peerless qualities of her beloved Spouse. Here is what she has to say:

My beloved is white and vermilion, in His divinity and His humanity. He is so handsome that the incomparable grace radiating from His countenance is sufficient to identify Him amongst millions of those reckoned to be the finest of men. His head, representing nothing less than His divinity, is more resplendent than pure gold touched by the clear rays of the Sun. The curly locks of His black hair represent the incomprehensible thoughts and designs of His most profound wisdom, and take nothing away from the palm tree’s blossoms which can be seen emerging from their stems. The innocence of His soul may be read in His eyes, as in a mirror, and you would think you were looking at beautiful doves whiter than milk and snow hovering playfully near running waters. I know of no better way to describe His kind heart, His affable nature, the gracious welcome he extends to everyone, and the gentle quality of His features, than to say they are like two beautiful garden plots, sown with all sorts of flowers and fragrant plants. His speech is so delightful that, in hearing the words pouring from His sacred lips, you would be put in mind of the first myrrh exuding by itself in abundance from the trunk. His hands are a figure for His actions and they are so finely worked and accomplished that you would swear they had been produced on a wheel or lathe; they are so divine that, to represent their value, He wears on each of His fingers beautiful hyacinths set in gold mountings. His sacred humanity may be seen in His chest, and it is purer, more dazzling and more pleasing to the eye than white ivory studded with sapphires, by reason of the wondrous actions of His virtue and the marvels He produces with them to the utter astonishment of the universe. His lower limbs represent His irresistible power and His courage, overcoming every sort of difficulty, and accompanied by a holy perseverance, being like two beautiful columns of white marble set on bases of solid gold. If you have ever seen Mt Lebanon covered with all sorts of beautiful trees, you will have an idea of His stature compared with that of His elect, for amongst the trees you cannot fail to notice the cedar as King amongst the other trees, distinguished for all its fine qualities: in this you have an image of my Beloved, for if the tree is the glory of Lebanon, He is rather the honour of the children of men. I have plenty of other wonderful things I could say about Him, but even these few that I have mentioned should be enough to show you how He stands out amongst all other men. Such then, O daughters of Jerusalem, is the beloved of my heart.

 11   To the sound of such harmonies as these, we now arrive joyfully at the place where the wedding feast and the other guests are awaiting us. I crave your patience, Dear Reader, for I promise to give you details in the next chapter concerning the consummation of this marriage and all that you would wish to know about the fruits of this divine union.

Footnotes

[1] See Cant., especially Chap. iv.

§ 6. The honour and power received by the Holy Virgin through this divine union

 1   On the one hand, everywhere echoes with the hymns of joy and happiness, Heaven and earth are of one accord in proclaiming the great qualities of the Spouse and His Bride, and both the Church Triumphant and the Church Militant celebrate with full solemnity this wedding feast which had been so much desired; on the other hand, however, the heretic remains full of envy and prejudice. He sees only difficulties and, like the elder brother of the prodigal son, he refuses to enter into the house and to participate in the public rejoicing. He explodes with anger when he hears the praises and applause received by the Mother of God from all sides. He makes use of his usual tricks in argument and, whilst trumpeting his zeal for the honour of God, he hides beneath his torn robes like the high priest who rent his garments[1]. He declares that he cannot accept these superstitious words and blasphemies, as he calls them, which elevate the Holy Virgin so high that all that is wanting to her seems to be the Divinity itself. He cannot bear to hear her called Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope; nor can he abide other similar names to these which love for our Holy Mother inspired Holy Church to authorise for use by her devoted servants. He goes beyond this to summon the definitive decrees published by the Catholic Church before the tribunal of his personal judgement, proclaiming as loudly as he can that these titles are concocted novelties which prejudice the honour and glory that we owe to God alone. Going further still, he forms leagues, he rages and finally he separates himself from the House of God which St Paul calls the pillar and ground of truth[2].

Footnotes

[1] Matt. xxvi. 65.

[2] 1 Timothy iii. 15.

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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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