Chapter 6 : The Fifth Star or Splendour of the Crown of Power of the MOTHER OF GOD
She is the Mother of the world to come and Redeemer of our race
Continuing our translation of the 1845 reprint of Fr François Poiré's Triple Crown of the Mother of God (1643 French edition).
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| Notre Dame des Grâces, Cotignac.(Poggi, 2020) |
§ 9. Adam’s recall from exile and his renewal : third fruit of the restoration of men by the Blessed Virgin
5 At the conclusion of her speech, Mercy knelt and kissed the foot of God’s throne; Justice did the same and then they both withdrew so that deliberation on the issue could duly proceed. The matter having been opened up for consultation, sundry opinions were expressed and various ways forward were proposed, but all of these inclined towards clemency, because Mercy’s moving address had produced a powerful impression on those who heard it.
When this stage was over and all had submitted their thoughts and opinions, the matter was remitted to the judgement of uncreated Wisdom. As He spoke, it was clear how highly He esteemed the reasoning in Mercy’s speech, and there was no one present who was not astonished, as well as moved by a sense of relief. The conclusion of His judgement was that it was necessary to save man, at whatever price; that both mercy and justice must be satisfied; that achieving this would require infinite power; this matter pertained to Him in person, for it was fitting and proper that His creatures should be saved and restored through Him, since they had been made by Him; He accepted that He would be the idea and the exemplar for their restoration just as He had been when they were first brought into being; in order to achieve this, He would offer Himself up to His Eternal Father, being ready to obey His will in any way required. He saw clearly that He would have to unite Himself to this human nature in order to give it a new being, and He was entirely willing to take on this role.
Amongst the daughters of Eve, however, there was not one without stain of sin and not one who had the necessary qualities to be the Mother and the Spouse that He would want – and who would be able to help Him bring this undertaking to its conclusion, which was to be the redemption of men. Accordingly, with the assent of His Father, He conceived the idea of a woman who would be pleasing to Him in every regard, capable of being employed on such a sublime yet demanding project, and in whom the enemy of mankind would find nothing to exploit: in a word, someone who possessed all the perfections proper to her who was to be the Mother and Spouse of God, as well as the Queen and Reparatrix of the world.
No sooner had this speech concluded, than the Father of all goodness ordered Mercy and Justice to be recalled. Having briefly explained to them what had been decided, He ordered them to exchange the kiss of peace and from that moment onwards to work together to the best of their abilities for the restoration and rehabilitation of fallen man. At this same moment, all the Blessed Spirits prostrated themselves on the ground, crying aloud: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts! Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of His glory[1].
Here then is how the blessed Virgin played her part in God’s designs and in His revocation of the first sentence banishing Adam and depriving him of all his estates.
Footnotes
[1] Isaiah vi 3.
6 It is possible that some will pull me up and say that this is simply a poetic invention or no more than a simple meditation. To these I would reply, firstly, that the invention is based upon what we discover in the words of the Holy Spirit, who said through the pen of the prophet David[1] that Mercy and Truth have met each other: and that Justice and Peace have kissed. Secondly, I would say that the effects we see are unmistakable signs of the will of God and His plans; from the way that everything came to pass, it is easy to conclude how it was planned and implemented. Thirdly, I would make clear how I have said nothing that does not follow the Holy Fathers who have supplied me with a good and solid basis for what I have written. It is now fourteen hundred years since St Gregory of Neocaesarea spoke to the MOTHER OF GOD in the following terms[2]:
Thou wast the starting point for our rehabilitation; through thee we have regained hope of returning into Paradise; through thee our tears have been wiped away and peace hath replaced the tribulation of our grief.
After him St Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople, called her[3]:
The one who raised us up after the fall of our first parents, and the one who conveyed their poor lost children safely back to a state of peace and tranquillity.
The Angel who spoke to St Briget[4] gave her to understand that:
it was with good reason that the Blessed Virgin could be called the tree of life, forasmuch as she was given to the world as an antidote to heal the poison of the forbidden fruit, and as a sign confirming the return of poor Adam to the place from which he had been banished.
He goes on to say that:
Adam is not found disobeying God after his first transgression but from that point onwards He began to offer contrition and reparation in a way befitting his sin. After the fratricide committed by Cain, his elder son, he determined to cease cohabiting with his wife unless he received a command from God to do so for the propagation of men. In order to provide some consolation, God revealed to him how His Word would become flesh as a man and that He would be born from Adam’s descendants. Adam concluded that this would never be achieved in the ordinary and common manner but that God would choose a Virgin worthy of counteracting the first woman and of undoing the effects of the crime she had committed.
Accordingly, just as it made him infinitely unhappy to think of the evil brought into the world by Eve’s secret conversation with the serpent, in the same way there was no limit to the joy he felt when contemplating the agreement between the Virgin and the Angel. Just as it caused affliction in his heart that a woman drawn from his side should have opened the door to death, so he rejoiced at the thought of another woman who would come from his race and make life come once again into the world. Just as he felt such sadness at the first woman’s presumption, so he found great consolation in the humility of the second. Just as he was angered by the haughtiness of the former, so did he rejoice in the modesty of the latter. Just as he regretted that the word of one would have led to perdition for him and his children, so he adored God in his goodness for accepted the word of the other which would lead to redemption being made possible for all. In the end, it was for these reasons that he yearned unceasingly for the coming of Mary and that he prayed continuously that Heaven would soon send her so that all things might be restored.
For this same reason, St John Damascene[5] attributes to Adam and his wife words which show their acknowledgement and gratitude, making them say to the MOTHER OF GOD:
Blessed art thou, most Holy daughter, given to us from Heaven so that by means of thee the punishments that we have all endured have been removed. Thou hast received a mortal body like ours in order to clothe us once more with immortality. We caused paradise to be closed off but thou hast opened it up again, along with the path leading to the tree of life. We exchanged happiness for tears, but thou hast brought joy to replace mourning. In short, all I can say to thee is that if we have been accepted into Heaven through a new grace, then thou art the ladder enabling us to make our way up to the Celestial destination.
Footnotes
[1] Ps. LXXXIV. 11.
[2] Serm. de Annuntiat.
[3] Orat. de Nativit. B. Virg.
[4] Serm. Angelici, c. 21.
[5] Orat. 2 de Assumpt.
7 It would now be natural to follow an explanation of how, by means of the Virgin, man was delivered from the domination and tyranny of Satan in order to be restored to his first liberty, this being the fourth fruit of his restoration. We shall, however be discussing this at the end of Part Two where I aim to show how completely she overthrew the kingdom of the devil and cast down his altars.
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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.
The Virgin of Tenderness. >12th century.
Totus tuus ego sum
Et omnia mea tua sunt;
Tecum semper tutus sum:
Ad Jesum per Mariam.
© Peter Bloor 2025
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