Part II : The Crown of Power : Chapter 13 : § 2.6-7

Chapter 13 : The Twelfth Star or Splendour of the Crown of Power of the MOTHER OF GOD

She is the Worker of great miracles

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)

§ 2. The MOTHER OF GOD is, after her Son, the Omnipotent Worker of great wonders

 6   With regard to the second reason, I have shown in the previous chapter that she is in truth the Queen and Sovereign Lady of the universe, the Empress of men and of Angels, and as a necessary consequence, that she has sovereign Power over all creatures. It seems to me that this Power has been given to her in a threefold manner: 

    • firstly, when she was chosen to be the Mother of the Eternal King; 

    • secondly, by virtue of the choice her Son freely made as soon as He became Incarnate in her womb – for having honoured her so greatly as to submit Himself to her power, there can be no doubt that He would not have submitted all other things to her and that He would not have commanded all His subjects to obey her; and

    • thirdly, when she was consecrated and crowned as Queen in Heaven, when she received once more absolute power over the whole domain of her Son. 

Now, as all the titles of His Kingship go far beyond ordinary laws, in the same way the Power that she has in consequence of her Queenship is entirely out of the ordinary. In virtue of this Power, it follows that: 

    • she commands the Angels – both the good and the bad; 

    • she performs all sorts of miracles in heaven and on earth; 

    • she can modify nature and make use of it as it pleases her, in conformity with the will of her Son, whom she knows perfectly and for whose glory she works all these wonders. 

In order to make a sound judgement about this, we can say that if St Gregory[1] could write that:

the Saints, who rank only as servants or friends, are nevertheless able to perform miracles and wonders not only by impetration (asking for God’s help), but also by making use of their own authority and power to command nature,

then who could object if we were to say the same of the Queen Mother? Remembering the miracle that Joshua worked[2], is there anything that could possibly be more extraordinary and which seemed to upset the actual order of the universe more than the way he halted the course of the Sun and of the celestial spheres upon which the whole of the rest of the world depends? And if Joshua was able to do this on his own authority, are you going to say that Mary could not do the same?

Footnotes

[1] II Dial., c. 30.

[2] Josue x. 12-13.

 7   Concerning the third reason, I have already shown earlier that the Saviour of men communicated to her in a pre-eminent manner the title and office of Reparatrix[1], not only because she provided from her own substance the price of our redemption and the victim of our salvation, conjointly offering with Him the sacrifice of the Cross, but also because in the person of St John He entrusted her with all the elect as her children[2], so that she might bring them forth unto glory. Much more than all this, we have the continual experience of the tender care she shows towards them, underlining the extraordinary nature of the responsibility with which she has been entrusted. 

From this I conclude that it must be said of her what we said earlier about her Son, namely that since everything in the physical and spiritual world is for the salvation of the predestined who have been entrusted to her care, then she must have received a power which she is free to exercise not only to produce ordinary effects but also for such extraordinary miracles as may be proper to attain this end. For my part, I am quite convinced that if we were permitted a glimpse of the secret things taking place around us, we would see marvellous operations of grace that she performs in souls, not only through managing things externally through the mediation of the good Angels, but more immediately through herself, acting within our hearts and minds in an eminent manner proportionately to that of the sacred Humanity. According to learned theologians, a priest has the power to act directly on the substance of souls to produce grace in a physical manner by means of sacred words, as instruments of the Divinity. Now if this is the case with priests and the Sacraments of the Church, can we be in any doubt something similar but more elevated would be available for her who is far higher than these in dignity? 

If adequate words of explanation fail us, then let us offer honour silently within our hearts and praise God eternally that He has made it possible for us to be at the service of a Lady so mighty, to whom all power has been given in heaven and on earth, and who can work every sort of wonder in nature and in grace, whenever need arises, not only for our salvation but also for our happiness and joy.

Footnotes

[1] Reparatrix (Fr. Réparatrice) : she who restores to state of grace or innocence, restorer, redemptrix [DMLBS]. Cf. : "May the most gracious Virgin Mother of God look kindly, she who, because she gave us Jesus the Redeemer, nourished Him, and at the Cross offered Him as a victim, by reason of her mysterious union with Him and utterly singular grace, became and is piously called the Reparatrix." Pius XI, Encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor (AAS 20 [1928] 178)

[2] John xix. 26-27.

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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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