Mater Ter Admirabilis
The Latin title Mater Ter Admirabilis (MTA ) or its German translation Mother Thrice Admirable (also wonderful mother three times ) is an honorary title for the Virgin Mary, which was coined in 1604 by Father Jakob Rem on pilgrimage Ingolstadt. Today, St. Mary's title is mainly known by the Schoenstatt movement, which has taken him from Ingolstadt.
Formation
On April 6, 1604 Jesuit Father Jakob Rem recognized when praying the Litany of Loreto, that the Mother of God, the invocation " Mater admirabilis " (Latin mother, so wonderful ) particularly liked. From then on he let this invocation be repeated three times, causing the hanging in the chapel of Ingolstadt, Marian Congregation picture of Mary Our Lady of the Snow in time the name Mater ter admirabilis got.
The Mater ter admirabilis was first worshiped by the members of the Colloquium marianum and spread through this further. The diocese of Constance was ordained in 1683 at " Mary, the Mother Thrice Admirable ," the diocese of Eichstätt on 11 October 1942.
According to one possible interpretation of the three-time Wonderful on the names of Mary refers to as Mother of God, Mother of the Redeemer and Mother of the redeemed.
Schoenstatt Movement
Since 1915, Mary is venerated in the Schoenstatt movement as "Mater Ter Admirabilis ". The boarding Sodalists joined by the covenant of love with the Blessed Virgin Mary and took to strive for holiness in front of and with the help of the Mother of God from the founding place, a small, abandoned cemetery chapel to make (now Shrine ) a real pilgrimage. They were based on the example of Ingolstadt. One of the most famous pupil Kent ego and admirer of the MTA was the Sodale Joseph Engling, the MTA greatly admired and in the odor of sanctity was a soldier in the First World War.
As Kentenich was given a picture of Mary with the baby Jesus ( " Refuge of Sinners " ), the young people should not have been very impressed by the style of the picture though, but have it still be gratefully accepted. They are said to have " love " within a short time in the broadcast of the painting, which they collected in their original shrine at the high altar. They called the Virgin Mary as in Ingolstadt Mater Ter Admirabilis and the image was known as the MTA picture of the Schoenstatt Movement.
Today, the MTA picture is the most important symbol of the Schoenstatt movement and for many Catholics as picture of grace. It can be seen in each Schönstattkapellchen as an altarpiece and a more modern type of the Catholic faith to live in the Schoenstatt families try and discover it is common to have a more modern form of the " God spot" in the house: the home shrine, the usually also contains the MTA picture.