By
Fr. Paul McDonald
Special to Rorate Caeli
The
Lord Jesus Christ Recognized as the King of Poland
Radio
Maryja (@RadioMaryja) reports that the Bishops of Poland have enthroned, or, to
use the bishops' more sober expression, "recognized" Christ as the
King of Poland. This was done in the official presence of the President of
Poland, Andrzej Duda. Many pilgrims were present in Poland for this event.
Today the act will be repeated in all the Polish cathedrals and parishes. This
took place yesterday, Saturday, at the Church of Divine Mercy in Krakow .
The
providential and proximate origin of the act is to be found in revelations
received, or said to be received, by the Servant of God Rosalia Zelkova. The
Lord -- she said -- demanded that He be enthroned as King by the Polish Nation as
such, and not just in the hearts of the Poles, in a particular manner, and this
would have saved Poland in the war that was coming.
At
first, especially after Vatican II, the idea did not find much support among
the bishops. One may think that the shadow of Dignitatis Humanae was a factor,
especially since the theme of the social right to religious liberty was so
strong in the teaching of Pope Saint John Paul II. Another factor would have
been the proximate origin, spoken of above. The same factor afflicts the Fatima
Message. Under the diffused influence of theological modernism there is a
diffidence even about the possibility of communications from Heaven.
But
the social kingship of our Divine Lord is absolutely founded in necessary and
dogmatic truths about Christ. It is not merely an element of private
revelation. St. Gregory the Great said that they were heretics who denied that
Christ is the King of and over everything.
