Mater ter admirabilis

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Mater ter admirabilis is an ancient Latin adoration from the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and means since the year 1604:. “Mother most admirable, pray for us” “Mother most admirable, pray for us” “Mother most admirable, pray for us” It was first used by the Jesuit Father Jakob Rem, head of the of the Sodality of Our Lady, in Ingolstadt, Bavaria on April 5, 1604.

On April 4, 1604, the Colloquium marianum of the Jesuit Sodality at Ingolstadt was praying the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As they came to the prayer, “Mother most admirable, pray for us” Father Rem asked for a repeat and again for a repeat of the prayer. Since that time, the Colloquium Marianum and the sodalities used the tripple prayer. Mater ter admirablilis continues to be used as a part of the sodality prayers world-wide. Since 1915, Mater ter admirablilis is a part of the Marian prayers of the Schönstatt movement. Mater ter admirabilis is also an Marian altar in the Cathedral of Ingolstadt, where the solidarities used to meet on a daily basis for Holy Mass. It was never clarified whether the tripple prayer refers to the Holy Trinity, to the tripple virginity of the Virgin Mary (before, during and after birth), or, to the Mother of God, mother of the Redeemer and mother of the redeemed.

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H:H:Köster, Mater ter admirabilis, in Lexikon der Marienkunde, Regensburg, 1967