WHAT IS HEART OF MARY? AIM OF THIS DEVOTION IN THE WORK OF P. JOAQUÍN MARÍA

Abstract

The Immaculate Heart of Mary should be the flag of the current Marian movement. Only by explaining what its object is, the devotion to the Heart of Mary can be de-fended from past decadent forms as we can present all its efficacy for today’s piety. This is what is intended taken by the hand of Joaquín María Alonso. In saying this, the Heart of Mary is the formal aspect of Mary’s person and the formal aspect of Marian theology as well, as the vocation that according to its nature, all forms of Marian piety tend to, if they want to be authentic: informing, interiorizing and purifying this, our devotion to the Heart of Mary (Cordimarian Devotion). It is right to claim a place of honor for this devotion, since by the nature of its object, this devotion is a true cult “in spirit and truth” (Jn 4, 23). As, the Heart of Mary is not a body organ, but a principle: It is Mary seen in her interiority and intimacy, it is love (to God and to humanity) as a formal element, and from this formal and principal nature, comes all the excellency of the Heart; since it appears as the source of all the interior organism of the Blessed Virgin. The Heart of Mary is the pristine essence or condensation of Mary’s person.