Nabożeństwa maryjne w pobożności ludowej

Abstract

In the liturgical year, besides mysteries of Christ a special place is taken by the cult of the Virgin Mary. The Vatican Council II, systematizing the Marian cult, determined that it may be defined by four concepts: veneratio, dilectio, invocatio and imitatio. The above mentioned principles should be used in shaping Marian services and in the practice of Christian life. The most important Marian services in popular piety include: devout listening to God’s Word, the Angelus, the Rosary, litanies, the practice of entrusting oneself to Mary’s care, the Carmelite Scapular, Marian medals, the Akathistos. Apart from this, popular piety worships the Virgin Mary on Saturdays (by any kind of thought about her), in Marian months, in the Advent and in the Lent. On the basis of The Directory on Popular Piety and Liturgy the author formulates the rules for a revival of popular Marian piety. They are the following rules: Trinitarian, Christological, pneumatological, ecclesiological, Biblical, anthropological, eschatological and missionary. In the article the need is emphasized for recognizing liturgy as a norm for the Marian cult.