Mariologiczne wątki w pismach s. Immakulaty Adamskiej OCD na przykładzie św. Teresy Benedykty od Krzyża (Edyty Stein)

Abstract

Sister Immakulata Janina Adamska, who was a Carmelite nun, included Mariological motifs in her writings, as is illustrated by the example of Edith Stein. At first an atheist Jew, Edith Stein later converted to Catholicism to become a Carmelite nun and a saint martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. Born into a Jewish family, she was a talented researcher and philosopher. Stein was sensitive to the existential aspect of human life and sought the truth. In her own words, “God is the truth. Whoever seeks the truth is looking for God, whether consciously or unconsciously”. Those two women joined the way of Christ’s Cross and thus received wisdom. Edith Stein opened her way through her experience of the Cross to a new encounter with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. She deepened her relationship with Christ, and thus discovered the mystery of Mary. By recognizing Mary, Stein approached the love of God. Sister Immakulata was fascinated with Edith Stein and remained the best interpreter of her works. Sister Immakulata perceived Mary as the bride of the Holy Spirit and the Immaculate Mother of the Saviour in the works of Edith Stein, who associated the motherhood of Mary with her role as the Mother of the Church. Stein identified the Painful Mother with the Woman from the Book of Genesis and the Woman of the Apocalypse – the bride of God’s Lamb. While analyzing the works of Edith Stein, Sister Immakulata stated that Stein paved the way for a new direction in Mariology. Immakulata wished Mariology to demonstrate the relationship with God, who is love and the source of all love.