{"id":879,"date":"2013-03-13T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T22:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/egregioustwaddle\/?p=879"},"modified":"2016-05-02T10:59:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T16:59:47","slug":"salus-populi-romani-a-new-pope-goes-home-to-mamma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/egregioustwaddle\/2013\/03\/salus-populi-romani-a-new-pope-goes-home-to-mamma.html","title":{"rendered":"Salus Populi Romani—A New Pope Goes Home to Mamma: UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, you\u2019ve just been elected pope. What\u2019re you going to do next?<\/p>\n

According to a tweet from the always knowledgeable Rocco Palmo<\/strong><\/a>, Papa Francesco is not going to Disneyland. He\u2019s doing what every good Italian boy\u2014and the new pontiff, though hailing from Argentina, is of Italian extraction\u2014and every good Bishop of Rome does first. He\u2019s going home to Mamma.
\nSpecifically, in this case, Pope Francis will make a private visit sometime tomorrow to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the oldest basilica in the world dedicated to the Virgin Mary, to pray before the icon known as Salus Populi Romani<\/em>\u2014the saving health of the Roman people.<\/p>\n

The icon of the Madonna and Child, painted in Byzantine style, is one of the oldest and most revered religious images in Rome. Legend includes it among the portraits of Mary painted from life by St Luke, though art historians generally date it to the late Byzantine era or early medieval era. Once known as Regina Coeli<\/em> (Queen of Heaven), the image later became known by the title once given by imperial Roman prognosticators to auguries of good fortune for the empire and its people.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I have had the blessing to pray before the Salus Populi Romani<\/em> myself, on a 2010 pilgrimage to Rome. (Unfortunately, my blurry photos don\u2019t do the image justice.) That same day, we also visited the Church of St Alphonsus, where the miraculous image of Our Mother of Perpetual Help is venerated. The latter icon is now more popular than the Salus Populi Romani<\/em> among the local faithful and the pilgrims, but I think it\u2019s good for the new pope to show allegiance to Mary in her oldest Roman representation\u2014just as he spoke his first words from the hard-not-to-think-of-Don\u2019t-Cry-for-Me-Argentina Vatican balcony in charming Italian, wishing the people of his new diocese a Buona sera<\/em>. The world will have him soon enough\u2014sooner than most, if the news of a Saturday press conference is accurate\u2014but meanwhile, Mamma is waiting.<\/p>\n

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Shrine of the Mother Thrice-Venerable, Our Lady of Schoenstatt, at Transfiguration Center for Spiritual Renewal in West Milton, OH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An interesting sideline for those, like me, who have found comfort in devotion to Our Lady of Schoenstatt. In 1604, \u00a0Fr Joseph Rem, a Jesuit (like our new Holy Father!) associated with the Schoenstatt shrine, knelt in prayer before the shrine\u2019s copy of the Salus Populi Romani<\/em> and asked to be inspired as to which title among those in the Litany of Loreto pleased Our Lady most. He was given the title Mother Most Admirable (Mater Admirabilis)<\/em>, which he then instructed the Schoenstatt choirs to sing three times, in the form of a trisagion prayer. Today, Our Lady of Schoenstatt is known by the title Mother Thrice-Admirable. (Another coincidence: There is a Catholic university named for Mater ter Admirabilis<\/em> in the new pope\u2019s former Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.)<\/p>\n

Santa Maria Maggiore,<\/em>
\nOur Lady of the Snows<\/em> (a title of Mary derived from the legend that the plan for the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore was indicated by Our Lady by a miraculous August snowfall on site),
\nMaria, Salus Populi Romani,<\/em>
\nMater ter Admirabilis,<\/em>
\npray for your son, Papa Francesco<\/em>, Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Christ,
\nand for all your children everywhere!<\/p>\n

_____<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Here are links to the coverage of this morning\u2019s profoundly moving visit to Santa Maria Maggiore, where Pope Francis prayed before the Salus Populi Romani<\/em> for half an hour. And for those who took issue with his offering of flowers during Lent, puh-leez<\/em>! When you go home to Mamma, you bring flowers no matter what the season!<\/p>\n

Catholic News Service has a lovey video<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

At The Deacon\u2019s Bench<\/strong><\/a>, Deacon Greg Kandra links to John Thevis\u2019s insights into our new Papa\u2019s first 24 hours on the job, and shares my belief that he is The Real Deal.<\/p>\n

With an H\/T to Pat Gohn\u2019s Among Women podcast<\/strong><\/a> Facebook page, here\u2019s another account<\/strong><\/a> of the visit from Rome Reports, with video.<\/p>\n

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