Mater ter admirabilis
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Jesuit College at Ingolstadt
.Mater ter admirabilis, literally "Mother thrice admirable", is a
Litany of Loreto
.
History
It was first used by the
Litany of Loreto
, uses the invocation Mater admirabilis, which means "Mother admirable".
On April 6, 1604, 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 triple prayer. Mater ter admirablilis continues to be used as a part of the sodality prayers worldwide.
Since 1915, Mater ter admirablilis is a part of the Marian prayers of the
.See also
Sources
H:H:Köster, "Mater ter admirabilis", in Lexikon der Marienkunde, Regensburg, 1967