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''Ad diem illum laetissimum'' is an encyclical of Pope Pius X, later canonised as "Pope Saint", on the Immaculate Conception, dated Rome in St. Peter's on the second day of February 1904, in the first year of his Pontificate. It is issued in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate conception. It explains the Mariology of Pius X.〔Mark Miravalle, 1993, ''Introduction to Mary'', Queenship Publishing ISBN 978-1-882972-06-7, page 164〕 The first reason for Pius to write the encyclical was his desire for 'the restoration of all things in Christ,' which he had defined as his motto in his first Encyclical letter. To Pius, there is no safer or more direct road than Mary. She is uniting all mankind in Christ.〔Ad diem illum 5〕 The encyclical relied heavily on the views expressed in Saint Louis de Montfort's book ''True Devotion to Mary''. Language of both writings is strikingly similar, which is not surprising, since Saint Pius highly esteemed True Devotion and granted an Apostolic Blessing to all who read it.〔(Pope Pius X website )〕 ==Mary our Mother == * “''Mary is the Mother of Christ and therefore she is our Mother also”.'' 〔Ad diem illum 10〕 According to the encyclical, Christ is the Word made Flesh and the savior of mankind. He had a physical body like any other man, but, as savior of the human family, He had a spiritual and mystical body, the Church. The Blessed Virgin did not conceive the Eternal Son of God merely in order that he might be made man, only taking His human nature from her. In addition, by means of the nature assumed from her, he might be the redeemer of men. Mary, carrying the savior within her, also carried all those whose life was contained in his. Therefore all the faithful united to Christ are members of his body, flesh, and bones〔Ephes. v., 30〕 from the womb of Mary like a body united to its head. Though a spiritual and mystical fashion, they are all children of Mary, and she is their mother. Mother, spiritually indeed, but truly mother of the members of Christ.〔〔S. Aug. L. de S. Virginitate, c. 6.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ad diem illum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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