Miriam of Abellin

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St. Sr. Mary of Jesus crucified OCD

Mirjam von Abellin (born January 5, 1846 in I'billin (Abellin), Galilee , † August 26, 1878 in Bethlehem ); Born Mirjam Baouardy , religious name Maria a Iesu Crucifixo (Mary of Jesus, the crucified) was a Palestinian Discalced Carmelite and mystic . She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Miriam von Abellin, depiction in the Carmel of Harissa in Lebanon

Mirjam Baouardy was raised by relatives after the death of her parents. As a young girl, she should be forced into marriage. She opposed this because she would rather be bound to Christ as a consecrated virgin . So after a turbulent prehistory she entered the novitiate of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the apparition in Capalette near Marseilles . During this time, as before she entered, she had visions and the first signs of her later stigmata appeared , which is why they did not want to accept her into the community at the end of the novitiate. Instead, she was recommended to the Carmel of Pau in France, where she entered the Discalced Carmelites on June 15, 1867 and on July 27 of the same year took the religious name Maria a Iesu Crucifixo when she was dressed .

In 1870 she was sent from Pau with some of her fellow sisters to found a Carmel in Mangalore , India , where she made her solemn profession in 1871 before Bishop Marie Ephrem Garrelon . Due to various visions and inexplicable incidents, however, later differences of opinion with the bishop arose, and Sister Maria returned to Pau in November 1872. Garrelon had turned away from her completely and thought her visions were wrong. He later recognized this as a mistake and therefore suffered - according to statements from those around him - from remorse, which contributed to his early death. When he died, Miriam of Abellin prophesied that he would not go to heaven until the first Holy Mass was celebrated in the Carmel she had planned in Bethlehem. She saw Garrelon in the afterlife and heard him complain loudly: "I have sinned against the glory of God."

From France, in 1875, Sr. Maria initiated the establishment of Carmelite monasteries in Bethlehem and Nazareth (the places where Jesus Christ was born and grew up) in 1875. On November 21, 1876, the convent moved into the newly built monastery building under her leadership a.

The health of Miriam of Abellin, which had been undermined by a difficult youth and arduous life, but above all by the trip to India, did not strengthen again. She died on August 26, 1878 at the age of only 32 after severe suffering in the Carmel of Bethlehem, where she is buried. Shortly before her death she was about to found a Carmel in Nazareth. After her death, devotion to her quickly spread throughout the Middle East. Her grave became a place of pilgrimage.

Beatification and Canonization

Pope John Paul II beatified Mirjam von Abellin on November 13, 1983 . On May 17, 2015, she was canonized by Pope Francis . Her feast day is August 25th .

Adoration

In I'billin, a kindergarten, the Miriam Bawardi Elementary School and a Junior High School, all part of the Mar Elias Educational Institutions (MEEI), bear her name.

literature

  • Ronny Baier:  BAOUARDY, Mirjam (Maria von Abellin), religious, mystic, blessed. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 77-87.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • Amédée Brunot SCJ : Light from Mount Tabor: Mirjam, the little Arab. 2nd edition, Christiana-Verlag, Stein am Rhein (Switzerland) 1992. ISBN 3-7171-0824-7 . - German First edition 1983. The French original Mariam, la petite Arabe. Sœur Marie de Jésus Crucifié ( Mulhouse 1981) first appeared in the year of death d. Ed. (1912-1981).
  • Denis Buzy SCJ: Vie de Soeur Marie de Jésus Crucifié. Paris 1922.
  • Pierre Estrate SCJ: Mariam, sainte palestinienne ou la vie de Marie de Jésus crucifié. With a foreword by Jean-Gabriel Rueg OCD . Téqui éd., Paris 1999 (French). - New edition of one of the nun's earliest biographies; The author (1840–1910) was temporarily her soul guide and accompanied the sisters to Bethlehem.
  • Valentino Macca OCD : Mary of Jesus Crucified (Mary Baouardy, 1846-1877) [sic]. Authorized Engl. Translated from the lexicon article Maria di Gesù Crocifisso (Mariam Baouardy) , first published in Italian , in: Ludovico Saggi OCarm (Ed.): Santi del Carmelo , Institutum Carmelitanum, Rome 1972.
  • Emmanuel Maillard: Mirjam the little Arab: a life full of miracles. Miriam-Verlag, Jestetten 2014. ISBN 3-87449-400-4 .
  • Andreas Resch CSsR : Art. Mary of the Crucified Jesus Baouardy (Mirjam) , in: ders .: Die Blessed Johannes Pauls II. 1979–1985. Innsbruck 2000.
  • Benedikt Stolz OSB : Mirjam von Abellin: Flame of divine love. 4th edition, Miriam-Verlag, Jestetten 1999 (first edition: Bigge / Ruhr 1929). ISBN 3-87449-190-0 .

Web links

Commons : Mirjam von Abellin  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amedee Brunot: Licht vom Tabor - Mirjam the little Arab , Christiana Verlag, Stein am Rhein, pages 96-108, ISBN 3-7171-0824-7
personal data
SURNAME Miriam of Abellin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maria a Iesu Crucifixo; Mary of Jesus crucified (religious name); Baoardy, Mirjam (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Palestinian Carmelite and saint
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH I'billin , Galilee
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1878
Place of death Bethlehem