Mexican Spirituality Its Sources and Mission in the Earliest Guadalupan Sermons

by Schulte, Francisco Raymond

• ISBN13: 9780742513556
• ISBN10: 0742513556
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This book celebrates a number of Guadalupan sermons that serve as the fundamental source of the Mexican people's unique spiritual devotion and identity. These sermons were preached, published, and circulated among the populace of Mexico in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. They proclaim an unshakable conviction that the peoples of the American continent are the uniquely blessed recipients of God's, and especially Mary's, favor. In their modern sense, these sermons provide a wealth of information on Mexican theology, spirituality, and religious self-understanding at a pivotal time in a people's culture.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction: The Historical Background of the Guadalupan Event and of the Published Guadalupan Sermons
Introduction	1	(1)
The Guadalupan Event Of December 1531	2	(15)
The Published Guadalupan Sermons	17	(10)
God's Providential Plan for the Peoples of Mexico
Introduction	27	(2)
Mexico Complains: Unevangelized For 15 Centuries	29	(5)
God Explains: All ``In The Fullness Of Time''	34	(13)
Mary's Presence and Mission in Mexico Prior to America's Initial Evangelization
Introduction	47	(1)
God Asks Mary To Cooperate With The Divine Plan	48	(8)
Mary Suggests America's Evangelization To God	56	(21)
Mary's Presence and Mission in Mexico During America's Initial Evangelization
Introduction	77	(1)
Mary: Herald Of The Gospel To America	78	(12)
Mary: Founder Of The Church In America	90	(6)
Mary: Teacher Of The Church In America	96	(15)
Mary's Presence and Mission in Mexico Subsequent to America's Initial Evangelization
Introduction	111	(1)
Mary: Guide And Director Of The Church In America	112	(2)
Mary: Benefactor, Intercessor And Protector	114	(13)
Mary: Endlessly Present Through Her Sacred Image	127	(6)
Mexico's Mission in Salvation History
Introduction	133	(1)
Universal Importance Of The Guadalupan Event	134	(4)
The Signs Of The Time	138	(3)
America: A New Seedbed For The Uprooted Faith	141	(2)
Repairing The Ruins Of The Universal Church	143	(2)
``No Graces Without Return'': Correspondence	145	(18)
Conclusion: Non Fecit Taliter Omni Nationi: A Mexican Spirituality of Divine Election for a Mission
The Published Guadalupan Sermons	163	(2)
The Mexican Spirituality Of Divine Election For A Mission In The Published Guadalupan Sermons	165	(4)
Annotated Chronological Bibliography: The Guadapulan Sermons	169	(42)
Selected Bibliography	211