Kutno, 11 December 2007
An open letter regarding the enthronement of Jesus Christ as King of Poland and King of the other nations of the world
I would hereby like to express my wish for Christ to be enthroned by the Polish Episcopate and the Parliament as King of Poland. I also wish that other countries of the world follow us in enthroning Jesus Christ as their King.
This idea stems in a clear and obvious way from the message bequeathed by my compatriot (and fellow citizen, as Jachówka borders on my parish of Maków), Rozalia Celakówna, inspired by Our Lord Jesus shortly before World War Two. Almost seventy years have passed since Jesus Christ's appeal, requesting the Reedemer's enthronement or coronation by the Polish nation as her KING and LORD, an act to be accomplished by the nation's ecclesiastical and state authorities. Other nations and states of the world should follow suit, if such is their will.
The act accomplished first by the Polish nation should set the example for other nations of Europe and the world to follow. All this should prevent, in Christ's own words, the world's self-annihilation through wars and disasters. 'Only these states shall not perish that accomplish the enthronement' (Rozalia Celakówna, Memoirs). As a witness of the extermination of a neighbouring country, Germany, and many countries of Western Europe, I raise the alarm. As a Catholic, imbued with the spirit of love towards my fellow man, I feel bound by my conscience to issue a warning to the world's nations, a warning not only against destruction, but also against eternal damnation. My soul is like Benjamin's, since my country is one of the youngest states of the European civilisation, and therefore I speak as the youngest member of the family.
Europe, listen! To you are we, the Poles, grateful for the faith, the cultural heritage and the economic legacy. We are grateful to you for all that. Listen to Benjamin. Europe, you have gone astray. Within your soul you are not what you appear to be. The devil and his sons have led you astray. You will perish unless you listen. 'Look towards Eastern Europe', said Holy Virgin through the late Sister Lúcia of Jesus to Pope John Paul II.
An immense service was rendered to Poland by the King John II Kasimir at the period of the Swedish invasion and great national betrayal. The monarch enthroned the Holy Virgin as the Queen of Poland and Lithuania. The enthronement was accomplished with great contribution from the Polish Jesuit Saint Andrew Bobola. These days moral decay and betrayal of Motherland represent a new deluge ravaging our country and call for proclaiming Jesus Christ as King of Poland. It is impossible to break free from this emerging evil empire if we rely solely on our human strength. Thus Holy Virgin, the Queen is leading us to Christ, the King. An intermediary of grace, She will again embarrass those who chose to serve wrong masters.
The great work of enthronement entails acknowledging the Divine law as superior over the state law and to be observed by those in authority: the President, the cabinet, the Seym and the "fourth power", as the media are called, as well as those who have been shaping the course of history for the past two centuries with no regard for either God or man. Only the enthronement put into practice is a chance for the development of the Country. As Pope Pius XII wrote in his encyclical Summi pontificatus, 'At the head of the road which leads to the spiritual and moral bankruptcy of the present day stand the nefarious efforts of not a few to dethrone Christ'. What is meant here are not only Christ's royal qualities as expressed in worship, but also his power over the rulers of this world. In the same vein the current Pope Benedict XVI addressed a one million crowd of young people gathered in the Cracow Blonia Park, 'Jesus is frequently ignored and ridiculed, is announced to have been a king of the past and not to be the king of the present, let alone of tomorrow, is pushed into the junk room of issues and personages that should not be mentioned aloud and publicly.' (Cracow, 27 May 2006). From my evangelical and patriotic perspective, I can see a deadly menace to the very existence of the Nation.
Half a century ago, the effigies of Divine Mercy were being removed from churches for the sake of maintaining the purity of worship and protecting the Church from alleged embarrassment caused by implementing 'bizarre ideas of some unknown nun' in religious practice. Today Sister Faustina has been canonized and the Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy is a magnet for pilgrims from all over the world. Thus we are witnessing the fulfilment of Christ's prophecy mediated by Saint Faustina:
'I will stand between My Father and the dying person, not as the just Judge but as the merciful Saviour' (Sister Faustina, Diary, p.82).
I have absolutely no doubt that history will repeat itself to the great shame of all internal and external enemies of the Church's teaching. We find an expression of this teaching in the encyclical Quas primas of Pope Pius XI, written in 1925. Like Faustina, Rozalia Celakówna will also be worshipped as a saint, and a statue of Christ the King of Poland will be erected in the Cracow Market Square or some other venue. A perpetual guard of honour will be held in this place, while every newly elected president, prime minister or marshall of parliament will inaugurate their term in office there. Other nations will follow in our footsteps, saving themselves from complete annihilation. The nations that will refuse to follow will disappear from the face of the earth. Poland may meet the same fate unless we do Christ's bidding. The tragedy of World War Two could have been averted had Cardinal Primate August Hlond along with the government proclaimed Christ King of the Polish nation. Although the Primate had been well-informed, he failed to undertake the challenge of enthronement, despite Christ's numerous admonitions mediated by the Servant of God Rozalia Celakówna.
The president, the parliament, the Episcopate and the nation that fail to enthrone Jesus Christ may share the fate of the King Stanislaw Poniatowski, who was the first (and last!) monarch to refuse to pay homage to Holy Virgin the Queen in the Jasna Góra Sanctuary. Divine patience is not without a limit, and the mark is being overstepped in rejecting for the 83rd time Christ's bidding expressed by Pope Pius XI and the Servant of God Rozalia. 'We refer to the plague of anti-clericalism, its errors and impious activities. . . . The empire of Christ over all nations was rejected. . . . We shall minister to the need of the present day, and at the same time provide an excellent remedy for the plague which now infects society. . . . While nations insult the beloved name of our Redeemer by suppressing all mention of it in their conferences and parliaments, we must all the more loudly proclaim his kingly dignity and power, all the more universally affirm his rights.'
The strong and the powerful of this world are afraid of Christ's enthronement, because it will mark the beginning of a new world order, an age of the Holy Spirit.
Father Piotr Natanek, PhD
Licenciate in Holy Theology
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