Christocentricity in the Apparition of Our Lay in Šiluva: “…let everything you have said happen to me.” (Lk 1:38)

Straipsnyje nagrinėjamas Šiluvos Švč. M. Marijos pasirodymas. Bažnyčia gyvuoja tik dėl Kristaus. Ji tampa gyvąja žmonių Bendruomene, kurią nuolat gaivina Tiesos Dvasia. Tad Bažnyčia yra Motina, o pačiai Bažnyčiai taip pat reikia Motinos Marijos globos, nes ji, apreiškimo metu sutikusi būti Atpirkėjo Motina, tapo ir visų žmonių Motina. Slėpinys brendo po Marijos širdimi, jai sąmoningai ištarus fiat. Todėl Dievas Žemėje pasirenka ypatingas vietas, kur per Motiną Mariją teikia žmonėms gausių malonių. Viena iš tokių vietų yra Šiluva. Čia ir dabar atsiskleidžia akivaizdūs istoriniai Dievo ženklaiIn order to conceive our Savior, God and Man, we have to follow the pulse of the Church. The Church exists through Christ who wishes us the abundance of life. Because of this mystery, the Church becomes the Church of living people, constantly refreshed by the Holy Spirit. That helps us to understand, why the Church is our Mother, but who always requires the intercession of Our Mother Mary. We have to be exceptionally grateful to the Fathers of the Vatican Council II who deeply analyzed this truth and proclaimed it in the Constitution Lumen gentium, presenting the compendium of Mariology. All the people of God show love and veneration to the Blessed Mary. With her fiat started the mystery of Incarnation. So her heart under the quidance of the Holy Spirit and in union with her Son radiates love to every human person. So her heart is inexhaustible. In the Apparition of Our Lady in Šiluva we can watch the same Mary’s obedience to God: “...let everything you have said happen to me” (Lk 1:38). The object of the research – the Apparition of Our Lady in Šiluva. The aim of the article – to reveal Mary’s perfect submission to God’s will. The tasks in order to reach this aim: 1. To consider the meaning of fiat in Šiluva apparition as a source of grace. 2. Mary’s mission is fulfilled in Christ. 3. God’s revelation in Šiluva events. Methods used: historical, comparative, analytic and resumptive. Hypothe-sis: St. Mary’s fiatin the apparition of Šiluva as a continuation of her fiat in the Annunciation. God chooses special places on the Earth where he himself or through his Blessed Mother visibly appears and sends his abun-dant graces to people. One of such places is Šiluva. This year is the 400th anniversary when people not only from Lithuania but from all over the world experience miraculous love of the Blessed Mary. [...]Teologijos katedraVytauto Didžiojo universiteta