It would be a mistake to link the membership of the Holy Crown to the recognition of the primacy of the Great Lady, because this idea is Catholic - and not independent of religion - in nature. Prince Primate Mindszenty also acknowledged this.
Belonging to the Holy Crown, as a public law relationship, does not depend on language or religion. Establishing this is essential even if the veneration of the Blessed Virgin goes beyond the framework of the Roman Catholic religion.
In the Regnum Marianum, we can really study a special, history-bearing system of ideas, the knowledge of which is essential for understanding the history of Hungarian public law, and which rightly deserves a lot of attention in today's Catholic theology, in the past and present of the history of Hungarian ideas. If a people is identical with its own history, then the idea of Regnum Marianum is inseparable from it.
However, the mystery of the Holy Crown is not the same as the doctrine of the Holy Crown. As an element beyond the law, as an idea connected to and nourished by the collective unconscious, in addition to religious teaching, the cult of Mary with the Holy Crown is of great importance. The doctrine of the Holy Crown and the Regnum Marianum are still two theories, recognizing all their close connections and temporal interweaving, just as the beautiful song of Our Lady and the Hymn are two texts and two melodies. Just as the two melodies express the same spirituality, so Regnum Marianum radiates the mystery, the mystery, the immeasurable spiritual depth of the Holy Crown, sent by providence giving strength to the doctrine of the Holy Crown.
The adoration of the Blessed Virgin, which is the basis of the Regnum Marianum, shows its uniquely Hungarian character, patriotism, charisma, and confidence-radiating power in the 18th century. 19th century song for our first anthem:
Our Blessed Mother,
Our old great Patroness!
Being in great need,
This is how our country calls:
And an even earlier version:
Our Blessed Mother, our old great Patroness: being in great need, this is how our country speaks: Over Hungary over Pannonia, don't forget about the orphaned Hungarians
Oh dear beautiful daughter of God the Father! Holy Mother of Christ, Matka of the Holy Spirit from Hungary, etc.
Open the heavens to our many cries, make us worthy of old graces; R. from Hungary, from Pannonia, etc.
Here, see as we ask, we turn away from our sin, we admonish you with the words of our sighing song: Don't forget Hungary and Pannonia orphan Hungarians.
Turn away so many sins against our country: in which we are soaked up to our necks, and win peace already. Don't forget Hungary, Pannonia, etc.
Cardinal Mindszenty's offering to the country is the most beautiful and valuable testimony of our time, the noblest expression of commitment to the Blessed Virgin. On August 25, 1946, in Székesfehérvár, Cardinal József Mindszenty, the Duke Primate of Hungary, solemnly offered our country to the protection of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The text of the cardinal's prayer offering the country was also placed in the foundation stone of the Saint Stephen's Chapel in Fatima, built by the exiled Hungarians
"Blessed Holy Virgin, Our Lady and Mother!
At the hour of King St. Stephen's death, he dedicated to you the great work of his life, the tender Hungarian Christianity, his country and his crown. He placed all his hopes in you, and he was not disappointed: You protected the Hungarian people in the most critical moments of their history for nine centuries.
Following the example of our first holy king, we also turn to You, and today we once again offer Hungarian Christianity, our sweet Hungarian country, to You, Your Immaculate Heart. In today's fateful hour of our history, we close our country and our people with childlike trust in your immaculate motherly Heart - uniting our offering to our Holy Father, XII. With the offering of Pope Piusz - and begging you, please protect your heritage.
Do not consider our sins with which we have grieved the Heart of Your Holy Son and Your Immaculate Heart so many times. You are also a kind Mother of your wayward children, and your Immaculate Heart is a refuge for sinners. Trusting in your forgiving motherly love and referring to the merits of our first holy king, we humbly ask for forgiveness for the sins of the entire Hungarian people.
We promise to promote the veneration and atonement of your Immaculate Heart in our country with all our strength. Following the example of King Saint Stephen, we apostolate so that the kingdom of God may come to souls: the kingdom of truth and life, the kingdom of holiness and grace, the kingdom of justice, love and peace, in which Christ is the king and You are the queen, oh our Mother and Queen of the World!
We humbly ask you to pour out on all of us the overflowing love of your motherly Heart, which makes the good zealous and the sinners righteous. You, who are the mediator of all graces, bring about for us the freedom of the Church, the peace of souls and the prosperity of the country. Give priests with a holy life and laity with an apostolic spirit, so that through them the flow of grace can begin in the kingdom of St. Stephen, which is Your kingdom.
Do not look at our unworthiness, but at the immeasurable goodness of your Motherly Heart, and graciously accept our offering, as you once graciously accepted Saint Stephen's offering. Have pity on us, poor, tormented, fallen Hungarians, and do not delay to grant us the triumph of justice and love from God. Amen."
As in the years 1038, 1317, 1697 and 1896, the country was offered to the Hungarian Lady, József Mindszenty repeated the quoted offer of the country with the original text. This is what Péter Erdő , Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, did on October 13, 2017, on the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions, at the open-air celebratory mass held in front of the Szent István Király Parish Church built in honor of Our Lady of Fatima in Soroksár.
We can agree, because the words of Prince Primate Mindszenty on August 15, 1947, at the opening of the Year of the Blessed Virgin, speak to today's Hungarians and citizens of the country as well: " The lessons of the past are guides for the future. We do not allow an individual, a family, a nation to be clothed in thoughts alien to our body and soul. We insist on the great historical foundations of our torn country inherited from the past, faithfully enjoyed in the future, and whether secretly or openly, we will nurture our sustaining forces."
