WAWANCARA DENGAN MARTIN LUTHER

ini wawancara Thomas Rudy dengan Romo (Mantan) Martin Luther, yang terkenal karena gerakan Reformasi (lebih tepatnya revolusi) yang berhasil membagi-bagi Gereja yang adalah Tubuh Kristus ......

Berikut wawancara kami:

secara umum, bagaimana pandangan anda terhadap Bunda Maria?

Mary is the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of all of us even though it was Christ alone who reposed on her knees . . . If he is ours, we ought to be in his situation; there where he is, we ought also to be and all that he has ought to be ours, and his mother is also our mother. (Sermon, Christmas, 1529, Martin Luther).
No woman is like you. You are more than Eve or Sarah, blessed above all nobility, wisdom, and sanctity. (Sermon, Feast of the Visitation, 1537, Martin Luther).

lalu, bagaimana pandangan anda terhadap doa Salam Maria?? 

Our prayer should include the Mother of God. What the Hail Mary says is that all glory should be given to God, using these words: "Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus Christ. Amen!" You see that these words are not concerned with prayer but purely with giving praise and honor. We can use the Hail Mary as a meditation in which we recite what grace God has given her. Second, we should add a wish that everyone may know and respect her. He who has no faith is advised to refrain from saying the Hail Mary. (Personal Prayer Book, 1522).

Romo (mantan) Martin, bagaimana komentar anda tentang Keperawanan abadi Bunda Maria??

"It is an article of faith that Mary is Mother of the Lord and Still a Virgin......Christ, we believe, came forth from a womb left perfectly intact" (Works of Luther, Martin Luther)

Romo (mantan) Martin, kabarnya saudara seperjuangan anda John Calvin juga berkomentar yang sama, dia bilang apa mengenai hal ini??

"There have been certain folk who have wished to suggest from this passage [Matt 1:25] that the Virgin Mary had other children than the Son of God, and that Joseph had then dwelt with her later; But what folly this is! For the gospel writen did not wish to record what happened afterwards; he simply wished to make clear Joseph's obdience and to show also that Joseph had been well and truly assured that it was God who had sent His angel to Mary. He had therefore never dwelt with her nor had he shared her company....And besided this Our Lord Jesus Christ is Called the first-born. This is not because there was a second or a third, but because the gospel writer is paying regard to the precedence. Scripture speak thus of naming the first-born whether or no there was any question of the Second" (Sermon on matthew 1:22-25, John Calvin)

apa pandangan anda terhadap penghormatan kepada Bunda Maria??
The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart. (Sermon, September 1, 1522, Martin Luther).
akhir-akhir ini ada 'isyu' yang beredar bahwa Bunda Maria dikandung tanpa noda dosa, menurut anda itu bagaimana??
It is a sweet and pious belief that the infusion of Mary's soul was effected without original sin; so that in the very infusion of her soul she was also purified from original sin and adorned with God's gifts, receiving a pure soul infused by God; thus from the first moment she began to live she was free from all sin" (Sermon: "On the Day of the Conception of the Mother of God," 1527, Martin Luther)
"She is full of grace, proclaimed to be entirely without sin- something exceedingly great. For God's grace fills her with everything good and makes her devoid of all evil." (Personal {"Little"} Prayer Book, 1522). 

Apakah menurut anda Penghormatan kepada Maria dapat menyingkirkan peran Yesus Kristus??

One should honor Mary as she herself wished and as she expressed it in the Magnificat. She praised God for his deeds. How then can we praise her? The true honor of Mary is the honor of God, the praise of God's grace. Mary is nothing for the sake of herself, but for the sake of Christ. Mary does not wish that we come to her, but through her to God. (Explanation of the Magnificat, 1521)

Romo (mantan) Martin, sebelum kita berpisah apakah anda akan menyampaikan pesan-pesan kepada para pembaca???
MELALUI DIA MENUJU ALLAH
Tak ada hal yang menyukakan hati Maria seperti hal menuju Allah melalui dirinya, seperti hal belajar percaya dan berharap melalui teladannya ... sekalipun kita harus dicemooh dan dihinakan, entah selama hidup, entah pada waktu mati. apa yang dikehendakinya bukanlah bahwa kita menuju kepada kepadanya, melainkan melalui dia kita menuju kepada Allah. Ia (Maria) harus dan ingin tampil bagi semua orang sebagai bukti hidup kebaikan Allah. Hasratnya yang paling mendalam ialah mendorong jiwa-jiwa untuk mencintai Allah, untuk memuji-Nya, dan menyerahkan diri kepada penyelenggaraan-Nya. Semua jiwa harus dapat berkata dengan penuh percaya:
"Perawan yang suci, Bunda Allah, betapa menghibur hati kami melihat bahwa dari kebaikan hati-Nya semata-mata Allah telah sudi memandang kehinaanmu dan ketiadaanmu! dikau membuat kami dapat berharap bahwa Allah akan memperlakukan kami sedikit seperti dikau dan bahwa, meskipun kami papa dan tak pantas, Ia akan memandang kami juga dengan rela"
Terima kasih Romo (mantan) Martin, suatu kata penutup yang indah.....

Semoga, wawancara kami dengan Romo (Mantan) Martin Luther dapat membawa manfaat bagi kita semua, terutama dalam hal yang menyangkut pandangan kita terhadap Bunda Maria