Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son. --Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Father and Doctor of the Church “No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost. --Saint Hilary of Poitiers - Bishop, Father, and Doctor of the Church Seek refuge in Mary because she is the city of refuge. We know that Moses set up three cities of refuge for anyone who inadvertently killed his neighbor. Now the Lord has established a refuge of mercy, Mary, even for those who deliberately commit evil. Mary provides shelter and strength for the sinner. --Saint Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church “If anyone does not believe that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, such a one is a stranger to the Godhead.” --Saint Gregory Nazianzen, Father and Doctor of the Church Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of Gods heart. --Saint Maximilian Kolbe She is more Mother than Queen. --Saint Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church “In that first ‘fusion’ with Jesus (holy communion), it was my Heavenly Mother again who accompanied me to the altar for it was she herself who placed her Jesus into my soul.” --Saint Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church “In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.” --Saint Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church “Think of what the Saints have done for their neighbor because they loved God. But what Saints love for God can match Marys? She loved Him more in the first moment of her existence than all the Saints and angels ever loved Him or will love Him. Our Lady herself revealed to Sister Mary Crucified that the fire of her love was most extreme. If Heaven and earth were placed in it, they would be instantly consumed. And the ardors of the seraphim, compared with it, are like cool breezes. Just as there is not one among all the Blessed who loves God as Mary does, so there is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does. Furthermore, if we heaped together all the love that mothers have for their children, all the love of husbands and wives, all the love of all the angels and Saints for their clients, it could never equal Marys love for even a single soul.” --Saint Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary Do not marvel at the novelty of the thing, if a Virgin gives birth to God --Saint Jerome, Father and Doctor of the Church “Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.” --Saint Jerome, Father and Doctor of the Church The world being unworthy to receive the Son of God directly from the hands of the Father, he gave his Son to Mary for the world to receive him from her. --Saint Augustine, Father and Doctor of the Church “As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary --Saint Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church “Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.” --Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Father and Doctor of the Church That one woman is both mother and virgin, not in spirit only but even in body. In spirit she is mother, not of our head, who is our Savior himself—of whom all, even she herself, are rightly called children of the bridegroom—but plainly she is the mother of us who are his members, because by love she has cooperated so that the faithful, who are the members of that head, might be born in the Church. In body, indeed, she is the Mother of that very head --Saint Augustine, Father and Doctor of the Church The Virgin Mary, being obedient to his word, received from an angel the glad tidings that she would bear God --Saint Irenaeus, Father of the Church “Let us run to her, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” --Saint Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church The day of the Nativity of the Mother of God is a day of universal joy, because through the Mother of God, the entire human race was renewed, and the sorrow of the first mother, Eve, was transformed into joy. --Saint John Damascene, Father and Doctor of the Church “There is no danger of exaggerating. We never hope to fathom this inexpressible mystery nor will we ever be able to give sufficient thanks to our Mother for bringing us into such intimacy with the Blessed Trinity.” --Saint Josemaria Escriva “May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing.” --Saint Padre Pio “Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed to reach the shores of Eternal Splendour.” --Saint Padre Pio Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our Heavenly Mother and reflect on its boundless grief and how precious is our soul. --Saint Padre Pio “Let the storm rage and the sky darken - not for that shall we be dismayed. If we trust as we should in Mary, we shall recognize in her, the Virgin Most Powerful ‘who with virginal foot did crush the head of the serpent’.” --Pope Saint Pius X The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown. --Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman I am not only the Queen of Heaven, but also the Mother of Mercy. --Our Lady to Saint Faustina Whosoever shall die wearing my Scapular shall not suffer the flames of Hell. --Our Lady of Mount Carmel Even while living in this world, the heart of Mary was so filled with tenderness and compassion for men, that no one ever suffered so much for his own pains as Mary suffered for the pains of others. --St. Jerome O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of necessity. --Saint Basil the Great Happy, indeed sublimely happy, is the person to whom the Holy Spirit reveals the secret of Mary, thus imparting to him true knowledge of her. Happy the person to whom the Holy Spirit opens this enclosed garden for him to enter, and to whom the Holy Spirit gives access to this sealed fountain where he can draw water and drink deep draughts of the living waters of grace. That person will find only grace and no creature in the most lovable Virgin Mary. But he will find that the infinitely holy and exalted God is at the same time infinitely solicitous for him and understands his weaknesses. Since God is everywhere, he can be found everywhere, even in hell. But there is no place where God can be more present to his creature and more sympathetic to human weakness than in Mary. It was indeed for this very purpose that he came down from heaven. Everywhere else he is the Bread of the strong and the Bread of angels, but living in Mary he is the Bread of children. --from The Secret of Mary, by Saint Louis Marie de Montfort
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