Category Archives: Mary words
Mary words
“For you it is who took me and led me out of strange ways and darknesses years ago. You it is who takes me by the hand now day by day. Only you would not grow tired of the like of me–of anyone so sinful, ungrateful, selfish . . . The thought of my sins …
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“You need not be afraid, am I not here?” (The Blessed Mother, to St. Juan Diego)
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“Mary most holy, Mother of God, passes unnoticed, just as one more among the women of her town. Learn from her how to live with ‘naturalness.’” (St. Josemaría Escrivá)
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“Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.” (St. John Vianney)
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“Mary is the one creature who unconditionally accepted her creatureliness with all its limitations and weaknesses, with the trust that the Lord, who has seen the humility of His servant, would accomplish great things in her soul.” (Alice von Hildebrand)
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“Mary’s motherhood is not some vague or abstract sort of thing. It’s concrete and personal. And even though it’s universal, it’s also intensely particular. Mary is your mother. She is my mother. In this light, John Paul thinks it’s significant that Mary’s new motherhood on Calvary is expressed in the singular, ‘Behold, your son’ not ‘Behold, your billions of spiritual children.’ The …
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“The Mother of God, the most pure Virgin, carried the true light in her arms and brought him to those who lay in darkness. We too should carry a light for all to see and reflect the radiance of the true light as we hasten to meet him.” (Office of Readings, Feast of the Presentation)
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O my Mother, offer me to Jesus. O my Mother, take my heart and hide it in the heart of Jesus. ~ St. Bernadette Soubirous
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“In the light of Mary, the Church sees in the face of women the reflection of a beauty which mirrors the loftiest sentiments of which the human heart is capable: the self-offering totality of love; the strength that is capable of bearing the greatest sorrows; limitless fidelity and tireless devotion to work; the ability to …
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“My children, she is the ladder of sinners, she is my chief confidence, she is the whole ground of my hope.” ~St. Bernard of Clairvaux
