Mary’s Prayer

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Pray always.
1 Thessalonians 5:17
 


Mary preferred to pray rather than to speak.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

 
 
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Mary pondered all these things,
and kept them in her heart.
Luke 2:19
 


She kept the truth in her mind
longer than the flesh in her womb.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 
 
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These all, devoting themselves to prayer,
along with Mary the mother of Jesus.
Acts 1:14
 


Holy Mary, may all who venerate you
experience your assistance and protection.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 
 
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Mary
John 2:1
 


If you invoke the blessed Virgin when you are tempted,
she will come at once to your help,
and Satan will leave you.

 
St. John Vianney, 19th century

 
 
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The Lord God is my strength.
Habakkuk 3:19
 


Mary is the city of refuge.

 
St. Anthony of Padua, 13th century

 
 
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I will put emnity between you and the woman.
Genesis 3:15
 


If we trust as we should in Mary,
we will recognize in her the Virgin Most Powerful,
who crushed the head of the serpent.

 
St. Pius X, 19th century

 
 
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That your joy may be full.
Jesus; John 15:11
 


May the Mother who protects and accompanies us
obtain for us that persevering joy that never falters or fades.

 
Pope Francis

 
 
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God has lifted up the lowly.
Mary; Luke 1:52
 


Mary stands before her Son
unceasingly praying for sinners.

 
St. Bede the Venerable, 8th century

 

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