The Mother of Christ

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  Word of God  
 
You are the glory of Jerusalem.
Judith 15:9
 


Mary, you surpass all the gifts that God’s magnificence
ever bestowed on any human person.

 
St. Sophronius of Jerusalem, 7th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Be it done to me
according to your word.
Mary; Luke 1:38
 


From Mary,
we learn to surrender to God’s will in all things.

 
St. John Paul II, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
I will put enmity
between you and the woman.
Genesis 3:15
 


In Mary,
the destinies of the world were to be reversed,
and the serpent’s head bruised.

 
Bl. John Henry Newman, 19th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Blessed are you who believed that
what was spoken to you by the Lord
would be fulfilled.
Luke 1:45
 


What the virgin Eve had bound fast through unbelief,
this did the Virgin Mary set free through faith.

 
St. Irenaeus, 2nd century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
A woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet.
Revelation 12:1
 


Among all mortals you are a living spring of hope.

 
Dante Alighieri, 14th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Blessed is she who believed.
Luke 8:15
 


The Mother of the Lord is the perfect icon of faith.

 
'Lumen Fidei, Pope Francis

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Blessed are you among women.
Luke 1:42
 


Truly, you are blessed among women,
because through you, we have found salvation.

 
St. Sophronius of Jerusalem, 7th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
The Virgin’s name was Mary.
Luke 1:27
 


The most sweet name of Mary is a precious ointment.
Let this ointment of salvation enter
the inmost recesses of our souls.

 
St. Anselm, 11th century

 

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