The Immaculate Mother of God appeared as a stem
whose flower is your true Son, our Christ,
my God, my Maker.

 
St. Ephraem, 4th century

O Holy Mother,
you have brought forth the incarnate Lamb of God.
The angels of heaven are lost in wonder.

 
St. Epiphanius, 4th century

Enclosed within your womb, O Mary,
is God himself;
he makes his abode in you and came forth from you
like a bridegroom, winning joy for all
and bestowing God’s light on all.

 
St. Sophronius of Jerusalem, 7th century

More than anyone, O Holy Virgin,
you are made rich by God dwelling in you.

 
St. Sophronius of Jerusalem, 7th century

Knowledge that God gives us
of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin,
should cause us to glorify him eternally
for this masterpiece of his omnipotence
in a nature that is purely human.

 
St. Louise de Marillac, 17th century

Because the Virgin Mary
was raised to such a lofty dignity
as to be the mother of the King of Kings,
it is deservedly and by every right
that the Church has honored her with the title, ‘Queen’.

 
St. Alphonse Liguori, 18th century

From Mary
we learn graciousness and readiness to help,
but we also learn humility and generosity
in accepting God's will.

 
Benedict XVI, 21st Century

Woman! Above all women glorified;
Our tainted nature’s solitary boast.

 
'The Virgin', William Wordsworth