Hail, holy Mother!
The child to whom you gave birth
is the King of heaven and earth for ever.

 
Sedulius, 5th century

Mother of God and mother of all God's children...
maternity itself is glorified through her.

 
St. Edith Stein, 20th century

Mary, Mother of God, because of you
the light of the only-begotten Son of God
has shown upon those who sat in darkness
and the shadow of death.

 
St. Cyril of Alexandria, 5th century

Through Mary, because Christ was born of her,
we have recovered new life in place of sin,
immortality instead of mortality,
light in place of darkness.

 
St Aelred, 12th century

The Blessed Virgin Mary
must be shown every honor, preached and praised,
and invoked by us in our every need.

 
St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century

Mary’s thoughts were God's thoughts,
her words, God's words.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

Mary, Mother of God, we salute you,
precious vessel, worthy of the world’s reverence.
In your holy womb was confined him
who is beyond all limitation.

 
St. Cyril of Alexandria, 5th century

The Blessed Virgin Mary,
enthroned above all the choirs of angels,
was of all creatures that came from the hand of the Almighty
the one who most worthily honors and serves the divine Majesty.

 
Bl. Peter Favre, 16th century