The Mother of Christ

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  Word of God  
 
You will conceive and give birth to a son,
and you are to call him Jesus.
Luke 1:31
 


Be very grateful to the Madonna
because it was she who gave us Jesus.

 
St. Pio of Pietrelcina, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Blessed is she who believed.
Luke 1:5
 


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

 
St. Irenaeus, 2nd century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
You are the highest honor of our race.
Judith 15:9
 


Mary, you are the vessel and tabernacle containing all mysteries.

 
St. Gregory the Great, 6th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
She is the image of his goodness.
Wisdom 7:26
 


No one has ever loved God so intimately as Mary.

 
St. Bridget of Sweden, 14th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Mary, the mother of Jesus.
John 2:1
 


In Mary are seen all the riches of heaven
congregated and collected into one.

 
St. Lawrence of Brindisi, 16h century

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


Mother and maiden, was never none but she;
Well may such a lady God’s mother be.

 
Old English Carol

 
 
  Word of God  
 
You are all beautiful.
Song of Songs 4:7
 


God could have made a greater world,
but he couldn’t have made another more perfect
than the Mother of God.

 
St. Bonaventure, 13th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
The Mother of Jesus was there.
John 2:1
 


Be joyful,
for there is someone who loves your God as he deserves,
who knows him as her only Son.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

 

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