What a great gift to have Mary Immaculate as mother,
a mother resplendent with beauty,
the transparency of God's love.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

Mary shines forth on earth,
until the day of the Lord shall come,
a sign of certain hope and comfort
to the Pilgrim People of God.

 
Lumen Gentium

We ask you, our Lady, morning star,
dispel with your light
the thick fog of allurements to evil which fills our souls;
replenish our emptiness and dissipate the darkness of our sins,
that we may attain the fullness of eternal life
and the light of undiminishing glory.

 
St. Anthony of Padua, 13th century

Invoke the name of Mary, honor Mary,
recommend yourselves to Mary;
rejoice with Mary, weep with Mary,
pray with Mary, walk with Mary;
seek Jesus with Mary.

 
'The Imitation of Christ'; Thomas a Kempis,15th century

O you, who struggle in this stormy sea,
do not turn your eyes from this star.
If you cry to her, you will not give up hope;
if you think of her, you will not go astray.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century

Let us go to Mary with great love and trust.
She can help us to love Jesus best.

 
Bl. Teresa of Calcutta, 20th century

Mary is mother of the entire Christian people.

 
'Redemptoris Mater'

I walk with my servants in the midst of the tempests
to which they are constantly exposed, says Our Lady,
to assist and preserve them from falling into sin.

 
St. Lawrence Justinian, 15th century