Mary Our Mother

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Full of grace.
Luke 1:30
 


Through her, the miserable obtain mercy,
the graceless obtain grace, and sinners receive pardon;
the weak gain strength, earthlings acquire heavenly things,
mortals win life, and pilgrims reach their homeland.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 
 
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Would that even today
you knew the things that make for peace.
Jesus; Luke 19:42
 


Mary, Queen of Peace,
help us to realize that the first peace we need
is in a heart free from sin.

 
Servant of God, John Paul II, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
You have delivered my soul from death,
my feet from stumbling,
so that I may walk before God.
in the light of the living.
Psalm 56:13
 


If you cling to Mary you will not fall.

 
St. Bernard of Clarivaux, 12th century

 
 
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Wisdom is a tree of life
to those who lay hold of her;
those who hold her fast are called happy.
Proverbs 3:18
 


Happy is the soul in which Mary, the Tree of Life, is planted,
and which bears her fruit forever.

 
St. Louis de Montfort, 18th century

 
 
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The virgin's name was Mary.
Luke 1:27
 


Let her name be always in your mouth and in your heart,
and if you would ask for and obtain the help of her prayers,
do not forget the example of how she lived.

 
St. Bernard of Clarivaux, 12th century

 
 
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How is this granted me,
that the mother of my Lord
should come to me?
Luke 1:43
 


Mary is with us, among us;
she protects and helps us;
she leads us along the sure road.

 
Bl. John XXIII, 20th century

 
 
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The Lord is with you.
Luke 1:28
 


The more we look to Mary in our prayers, contemplation,
actions and sufferings,
the more perfectly we will find Jesus Christ,
who is always with Mary;
great, powerful, operative and incomprehensible.

 
St. Louis de Montfort, 17th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Here is your mother.
Jesus; John 19:27
 


Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children,
cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.

 
St. Francis de Sales, 17th century

 

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