I am your merciful mother.
All those who sincerely ask my help
in their work and in their sorrows
will know my mother’s heart.
Here I will see their tears.
I will console them and they will be at peace.

 
The Blessed Virgin Mary; Guadalupe Mexico, 1531

With Mary for guide, you shall never go astray;
while invoking her, you shall never lose heart.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux,12th century

Mary is with us; she protects and helps us;
she leads us along a sure road.

 
Bl. John XXIII, 20th century

The Blessed Virgin’s glance alone
is enough to dissipate every fear.

 
St. Theresa of Lisieux, 19th century

Even while living in the world,
the heart of Mary was so filled
with motherly tenderness and compassion for men
that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains,
as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.

 
St. Jerome, 5th centuy

Just as there is not one among all the Blessed
who loves God as Mary does,
so there is no one, after God,
who loves us as much
as this most loving Mother does.

 
St. Alphonsus Liguori, 18th century

So long as Mary is in your mind,
you are safe from deception;
while she holds your hand,
you cannot fall.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century

Mary is Queen of Heaven and earth.
And is she really so remote from us?
The contrary is true.
Precisely because she is with God and in God,
she is very close to each one of us.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI