We ask you, Our Lady, replenish our emptiness,
and dissipate the darkness of our sins,
so that we may attain the fullness of eternal life
and the light of never diminishing glory.

 
St. Anthony of Padua, 13th century

Woman of silence, given to listening;
docile in the hands of the Father.

 
Servant of God John Paul II, 20th century

There is no more excellent way to obtain graces from God
than to seek them through Mary,
because her divine Son cannot refuse her anything.

 
St. Philip Neri, 16th century

We must learn that great ‘silence’
which will enable us to ponder his words in our hearts
and so grow in love.

 
Bl. Teresa of Calcutta, 20th century

The weapon of the second Eve and Mother of God is prayer.

 
Bl. John Henry Newman, 19th century

In what peace, in what recollection
Mary lent herself to everything she did!
Even the most trivial things were divinized by her.

 
Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity, 20th century

That you may obtain the assistance of her prayer,
neglect not to walk in her footsteps.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux,12th century

The Mother of God is our mother.
May the good mother ask and beg for us,
may she request and obtain what is good for us.

 
St. Anselm, 12th century