“Mary alone gives to the unfortunate children of unfaithful Eve entry into that earthly paradise where they may walk pleasantly with God and be safely hidden from their enemies. There they can feed without fear of death on the delicious fruit of the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They can drink copiously the heavenly waters of that beauteous fountain which gushes forth in such abundance.”
~St. Louis de Montfort
“If you put all the love of all the mothers into one heart it still would not equal the love of the Heart of Mary for her children.”
~St. Louis de Montfort
“When the Holy Spirit finds Mary in a soul, He enters that soul completely and communicates Himself completely to that soul.”
~St. Louis de Montfort
“Mary is the lily of God’s garden.”
~Bridget of Sweden
“No man is delivered or preserved from the worldwide snares of Satan save through Mary; and God grants His graces to no one except through her alone.”
~St. Germanus
“Jesus is the mediator of justice; Mary obtains for us grace; for . . . it is the will of God to dispense through the hands of Mary whatever graces He is pleased to bestow upon us. With God, the prayers of the saints are the prayers of His friends, but the prayers of Mary are the prayers of His mother.”
~St. Alphonsus Liguori
“It is the privilege of the glory of Mary, that after God, our greatest happiness is from her.”
~St. Bonaventure
“No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost."
~St. Hilary of Poitiers
“Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of God’s heart.”
~St. Maximilian Kolbe
“What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?”
~St. Therese of Lisieux
There are so many reasons that I’m so thankful for this great Catholic faith of ours, with the least of those reasons not being the teachings on Mary. Mother of our Saviour and our Mother. I never understood these teachings for the longest time and I was very hesitant to pray the Rosary. I admittedly don’t pray the Rosary as much as I used to, and thats something I need to strive harder to start doing again, even if its one decade a day to start out. Three (3) things that I want to point out here, that I wish more of our Protestant brothers & sisters were aware of, are three things that came to me when I was praying the Rosary. Were they signal graces from Mary, or something I just figured out? I’m not that smart, so I’d like to think that there was Divine intervention.
- Look at the prayer of the Rosary, the whole thing is straight out of Sacred Scripture. What did the angel say to Mary when he appeared to her? Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
What did Elizabeth say to Mary when she was FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT? Blessed are thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
What does Mary say in Scripture? From this point forward all generations will call me blessed. Catholics are fulfilling Mary’s prophecy. When we pray the Rosary, we are praying Scripture.
2.What does Jesus say when he is upon the cross? He says to the disciple whom he loved: Son behold your Mother, Mother behold your Son. Protestants like to argue that Jesus was talking to John, but those are not the words our Saviour chose. He said to the disciple whom he loved. I hope to be a disciple whom Jesus loves.
3.A wise man once explained too me that from the original sin, which was pride, death entered the universe and Eve became the mother of all the dead and dieing. Eve thought like so many do today, that she could become her own god, choosing what is good and evil for herself. She disobeyed God and death entered the universe, and at that very point, Eve was banished from God’s sight.
Look at what God says to Satan in the book of Genesis. “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers.”
There are many references of Jesus in Scripture where he is called the offspring of David. Is Jesus the immediate son of David? No. Are we the immediate sons and daughters of Mary? No. Are we the offspring of Mary? Yes.
How important is Mary? She is the spouse of the Holy Spirit, the Mother of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and she is mentioned & prefigured in the Old Testament several times, including the Ark of the Covenant. The ark carried the Sacred vessel within it, Just as Mary carried the sacred body of Jesus within her womb. Mary is in the New Testament, and is also a prominent figure in the Book Of Revelations.
“Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name of Mary.”
Bonaventure
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