Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Quotes about Mary

Here are some quotes about Mary from a calendar that was in my parents basement!

"Every good, every help, and every grace that human beings have received and will receive from God until the end of time came and will come to them by the intercession and through then hands of Mary." - Blessed Raymond Jordano

"O sorrowful Virgin, give me strength to accept my little crosses with patience and joy." - Saint Bonaventure

"Let us run to her, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence." - Saint Francis de Sales

"He who asks favors of God without the intercession of Mary is like a bird who tries to fly without wings." - Saint Antonius

"I could convert the whole world, if I had an army praying the rosary." Blessed Pope Pis IX

"Mary seeks those who approach her devoutly and with reverence, for such she loves, nourishes, and adopts as her children." - Saint Bonaventure

"O Blessed Virgin, nothing resists your power. God the Father looks upon your glory as if it were His own." - Saint Gregory of Nicemedia

"It is almost impossible to reach Jesus except through Mary." - Saint John Bosco

"Great was the love that Mary possessed. So great indeed that it gave rise to that perfect beauty by which she captivated the Heart of her God!" - Saint Thomas of Villanova

"Let the storm rage and the sky darken - we shall not be dismayed. If we trust as we should in Mary, we shall recognize in her, the Virgin Most Powerful 'who with virginal foot did crush the head of the serpent.'" - Pope Saint Pius X

"As mariners are guided into port by the light of a star, so Christians are guided into heaven by Mary." - Saint Thomas Aquinas

"Whoever does not have a great love for the Mother of God cannot have a great love for her Son." - Saint Joseph Cafasso

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