“Antiquity was often delighted to cast a halo of mythical glory around its illustrious names. The immortal works of this great philosopher seemed to entitle him to more than mortal honors. A legend into the authenticity of which we will abstain from inquiring, asserted that his mother, Perictione, a pure virgin, suffered an immaculate conception through the influence of Apollo. The god declared to Ariston, to whom she was about to be married, the parentage of the child.” ChildrenMotherNamesAtheismInfluenceHonorPureMarriedGloryCastsPhilosopherAuthenticityMortalsImmortalConceptionLegendsVirginsBeing MarriedApolloDelightedAntiquityHalosInquiringImmaculateGreat PhilosophersImmaculate Conception Book:History of the Intellectual Development of Europe Source: History of the Intellectual Development of Europe
“The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated, except by those whose feelings are withered by vitiated society. Holy, simple, and beautiful in its construction, it is the emblem of all we can imagine of fidelity and truth.” ChildrenFeelingsBeautifulMotherSimpleImagineHolyPureTiesLinksConstructionFidelityWitheredEmblemsMother And ChildImmaculateSimple And Beautiful Author:Washington Irving
“If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother.” IfsDoeMotherWishChristReligiousBrotherMaryVirgin MaryBlessed MotherImmaculate Author:Maximilian Kolbe
“May I give you some advice for you to put into practice daily? When your heart makes you feel those low cravings, say slowly to the Immaculate Virgin: Look on me with compassion. Don't abandon me. Don't abandon me, my Mother! - And recommend this prayer to others.” GivingFeelsLooksHeartMayMotherReligiousPrayerCompassionPracticeAdviceLowsAbandonVirginsCravingVirgin MaryImmaculate Author:Josemaria Escriva
“That one woman is both mother and virgin, not in spirit only but even in body. In spirit she is mother, not of our head, who is our Savior himself-of whom all, even she herself, are rightly called children of the bridegroom-but plainly she is the mother of us who are his members, because by love she has cooperated so that the faithful, who are the members of that head, might be born in the Church. In body, indeed, she is the Mother of that very head.” ChildrenBodyMightSpiritMotherBornChurchReligiousMembersFaithfulSaviorVirginsOne WomanVirgin MaryBlessed MotherImmaculateBridegroom Author:Saint Augustine
“If anyone does not in accord with the Holy Fathers acknowledge the holy and ever virgin and immaculate Mary was really and truly the Mother of God, inasmuch as she, in the fullness of time,and without seed, conceived by the Holy Spirit, God in the Word Himself, who before all time was born of God the Father, and without loss of integrity brought Him forth, and after His birth preserved her virginity inviolate, let him be condemned.” IfsDoeSpiritMotherFatherBornReligiousLossBirthIntegrityHolySeedsAll TimeAcknowledgeHoly SpiritMaryVirginsFullnessAccordVirginityVirgin MaryImmaculate Author:Pope Martin I