Best religious & blessed-mother Quotes

“To serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern.”

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Author:John Vianney

“Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.”

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Author:John Vianney

“In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.”

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Author:Therese of Lisieux

“For God, having given her power over his only-begotten and natural Son, also gave her power over his adopted children - not only in what concerns their body - which would be of little account - but also in what concerns their soul.”

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Book:True Devotion to Mary: Saint Louis de Montfort

Source: True Devotion to Mary: Saint Louis de Montfort

“The Virgin Mary, being obedient to his word, received from an angel the glad tidings that she would bear God.”

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Author:Irenaeus of Lyons

“If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother.”

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Author:Maximilian Kolbe

“If anyone does not believe that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, he is severed from the Godhead. If anyone should assert that He passed through the Virgin as through a channel, and was not at once divinely and humanly formed in her (divinely, because without the intervention of a man; humanly, because in accordance with the laws of gestation), he is in like manner godless.”

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Author:Gregory of Nazianzus

“Seek refuge in Mary because she is the city of refuge. We know that Moses set up three cities of refuge for anyone who inadvertently killed his neighbor. Now the Lord has established a refuge of mercy, Mary, even for those who deliberately commit evil. Mary provides shelter and strength for the sinner.”

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Author:Anthony of Padua

“Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.”

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Author:Bernard of Clairvaux

“All the sins of your life seem to be rising up against you. Don't give up hope! On the contrary, call your holy mother Mary, with the faith and abandonment of a child. She will bring peace to your soul.”

“O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of necessity.”

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Author:Saint Basil

“Before, by yourself, you couldn't. Now, you've turned to our Lady, and with her, how easy!”

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Author:Josemaria Escriva

“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.”

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Author:St. Jerome

“The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.”

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Author:John Henry Newman

“There is no danger of exaggerating. We an never hope to fathom this inexpressible mystery nor will we ever be able to give sufficient thanks to our Mother for bringing us into such intimacy with the Blessed Trinity.”

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Author:Josemaria Escriva

“We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son.”

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Book:True Devotion to Mary: Saint Louis de Montfort

Source: True Devotion to Mary: Saint Louis de Montfort

“Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of God's heart.”

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Author:Maximilian Kolbe

“If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.”

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Author:John Vianney

“May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing.”

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Author:Pio of Pietrelcina

“Mary seeks for those who approach her devoutly and with reverence, for such she loves, nourishes, and adopts as her children.”

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Author:Bonaventure

“Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary.”

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Author:Bonaventure

“Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our Heavenly Mother and reflect on it's boundless grief and how precious is our soul.”

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Author:Pio of Pietrelcina

“Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed to reach the shores of Eternal Splendour.”

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Author:Pio of Pietrelcina

“If you ever feel distressed during your day - call upon our Lady - just say this simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.' I must admit - this prayer has never failed me.”

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Author:Mother Teresa

“In that first 'fusion' with Jesus (holy communion), it was my Heavenly Mother again who accompanied me to the altar for it was she herself who placed her Jesus into my soul.”

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Author:Therese of Lisieux

“What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?”

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Author:Therese of Lisieux

“She is more Mother than Queen.”

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Book:St. Thérèse of Lisieux: Her Last Conversations

Source: St. Thérèse of Lisieux: Her Last Conversations

“Do not marvel at the novelty of the thing, if a Virgin gives birth to God.”

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Author:St. Jerome

“No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost.”

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Author:Hilary of Poitiers

“As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.”

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Author:Thomas Aquinas

“With reason did the Most Holy Virgin predict that all generations would call her blessed, for all the Elect obtain eternal salvation through the means of Mary.”

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Author:Ildefonsus

“After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His Mother Mary.”

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Author:Alphonsus Liguori

“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.”

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Author:Saint Augustine

“The day of the Nativity of the Mother of God is a day of universal joy, because through the Mother of God, the entire human race was renewed, and the sorrow of the first mother, Eve, was transformed into joy.”

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Author:John of Damascus

“The humble soul is blessed. The Lord loves her. The Mother of God is higher than all in humility, and therefore all races bless her on earth, while the heavenly powers serve her. And the Lord has given us this blessed Mother of His as a defender and helper.”

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Author:Silouan the Athonite

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