Mary Quotes

• Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Running, Religious, Children

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• It was Mary who first adored the Incarnate Word. He was in her womb, and no one on earth knew of it. Oh! how well was our Lord served in Mary's virginal womb! Never has He found a ciborium, a golden vase more precious or purer than was Mary's womb! Mary's adoration was more pleasing to Him than that of all the Angels. The Lord 'hath set His tabernacle in the sun,' says the Psalmist. The sun is Mary's heart," and "Mary is the aurora of the beautiful Sun of Justice.

  Peter Julian Eymard

  Beautiful, Heart, Angel

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• From Mary we learn to surrender to God's Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!

  Pope John Paul II

  Son, Gone, Surrender

  Pope John Paul II, Margaret R. Bunson (1996). “John Paul II's Book of Mary”, p.181, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing

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• 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.

  Mother Teresa

  Mother, Religious, Jesus

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• It is impossible to save one's soul without devotion to Mary and without her protection.

  Anselm of Canterbury

  Religious, Soul, Impossible

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• 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.

  St. Jerome

  Religious, Children, Pain

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• 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.

  Gregory of Nazianzus

  Mother, Religious, Believe

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• When Jesus sees a heart that can't wait, He cant wait either. At the wedding at Cana, Jesus may have done nothing if it wasn't for Mary's faith. How many situations are we in now that God won't act without our faith?

  Reinhard Bonnke

  Jesus, Heart, Waiting

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• If there had been any unbelief in Mary, that could not prevent God from accomplishing his work in any other way which he might choose. But she is called blessed, because she received by faith the blessing offered to her, and opened up the way to God for its accomplishment.

  John Calvin

  Blessed, Blessing, Accomplishment

  John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Luke”, p.44, Ravenio Books

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• 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.

  Saint Basil

  Religious, Divine Will, Helping

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• Through a woman [Eve] a curse fell upon the earth; through a woman [Mary] as well there returned to the earth a blessing.

  Peter Damian

  Blessing, Earth, Curse

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• Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation except through her intercession.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Religious, Redemption, Glory

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• Sometimes we know what we have to do, but we lack the courage to do it. Let us learn from Mary how to make decisions, trusting in the Lord.

  Pope Francis

  Decision, Sometimes, Lord

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

  John Vianney

  Religious, Children, Catholic

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• We must learn from Mary, and we must imitate her unconditional readiness to receive Christ in her life.

  Pope Francis

  Christ, Unconditional, Readiness

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

  Hilary of Poitiers

  Religious, May, Matter

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

  Maximilian Kolbe

  Mother, Religious, Brother

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• The success [of Mary Kay Inc.] is much, much deeper than just dollars and cents and buildings and assets. The real success of our Company is measured to me in the lives that have been touched and given hope.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Real, Dollars, Mary Kay

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• 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.

  Anthony of Padua

  Religious, Cities, Evil

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

  Irenaeus of Lyons

  Religious, Angel, Bears

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• Let the storm rage and the sky darken - not for that shall we 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 Pius X

  Crush, Religious, Powerful

  "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Popes and the Papacy" by Brandon Toropov, (p. 26), 2001.

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• 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.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Mother, Religious, Children

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• The world being unworthy to receive the Son of God directly from the hands of the Father, he gave his Son to Mary for the world to receive him from her.

  Saint Augustine

  Religious, Father, Son

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

  Bonaventure

  Religious, Powerful, Army

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• Through Mary, we come to her Son more easily.

  Pope John Paul II

  Son, Catholic

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