God could have made a greater world,
but he couldn’t have made another more perfect
than the Mother of God.

 
St. Bonaventure, 13th century

Be joyful,
for there is someone who loves your God as he deserves,
who knows him as her only Son.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

We must greatly praise the Virgin Mary,
for she consented that her only Son should be sacrificed
for the salvation of the whole human race.

 
St. Bonaventure, 13th century

Mary continued to believe that,
because Jesus was the Son of God,
his sacrifice would bring salvation to humanity.

 
St. John Paul II, 20th century

As Eve believed the serpent, Mary believed the angel.

 
Tertullian, 2nd century

Woman!
Above all women glorified;
Our tainted nature's solitary boast.

 
'The Virgin', William Wordsworth

The first and most perfect disciple of Jesus Christ
in the practice of all virtues, was Mary.
She was first also, in that of humility.

 
St. Alphonsus Liguori, 18th century

Mary, the servant of the Lord, who with a mother’s care,
ensured that the wine at the wedding feast of Cana
would be sufficient, shared in her Son’s mission of salvation.

 
Pope Francis, 21st Century