Mary is the sanctuary, she is the urn
containing the endlessly sweet manna from heaven.

 
St. Thomas of Villanova, 16th century

O Mary, temple of the Trinity, it was by your flesh,
suffering in the Word, that the world was redeemed.

 
St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century

We owe Mary honor and service;
we owe her love and praise.

 
St. Aelred, 12th century

Through the Mother of God,
the entire human race was renewed,
and the sorrow of the first mother, Eve,
was transformed into joy.

 
St. John Damascene, 8th century

Christ is the first fruits from the dead,
and Mary is the first of the redeemed,
the first of ‘those who are in Christ’.

 
Pope Francis, 21st century

May the Virgin Mary, accompany us;
she who followed Jesus in his passion,
was present with him under the Cross,
and received in her heart the joy of the resurrection.

 
Pope Francis, 21st century

When the ever blessed Virgin spoke her 'Fiat',
it was the beginning of the kingdom of God on earth
and she was the first handmaid.

 
St. Edith Stein, 20th century

May the Virgin Mary obtain for us
the grace to feel upon us always
the merciful gaze of Jesus.

 
Pope Francis, 21st century