Keep in high and loving reverence
the glorious Queen, the Mother of Our Lord.

 
St. Bonaventure, 13th century

If God has blessed his saints with the whole kingdom of heaven,
if he opened paradise to a thief with a single word,
how much more would he have been eager to welcome
the one who made him a home in her womb.

 
Theoteknos, Bishop of Livias, 7th century

The Virgin remained the adorer of the gift of God!
This does not prevent her from spending herself outwardly
when it was a matter of charity;
never did the ineffable vision that she contemplated within herself
in any way diminish her outward charity.

 
Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity, 20th century

Mary possesses the secret of prayer and of wisdom,
for she is the mother of God.

 
Servant of God, Catherine Doherty, 20th century

There was one who knew this gift of God,
one who did not lose one particle of it,
one who was so pure, so luminous
that she seemed to be the Light itself.

 
Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity, 20th century

Let Mary’s spirit be in each to rejoice in the Lord.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

The Virgin Mary is invoked as ‘blessed’ by all generations
for she recognized the marvels
accomplished in her by the Holy Spirit.

 
Pope John Paul II, 20th century

As the Mother of Jesus,
Mary is the Mother of Him in whom we find everything.

 
Bl. Columba Marmion, 20th century