LOVING OUR MOTHER MARY: Beautiful and wise sayings, and practical ways to show our love
MARY IS OUR LOVING MOTHER. Behold your mother. (Jesus)
Am I not
here, your mother? Are you not under my protection? Are you not happily under
my mantle? (Our
Lady of Guadalupe) Being obedient she became the
cause of salvation for herself and for the whole human race. (St. Irenaeus) There is no one,
after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does. Put together
all the love of mothers for their children, all the love of husbands for their
wives, and all the love of the Angels and Saints for the people under their
care, it could never equal Mary's love for even a single soul! (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) She loves you as if
you were her only child in this world. Treat her accordingly: tell her about
everything that happens to you, honour her and love her.... Love the Mother of God madly, for she is our Mother too. (St. Josemaria) What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! (St.Therese of Lisieux)
Our
help in difficulties and in sin. The greater sinners we are,
the more tenderness and compassion she feels for us. (St. John Mary Vianney) Love for our Mother will be the breath that kindles into a living
flame the embers of virtue hidden in the ashes of your indifference… To Jesus we
go and to him we ‘return’ through Mary… In the darkness of the night, when a
little child is afraid, it cries out: "Mommy!" That is what I have to do, to
cry out many times with my heart: "Mother! Mommy! Don't leave me." (St. Josemaria)
If the winds of
temptation blow, look to the star of the sea by calling out to Mary. If you are
disturbed by the memory of your sin, think of Mary. In every danger, moment of
anguish, or doubt, invoke Mary. You will
never be lost if you think about her.
(St. Bernard) If you ever feel
distressed, 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. (Bl. Mother Teresa)
She is the easy path to God. The Madonna is the shortcut to get to God. (St. Padre Pio) 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. (St. Augustine) When the Holy Spirit finds Mary in a soul, He enters that soul completely and communicates Himself completely to that soul. (St. Louis de Montfort) Before, by yourself, you couldn't. Now, you've turned to our Lady, and with her, how easy! (St. Josemaria)
She is the easy path to God. The Madonna is the shortcut to get to God. (St. Padre Pio) 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. (St. Augustine) When the Holy Spirit finds Mary in a soul, He enters that soul completely and communicates Himself completely to that soul. (St. Louis de Montfort) Before, by yourself, you couldn't. Now, you've turned to our Lady, and with her, how easy! (St. Josemaria)
Her great dignity, beauty and power. God could make a greater world and a greater heaven, but He cannot exalt a creature more than by making her His Mother. (St. Bonaventure) From the fact that she is the Mother of God, she has a certain infinite dignity. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Mary is the most beautiful of God's creatures. (Ven. Pope Pius XII) She is omnipotent in supplication. (Tradition) The Son never refuses the Mother anything she seeks. (St. Alphonsus)
LOVING MARY LIKE HER
CHILD, JESUS. Become little. Look at the way your kids look at you, hug you, and
think that you can do the same with our Blessed Lady...A mother’s greatest
desire for her children is to have them close to her. (St. Josemaria)
Never
be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more
than Jesus did. (St.
Maximilian Kolbe). You can never love her enough. And Jesus will be very happy, because
the Blessed Virgin is His Mother. (St. Therese) After God, our greatest glory and greatest joy is Mary. (St. Bonaventure)
Having devotion to
Mary.
Devotion to Mary is
delicious, sweet and nourishing. (St.
John Vianney) Devotion
to you, O Mary, is a pledge of salvation which God grants to those whom He
wills to save. (St. John
Damascene)
Praying and spreading her rosary. It is Our Lady’s favorite prayer. (Bl. Paul VI) It is to contemplate with Mary the beauty of the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love (St. John Paul II) Saying the rosary is the most pure joy of my heart! (St. Francis de Sales) Pray the rosary every day. Our Lady has repeated that in all her apparitions. (Sr. Lucia) One who propagates my Rosary shall be saved. (Our Lady to Bl. Bartolo)
Praying the family rosary. There is no surer means of calling down God's blessings upon the family... than the daily recitation of the Rosary. (Pope Pius XII) The Rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers; and if you wish peace to reign in your homes, recite the family Rosary. (St. Pius X) Making the rosary a family prayer is very pleasing to me. I ask that all families strive to do so. But be careful to say the Rosary with great devotion, meditating on each mystery and striving to imitate in your daily lives the virtues depicted. (Our Lady of America) How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening! (St. John Paul II)
Accompanying her at Jesus’ sacrifice. The first Marian devotion is the Holy Mass…we recall the silence and recollection with which Mary accompanied her Son to Calvary. (St. Josemaria) The Passion of Christ was as it were mirrored in the heart of the Virgin, in which might be seen faithfully reflected, the spitting, the blows, and all that he suffered. (St. Lawrence Justinian) 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)
Consecrating oneself to Mary. Since Mary is of all creatures the one most conformed to Jesus Christ, it follows that among all devotions that which most consecrates and conforms a soul to our Lord is devotion to Mary, his Holy Mother. This devotion consists in giving ourselves entirely to the Blessed Virgin, in order to belong entirely to Jesus. (St. Louis de Montfort )
Saying short prayers to Mary. Let us not be shy about repeating
short prayers to her throughout the day. (St. Josemaria)
O Mary, I want
to be always your child. (St.
Dominic Savio) Totus tuus,
I am all yours. (St Louis de
Montfort and St. John Paul II)
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