October 2012
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Faith
It was Mary’s faith that opened heaven to men when she agreed to cooperate in the Incarnation of the Eternal Word.
- St Augustine
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What is your favourite representation of Mary?
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Shelter
Virgin of all virgins, To thy shelter take us, Gentlest of the gentle, Pure and gentle make us.
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Princess
O great Princess, Mother of God, cover us with the wings of thy mercy, and pity us. We hope only in thee, O most pure Virgin.
- St Ephrem
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Holy Virgin
I acknowledge thee and I venerate thee, most holy Virgin, Queen of Heaven, Lady and Mistress of the Universe, as Daughter of the Eternal Father, Mother of His well beloved Son, and most loving Spouse of the Holy Spirit.
- Fragment of a Raccolta prayer
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Love
Mary is the most loved and the most loving of all creatures.
- St Don Bosco
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On suffering
Yesterday I visited the basilica of Our Lady of Victories in Senglea, Malta. This church is well known for its statue of the Maria Bambina, a rather cute sculpture of the Virgin as a young girl. With long curly hair and rosy cheeks she looks like the kind of girl any mother would love to dress up in the prettiest Sunday dresses. On the feast of Mary’s Nativity she is carried around Senglea in a...
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Wounded heart
Oh most holy and afflicted Virgin! Queen of Martyrs, look down with a mother’s tenderness and pity on me, who kneels before Thee to venerate Thy dolours, and place my requests, with filial confidence, in the sanctuary of Thy wounded heart. - A fragment of a prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows
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