September 2012
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Sweetness
Why does a human weakness fear to come unto Mary? Nothing in her is austere, nothing frightful, for she is filled with sweetness.
- St Bernard of Clairvaux
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Mercy
Mary is the dispenser of Divine Mercy.
- St Catherine of Siena
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andrv asked: This is the context of the Luther quote you posted: "the honor given to the mother of God has been rooted so deeply into the hearts of men that no one wants to hear any opposition to this celebration. There is rather a desire to further elevate it and make it even greater.... I worry that we give her all too high an honor for she is accorded much more esteem than she should be given or than...
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Veneration
The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart. - Martin Luther
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Beautiful
There came out of the interior of the grotto a golden coloured cloud, and soon after a Lady, young and beautiful, exceedingly beautiful, the like of whom I had never seen before. - St Bernadette describing her first vision of Mary in Lourdes
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Behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
– Mary, Luke 1:48
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Heart
Mary does not look to see what kind of person you have been. She simply comes to a heart that wants to love her.
- St Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother
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May God and the Mother of God assist his spirit. May God help his spirit and his soul. May the Mother of God assist him more than he deserved.
- Medieval Swedish tombstone inscription
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Recourse
There is no sinner in the world, however much at enmity with God, who cannot recover God’s grace by recourse to Mary, and by asking her assistance. - St Brigit of Sweden