September 2012
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Sep 30th
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Sep 30th
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Sep 30th
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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
Sep 29th
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Sep 29th
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Sep 29th
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Sep 29th
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Sep 27th
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Sep 27th
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ListenThe Marian hymn Ave Maris Stella from Antonio...
Sep 27th
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Sep 27th
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Sep 26th
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Mercy
Mary is the dispenser of Divine Mercy. - St Catherine of Siena
Sep 26th
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Sep 26th
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Sep 25th
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Sep 25th
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Sep 24th
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Sep 24th
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Sep 24th
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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...
Sep 24th
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Sep 23rd
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Veneration
The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart. - Martin Luther
Sep 23rd
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Sep 23rd
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Sep 23rd
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Sep 23rd
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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
Sep 22nd
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Sep 22nd
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Sep 22nd
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Sep 22nd
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Sep 22nd
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Sep 21st
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“Behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.”
– Mary, Luke 1:48
Sep 21st
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Sep 21st
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Sep 21st
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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
Sep 20th
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Sep 20th
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Sep 20th
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Sep 19th
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Sep 19th
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Sep 18th
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ListenMagnificat (ton royal), sung by the choir of...
Sep 18th
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Sep 18th
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Sep 18th
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Sep 18th
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Sep 17th
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Sep 17th
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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
Sep 17th
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Sep 17th
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Sep 16th
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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
Sep 16th
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