The Quest for Mary

Seeking Mary and the presence of the Blessed Mother in travels and daily life.

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Mary is my great treasure. She is my All after Jesus. She is my honor, my tenderness, and the storehouse of my virtues!  I do everything in and through her

St. Louis Grignion de Montfort

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We must pray to Mary and call upon her. She is admirable for herself and lovable for us. As in the Gospel, Mary now intervenes with her Son and obtains from Him miracles that the ordinary course of things would not allow.

Pope Paul VI

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The heart of our good Mother Mary is all love and mercy. She desires nothing else but our happiness.  We need only have recourse to her and we will be heard.

St. John Vianney

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"Every day at Evening Prayer, the Church sings the "Magnificat," Mary's hymn of praise. This habitual remembrance of the Lord's Incarnation enkindles the hearts of the faithful, and the frequent meditation of Mary's examples confirms them in virtue." ~St. Bede

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Like Ruth, Mary is allowed to gather the ears of corn (glean) after harvesters. The harvesters she follows are all evangelical laborers constantly harvesting souls for God. To Mary alone is granted to save the most hardened sinners, abandoned even by the harvesters.

St. Bonaventure

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It was the prerogative of Mary to conceive Christ in her womb. But it is the heritage of all the elect to bear Jesus in their hearts.

St. Peter Damian

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God is the Father of the world's construction, and Mary is the Mother of its reconstruction. For God generated the One through Whom everything has been made. And Mary gave birth to the One through Whose work all things have been saved.

St. Anselm

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My children, do you want to obtain perseverance? Then be devoted to our Blessed Lady!

St. Philip Neri

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In heaven Mary remains always in the presence of her Divine Son. There she is continually praying on behalf of sinners.

St. Bede the Venerable

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The Holy Spirit is all the love of the Blessed Trinity, and Mary is all the love of Creation. In their union, heaven in united with earth, the whole of eternal Love with the whole of created love. It constitutes the zenith of love!

St. Maximilian Kolbe

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Nowhere do we find Jesus nearer to us and more adapted to our weakness than in Mary, since it was for that reason that He came and dwelt in her. Everywhere else He is the Bread of the strong, the Bread of the Angels, but in Mary He is the Bread of children.

St. Louis Grignion de Montfort

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The life-giving graces flow from Christ the Head, through the Blessed Virgin, into His Mystical Body. Mary received the great honor from God that no one should obtain any grace except through her hands.

St. Bernardine

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Mary is blessed most of all because she heard the word of God and carried it out. She preserved the Truth in her mind even more than she preserved the Flesh in her womb.

St. Augustine

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Egid Quirin ASAM (German sculptor/architect (1692-1750)

Assumption of the Virgin (detail) 1717-25 Marble and stucco Pilgrimage-church, Rohr, Bavaria

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Maiden most wise, whither goest thou up, like the dawn gloriously rising? O daughter of Zion, thou art all beautiful and pleasant, fair as the moon, clear as the sun.

Virgo prudentissima quo progrederis, quasi aurora valde rutilans? Filia Sion tota formosa et suavis es, pulchra ut luna, electa ut sol.

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The Virgin’s Assumption into Heaven

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Freed from the weight of  the body, the Virgin is carried to Heaven.  With jubilation the Heavens receive her, and the angels sing!

Chas. Van de Vyvere , Bruge, Belgium