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The Virgin Mary, being obedient to his word, received from an angel the glad tidings that she would bear God. -- Irenaeus of Lyons
If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary. -- Margaret Atwood
She is more Mother than Queen. -- Therese of Lisieux
If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said "No." -- Margaret Smith
Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary. -- Bonaventure
As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary. -- Thomas Aquinas
If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother. -- Maximilian Kolbe
Mary seeks for those who approach her devoutly and with reverence, for such she loves, nourishes, and adopts as her children. -- Bonaventure
No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost. -- Hilary of Poitiers
Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed to reach the shores of Eternal Splendour. -- Pio of Pietrelcina
What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear? -- Therese of Lisieux
If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you. -- John Vianney
May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing. -- Pio of Pietrelcina
After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His Mother Mary. -- Alphonsus Liguori
Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our Heavenly Mother and reflect on it's boundless grief and how precious is our soul. -- Pio of Pietrelcina
Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children. -- Bernard of Clairvaux
Even while living in the world, 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
The day of the Nativity of the Mother of God is a day of universal joy, because through the Mother of God, the entire human race was renewed, and the sorrow of the first mother, Eve, was transformed into joy. -- John of Damascus
If you ever feel distressed during your day - call upon our Lady - 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. -- Mother Teresa
We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son. -- Louis de Montfort
Seek refuge in Mary because she is the city of refuge. We know that Moses set up three cities of refuge for anyone who inadvertently killed his neighbor. Now the Lord has established a refuge of mercy, Mary, even for those who deliberately commit evil. Mary provides shelter and strength for the sinner. -- Anthony of Padua
Do not marvel at the novelty of the thing, if a Virgin gives birth to God. -- St. Jerome
Let us learn from the Virgin Mary how to be bolder in obeying the word of God. -- Pope Francis
The Christian who does not feel that the Virgin Mary is his or her mother is an orphan. -- Pope Francis
In that first 'fusion' with Jesus (holy communion), it was my Heavenly Mother again who accompanied me to the altar for it was she herself who placed her Jesus into my soul. -- Therese of Lisieux
The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth. -- Pope John Paul II
God inspired in the heart of the pure Virgin Mary His own intense love for humility...It was this humility which attracted to her the countless graces which rendered her worthy to be the Mother of God, Queen of heaven and earth. -- John Eudes
The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. -- Pope Pius IX
This pious practice, by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is honored and the Christian people enriched with spiritual gifts, gladdens and consoles us. Mary remains ever the path that leads to Christ. Every encounter with her can only result in an encounter with Christ himself -- Pope Paul VI
I believe that He was made man, joining the human nature with the divine in one person; being conceived by the singular operation of the Holy Ghost, and born of the blessed Virgin Mary, who, as well after as before she brought Him forth, continued a pure and unspotted virgin. -- John Wesley
The foundation of all our confidence is found in the Blessed Virgin Mary. God has committed to her the treasury of all good things, in order that everyone may know that through her are obtained every hope, every grace, and all salvation. For this is His will: That we obtain everything through Mary. -- Pope Pius IX
If anyone does not believe that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, he is severed from the Godhead. If anyone should assert that He passed through the Virgin as through a channel, and was not at once divinely and humanly formed in her (divinely, because without the intervention of a man; humanly, because in accordance with the laws of gestation), he is in like manner godless. -- Gregory of Nazianzus
In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary. -- Lech Walesa
Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or Hindus who have never heard of her. -- Bernard Berenson
Catholics are frequently criticised because of the prominence and respect given to the Virgin Mary while simultaneously condemned for not giving enough prominence and respect to women. -- Michael Coren
When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary. -- Olympia Dukakis
The much-quoted immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary occurred but once so that the world might know that Almighty God, when He so chooses, has no need of men, though He cannot dispense with women. -- Jose Saramago
The walls of the Franciscan Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary were ruined stucco chipping away from the brick underneath, with ghostly frescoes, concrete-filled niches, and one complete, vivid crucifix painted over the altar. -- Elizabeth McCracken
If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said 'No.' -- Margaret Smith
I'm not Catholic but the Virgin Mary fascinates me because she's like a folk hero. -- Moby
And when I was in the trunk, I saw Jesus. And the Virgin Mary. And Ozzy Osbourne. -- Janet Evanovich
Whether the Virgin Mary existed, I don't know. But the human need for her to appear in tortilla, that's what inspires my interest. -- Moby
What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character. -- Anne Rice
I was an altar boy, a spokesperson for the Virgin Mary, I was a choir boy but then at the age of 14 I discovered masturbation and all that went out the window. -- Guillermo del Toro
Our brains are wired to interpret shapes as faces and bodies. That's why people see the Virgin Mary in the clouds or even in cheese sandwiches. It's your cytoplasm, not some strange ectoplasm. -- Seth Shostak
I never said I was an angel. Nor am I innocent or holy like the Virgin Mary. What I am is natural and serious and as sensitive as an open nerve on an ice cube. -- Sister Souljah
I had played the Virgin Mary in 'Jesus of Nazareth,' and I had done 'Juliet' at the age of 15. People said, 'Where do you go from playing Juliet and the Virgin Mary?' And I said, 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta.' -- Olivia Hussey
There's not a day that goes by that I don't bless myself with holy water and then get in my car and rub the medal of the Virgin Mary that she gave me and say a Hail Mary for my mother. And then I kiss her Mass card that's right there on the dashboard. -- Peter Criss
When [Wonder Woman creator William Moulton] Marston died in 1947, they got rid of the pervy elements, and instantly sales plummeted. Wonder Woman should be the most sexually attractive, intelligent, potent woman you can imagine. Instead she became this weird cross between the Virgin Mary and Mary Tyler Moore that didn't even appeal to girls. -- Grant Morrison
People who didn't live pre-Internet can't grasp how devoid of ideas life in my hometown was. The only bookstores sold Bibles the size of coffee tables and dashboard Virgin Marys that glowed in the dark. -- Mary Karr
With reason did the Most Holy Virgin predict that all generations would call her blessed, for all the Elect obtain eternal salvation through the means of Mary. -- Ildefonsus
If the virgin Mary had an abortion, I'd still be carried in a chariot of stampeding horses. -- Nas
Jesus did not have human blood: He was born of the virgin Mary with the divine blood of His Father. -- Ernest Angley
It took like 5 hours to complete my virgin Mary. I was raised Catholic and it seemed like a good idea. -- The Rev
Most of the time I was in the background. I never played [the Virgin] Mary. I was always kind of the third angel. -- Felicity Jones

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