Conversations With Our Mother...

More or less from the time I was seven years old there took root in my soul the greatest devotion to my Mother, the Most Holy Virgin.  I confided to Mary everything that was happening to me, and she spoke to me.

I heard her voice within me, quite clearly and distinctly. She advised me and told me all that I had to do to please Our Lord. 

I thought that it was a perfectly normal thing, and it never occurred to me to relate to others what the Most Holy Virgin was telling me… 

-- Diary, St. Teresa of the Andes

 

More Mother Than Queen...

 

It is true that Our Lady is Queen of Heaven and earth, but at the same time she is more Mother than Queen . . .

-- St. Therese, Conversation with Mother Agnes

Living In Light...

It is now the hour for you to wake from your sleep.  The night is far spent; the day draws near.  Let us cast off deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.  Let us live honorably as in daylight.

- Romans 13:11-14

In Order To Please...

If you wish to please Mary, if you want to make her smile, let her see Jesus in you. 

-- Bl. Maria Candida of the Eucharist

Ark of the Covenant...

My wife and I regularly take communion to a few shut-ins.  We needed to purchase a new pyx, so my wife went looking online. They had several different sizes, colors, and styles, but the one she found shows a beautiful picture of the Blessed Virgin on it.

It's a lovely image -- and yes, a proper repose for the Most Holy presence of God.

At the Feet of Mary...

I should like to have lips that have been purified by fire to pronounce the name of Mary, and a gold pen to write it in gold letters…

At the feet of Mary, my dearest mother, I found life again.

Oh, all you who suffer, come to Mary, at the feet of Mary, I found life again.

Your salvation, your life are at the feet of Mary.…

-- Thoughts of St. Mary of Jesus Crucified, #11

May You Be Blessed...

On earth, children can’t be born without a mother; it’s a woman who brings them into the world.

And it’s also a woman who brings us into heaven. And this woman is Mary.

Ever since the Fall, men have been waiting for the Fruit of Mary, the Fruit of the Gentle, the Humble, Holy Virgin.

May you be blessed, Mary, may you be blessed!

-- Thoughts of St. Mary of Jesus Crucified, #10