Commemorating the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

"Address her as Queen of Heaven, Sovereign Mistress of the angels, or any other title of honor you may please, but never can you honor her so much as by simply calling her the Mother of God."
- Peter of Celles

"'Whosoever, shall exalt himself, shall be humbled; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted' (Matt. 23:12). These are the words of our Lord, and cannot fail. Therefore, God having determined to become man that He might redeem lost man, and thus show the world His infinite goodness; and having to choose a Mother on earth, He sought amongst women for the one who was the most holy and the most humble. But amongst all, one there was whom He admired, and this one was the tender Virgin Mary, who, the more exalted were her virtues, so much the more dove-like was her simplicity and humility, and the more lowly was she in her own estimation. 'There are young maidens without number:one is my dove, my perfect one' (Cant. 6:8). Therefore God said, this one shall be my chosen Mother."
- The Glories of Mary. by St. Alphonsus Ligouri


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