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21 ‘The greatest saints, those richest in grace and virtue will be the most assiduous in praying to the most Blessed Virgin, looking up to her as the perfect model to imitate and as a powerful helper to assist them.’
-Saint Louis Marie de Montfort

22 ‘To serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern.’
-St. John Vianney

23 ‘When we were little, we kept close to our mother in a dark alley or if dogs barked at us. Now, when we feel temptations of the flesh, we should run to the side of our Mother in Heaven, by realizing how she is to us, and by means of aspirations. She will defend us and lead us to the light.’
-St. Josemaria Escriva

24 ‘When you see the storm coming, if you seek safety in that firm refuge which is Mary, there will be no danger of your wavering or going down.’
-St. Josemaria Escriva

16 ‘Mary, give me your Heart: so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate; your Heart so full of love and humility that I may be able to receive Jesus in the Bread of Life and love Him as you love Him and serve Him in the distressing guise of the poor’
-Blessed Mother Teresa

17 ‘Not only do they offend thee, O Lady, who outrage thee, but thou art also offended by those who neglect to ask thy favors. He who neglects the service of the Blessed Virgin will die in his sins. He who does not invoke thee, O Lady, will never get to Heaven. Not only will those from whom Mary turns her countenance not be saved, but there will be no hope of their salvation. No one can be saved without the protection of Mary’
-Saint Bonaventure, Cardinal-Bishop and Doctor of the Church

18 ‘Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation except through her intercession.’
-St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

19 “Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary.”
-St. Bonaventure

20 “May I give you some advice for you to put into practice daily? When your heart makes you feel those low cravings, say slowly to the Immaculate Virgin: Look on me with compassion. Don’t abandon me. Don’t abandon me, my Mother! — And recommend this prayer to others.”
-St. Josemaria Escriva

11 ‘After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His Mother Mary.’
-St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

12 “Have confidence. Return. Invoke our Lady and you’ll be faithful.”
-St. Josemaria Escriva

13 “All the sins of your life seem to be rising up against you. Don’t give up hope! On the contrary, call your holy mother Mary, with the faith and abandonment of a child. She will bring peace to your soul.”
-St. Josemaria Escriva

14 Even while living in this world, the heart of Mary was so filled with tenderness and compassion for men, that no one ever suffered so much for his own pains as Mary suffered for the pains of others.
-St. Jerome

15 “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.”
-Blessed Mother Teresa

6 Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.
-Saint Francis de Sales

7 O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of necessity.
-Saint Basil the Great

8 “The Immaculate alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan. She seeks souls that will consecrate themselves entirely to her, that will become in her hands forceful instruments for the defeat of Satan and the spread of God’s kingdom.”
-St. Maximilian Kolbe

9 “To give worthy praise to the Lord’s mercy, we unite ourselves with Your Immaculate Mother, for then our hymn will be more pleasing to You, because She is chosen from among men and angels. Through Her, as through a pure crystal, Your mercy was passed on to us. Through Her, man became pleasing to God; Through Her, streams of grace flowed down upon us.” (1746)
-St. Faustina

10 ”There is no one, O Most Holy Mary, who can know God except through thee; no one who can be saved or redeemed but through thee, O Mother of God; no one who can be delivered from dangers but through thee, O Virgin Mother; no one who obtains mercy but through thee, O Filled-With-All-Grace!”
-Saint Germanus of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople