The obedience of Jesus at Nazareth
Jesus Christ gave more glory to God his Father by the submission he rendered to his Mother during thirty years than he would have given him by converting the whole earth through the working of the greatest marvels. Oh! how highly we glorify God when, to please him, we submit ourselves to Mary, after the example of Jesus Christ, our only model!
Saint Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary, §18 (excerpt)
Contemplate with Mary
BLESSED and immaculate Virgin, our Queen and mother, refuge and consolation of all the wretched: I, prostrate before your Throne with all my family, choose you for my Lady, mother, and advocate with God. I with all mine dedicate myself for ever to your service; and I beg you, O mother of God, to place us in the number of your servants, taking us all under your protection, succouring us in life, and still more at the time of our death.
Saint Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary, Part II, Dedication of the family to Mary (excerpt)
Pray with the saints
O mother of mercy, you are full of charity towards all; do not forget my miseries. You already see them. Commend me to that God who denies you nothing. Obtain for me the grace to be able to imitate you in holy charity, both towards God and towards my neighbour. Amen.
St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary · On the Charity of Mary towards Our NeighbourLet love become an act
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