Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Marian thought for January
“Innate and supreme Father, You bestowed countless and great gifts upon the glorious Virgin Mary, enriching her by your word with the message of the angel, immaculately conceiving your Son in her by your Spirit, covering her with your divinely powerful shadow and instructing her with the pure spring of your knowledge of how she was to give birth to the Savior. Being by your will virgin before the birth, after the birth she remains virgin by your power. Her pure chastity responds to your word. Her immaculate virginity is a miracle of yours. In her favor turn your eyes to our want, pull us out of our frivolities and deliver us from our vicious tendencies” (Liturgical text of the Hispanic Mozarabic rite).
This ancient Hispanic rite was part of the group of Latin language liturgies that were constituted in the West between the fifth and seventh centuries.
St. Pio of Pietrelcina
"When passing before an image of the Madonna one should say: I greet you, oh Mary. Greet Jesus for me."
St. Alberto Hurtado, S.J.
"Now is the hour of the triumph of Christ, through Mary."
Saint Josemaría Escrivá
If you're proud of being a son or daughter of the Blessed Virgin Mary, ask yourself: "How many times have I showed my devotion to the Blessed Virgin during this day?"
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
