Quote/s of the Day – 18 December – “The Month of the Divine Infancy and the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary” – The Feast of Our Lady of Expectation
“ By a woman,
came the flood of our ills
and by a woman too,
our blessings,
have their spring.”
St Gregory Thaumaturgus (c213-c270)
“the Wonder-Worker,” Bishop, Confessor
“And Mary said,
‘Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be to me according to thy word.’”
Luke 1:38
“The price of our salvation
is offered to thee.
We shall be set free at once, if thou consent.
In the eternal Word of God, we all came to be
and behold, we die.
In thy brief response,
we are to be remade.
in order to be recalled to life.… Answer quickly, O Virgin.
Reply in haste to the Angel,
or rather, through the Angel to the Lord.
Answer with a word,
receive the Word of God.
Speak thine own word,
conceive the Divine Word.
Breathe a passing word,
embrace the Eternal Word!”
St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
The Last Father and the Mellifluous Doctor
“She saw herself raised to the highest dignity
that ever was or will be, for although
it should please God to create anew many worlds,
He could never make a pure creature be greater
than the Mother of God.
Our Lady humbled herself and acknowledged herself unworthy of being raised to the high dignity
of Mother of God, therefore, she was made to be His Mother, for she had no sooner uttered the protestation of her littleness, than, having abandoned herself to Him,
by an act of incomparable charity,
she became the Mother of the Most High,
Who is the Saviour of our souls!”
St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor Caritas
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