Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.

Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.

Remove grace, and you have nothing whereby to be saved. Remove free will and you have nothing that could be saved.

I believe in order that I may understand.

Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.

And indeed we believe you [God] to be something than which a greater cannot be conceived.

It is impossible to save one's soul without devotion to Mary and without her protection.