O name of Mary! Joy in the heart, honey in the mouth, melody to the ear of Her devout clients!

The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this? Let the philosopher no longer disdain from listening to the common laborer; the wise, to the simple; the educated, to the illiterate; a child of a prince, to a peasant.

Regret not that which is past; and trust not to thine own righteousness.

He prays best who does not know that he is praying.

O name of Mary! Joy in the heart, honey in the mouth, melody to the ear of Her devout clients!

Men will surrender to the spirit of the age. They will say that if they had lived in our day, faith would be simple and easy. But in their day, they will say, things are complex; the Church must be brought up to date and made meaningful to the day's problems.

Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey.