Mary was not only holy. She was also the mother of the Lord.
Let Christ's righteousness and grace, not yours, be your refuge.
Reason is the enemy of faith.
The quest for glory can never be satisfied, it must be extinguished.
We should consider the histories of Christ three manner of ways; first, as a history of acts or legends; second, as a gift or a present; thirdly, as an example, which we should believe and follow.
We know that death never skips or spares anybody and that no one ever returns. And yet we go on like the blind, who see as little at midday as in the pitch-dark night. We do not take these examples to heart; we do not realize that today or tomorrow our turn will come.