It is not in virtue of its liberty that the human will attains to grace, it is much rather by grace that it attains to liberty.
Saint AugustineWhere love is, what can be wanting? Where it is not, what can possibly be profitable?
Saint AugustineMary heard God's word and kept it, and so she is blessed. She kept God's truth in her mind, a nobler thing than carrying his body in her womb.
Saint Augustine