By his own will Christ was dependent on Mary during Advent: he was absolutely helpless; he could go nowhere but where she chose to take him; he could not speak; her breathing was his breath; his heart beat in the beating of her heart. In the seasons of our Advent — waking, working, eating, sleeping, being — each breath is a breathing of Christ into the world.
–Caryll Houselander (1901-1954)
Why should we be astonished if the God who could work marvels in the scripture and through His saints should choose to reveal Himself even more marvelous by means of His Mother?
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
The desire for God is written in the human heart because we are created by God for God.
–Catechism of the Catholic Church #27
THE MOST EXCELLENT VIRTUES
The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
For grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
