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Mary
 


While sin divides, separating us from one another, Mary’s purity makes her infinitely close to our hearts, attentive to each of us and desirous of our true good.

 
ANGELUS
Prairie, Lourdes
Sunday, 14 September 2008

 
 
 
Mary
 


The Virgin Mary’s maternal love disarms all pride; it renders man capable of seeing himself as he is, and it inspires in him the desire to be converted so as to give glory to God.
Thus, Mary shows us the right way to come to the Lord. She teaches us to approach him in truth and simplicity. Thanks to her, we discover that the Christian faith is not a burden: it is like a wing which enables us to fly higher, so as to take refuge in God’s embrace.

 
ANGELUS
Prairie, Lourdes
14 September 2008

 
 
 
Mary
 


Mother, full of Mercy and Justice, through your docility to the Spirit, the Counselor, obtain for us the grace to be witnesses of the Risen Lord, so that we will increasingly become the salt of the earth and the light of the world.

 
Prayer to Mary, Protectress
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Solemnity of St. Joseph
19 March, 2009

 
 
 
Mary
 


Mother of hope, in the darkness of Holy Saturday you journeyed with unfailing trust towards the dawn of Easter. Grant that your children may discern at all times, even those that are darkest, the signs of God's loving presence.

 
Prayer to Our Lady of Sheshan
composed by Pope Benedict
16 May 2008

 
 
 
Mary
 


As Mary stood before the Lord, she represented the whole of humanity. In the angel’s message, it was as if God made a marriage proposal to the human race. And in our name, Mary said yes.

 
Angelus
Randwick Mass
Sydney, Australia 2008

 
 
 
Mary
 


Mary teaches us to pray, to make of our prayer an act of love for God and an act of fraternal charity. By praying with Mary, our heart welcomes those who suffer.

 
Lourdes Grotto
Torchlight Procession
13 September 2008

 
 
 
Mary
 


Lourdes is one of the places chosen by God for His beauty to be reflected with particular brightness, hence the importance here of the symbol of light ... Before the grotto, night and day, summer and winter, a burning bush shines out, aflame with the prayers of pilgrims and the sick, who bring their concerns and their needs, but above all their faith and their hope.

 
Lourdes Grotto
Torchlight Procession
13 September 2008

 
 
 
Mary
 


After the example of the Blessed Virgin, may we let ourselves be guided always and only by Jesus Christ, who is the same yesterday, today, and for ever! (Heb 13: 8)

 
HOMILY
Vatican Basilica
1 January 2006

 

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