To
learn from Mary how to pray means to join in her prayer: “Let it be to me
according to your word” (Lk 1:38).
Prayer is ultimately self-giving in response
to God’s love. If we say Yes as Mary did, God has the opportunity to lead his
life in our life. [2617-2618, 2622, 2674] 84-85, 117
Where faith in the Mother of God declines, so
does faith in the Son of God and in the Father.
LUDWIG FEUERBACH,
(1804-1872), atheist philosopher
Call on Mary with devotion, and she will not
leave your needs unattended, since she is merciful, indeed, the Mother of Mercy.
ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX
(1090-1153)
AVE MARIA
(Latin = Hail, Mary): The first part of the most
important and popular prayer after the Our Father is taken from the Bible (Lk
1:28; Lk1:42). The second part, “. . . now and at the hour of our death”, is an
addition from the sixteenth century.
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