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maxim[11][3] = "Let the young man look after the flesh, and the old man after avarice, and we shall all be saints together."; | maxim[11][3] = "Let the young man look after the flesh, and the old man after avarice, and we shall all be saints together."; | ||
maxim[11][4] = "Where there is no great mortification there is no great sanctity."; | maxim[11][4] = "Where there is no great mortification there is no great sanctity."; | ||
maxim[11][5] = "The sanctity of a man lies in | maxim[11][5] = "The sanctity of a man lies in mortifying the understanding, which is all too ready to reason upon things."; | ||
maxim[11][6] = "He who really wishes to become a saint must never defend himself, except in a few rare cases, but always acknowledge himself in fault, even when what is alleged against him is untrue."; | maxim[11][6] = "He who really wishes to become a saint must never defend himself, except in a few rare cases, but always acknowledge himself in fault, even when what is alleged against him is untrue."; | ||
maxim[11][7] = "What we know of the virtues of the saints is the least part of them."; | maxim[11][7] = "What we know of the virtues of the saints is the least part of them."; | ||
Revision as of 16:18, 5 November 2014
Virgin Mary, Mother of God
- Maxims from September 7 and 8
- To obtain the protection of our Blessed Lady in our most urgent wants, it is very useful to say sixty-three times, after the fashion of a Rosary, “Virgin Mary, Mother of God, pray to Jesus for me.â€
- When we make this prayer to our Blessed Lady, we give her every possible praise in the least possible compass, because we call her by her name of MARY, and give her those two great titles of Virgin, and Mother of God, and then name JESUS, the fruit of her most pure womb.