Quotes About Mary

When they [the Magi] saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. (Matt. 2:10–11)

When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom and the grace of God was on him. (Luke 2:39–40 NIV)

I've always been a huge fan of 'The Shining,' and 'Rosemary's Baby' is one of my favorite films of all time.

love was never a sin. Not loving, now that was the very worst kind of sin

Every...woman, the old lady said, loves a ...rogue.

Hugo could cheerfully have died of mortification - if such a mass of contradictions had been possible.

If only the devil were feminine - perhaps he (she) was; no one had ever seemed to think of that - he would readily believe that her pseudonym was Daisy Morrison.

Mary, do you ever really read the work of Black women? Did you ever read my words, or did you merely finger through them for quotations which you thought might valuably support an already conceived idea concerning some old and distorted connection between us? This is not a rhetorical question.

Mary Walcott's April wedding ceremony

Because I never found My audience, said God and annihilated, as Mother Mary and Christ and Lesefario and Flanoy and Quiz in their Y.M.C.A. seafront room in Piraeus and all Hell's troubled sighed, everything.

Mary, you know I hate parties. My idea of hell is a very large party in a cold room where everybody has to play hockey properly.

You can't go to Heaven hating somebody. Forgive now. Be compassionate now. Be patient now. Be grateful now. Love Jesus and Mary now. Accept God's will now.

Love our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle.

O Jesus and Mary, let my entire consolation in this world be to love you and to suffer for sinners.

Such is the compassion, such the love which Mary bears us, that she is never tired of praying for us.

Mary blesses God for the destiny that is hers: to cling to the design that the Father decreed for the Son, not only passively, but as one who nurtures, fosters, opens roads, makes things possible. Mary's sorrow was an active coöperation with the will of-God for Christ Jesus. How could it have been otherwise, since the Savior was the common Son—one and undivided—of the all-wise Father and the all-obedient Mother?

if we appeal to Mary and the other saints before we appeal to Jesus himself, are we not effectively denying the Incarnation itself?

For Luther, any appeal to Mary and the saints instead of to Jesus himself became a satanic

John Radcliffe, Royal physician to William and Mary, was famous in his own time for reading very little and writing almost nothing. So it stands to reason that one of the most famous libraries in Oxford was his creation.

In The Last Judgment, just as Mary is turning away from the severe judgment of Jesus, there is a deeper meaning: Michelangelo is symbolically turning away from the Church as well.

I was rather hopeless at school, but the one subject I seemed to be good at was domestic science.

I think our devotion to Mary is very beautiful. She has a sacred role in Catholicism, and her strong faith and humility are things we can learn from.

He begged to know to which of his fair cousins the excellency of its cookery was owing. Briefly forgetting her manners, Mary grabbed her fork and leapt from her chair onto the table. Lydia, who was seated nearest her, grabbed her ankle before she could dive at Mr. Collins and, presumably, stab him about the head and neck for such an insult.

Mary is roused to great anxiety by these rumors (but then, she is roused to great anxiety by a great many things).