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O Queen of heaven and earth! The universe would perish before thou couldst refuse aid to one who invokes thee from the depth of his heart. — Bl. Henry Suso.

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O most blessed Virgin, who declarest in thy Canticle that it is owing to thy humility that God hath done great things in thee, obtain for me the grace to imitate thee, that is, to be obedient; because to obey is to practise humility. — St. Vincent de Paul.

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May the two names so sweet and so powerful, of Jesus and Mary, be always in our hearts and on our lips! — St. Alphonsus.

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Whatsoever we do, we can never be true children of Mary, unless we are humble. — St. Alphonsus.

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Let us highly esteem devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and let us lose no opportunity of inspiring others with it. — St. Alphonsus.

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As a mother feels no disgust in dressing the sores of her child, so Mary, the heavenly infirmarian, never refuses to care for sinners who have recourse to her. — St. Alphonsus.