The Glories of Mary

“Therefore, as St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, asserts, the archangel Gabriel called her full of grace: “Ave gratia plena;” because whilst to others, as the saint above mentioned remarks, limited grace is given, to Mary it was given in fulness. And thus it was ordered, as St. Basil attests, that in this way she might become the worthy mediatrix between God and men. For if the Virgin had not been full of divine grace, as St. Lawrence Justinian adds, how could she be the ladder of paradise, the advocate of the world, and the true mediatrix between God and men?””

— Alfonso Maria de', Saint Liguori

“Porque ella abre los caminos insondables de la misericordia de Dios a quien quiere, cuando quiere y como quiere, porque no hay pecador, por enormes que sean sus pecados, que se pierda si María lo protege”.””

— Alfonso Maria de', Saint Liguori

“¿Por qué la Iglesia llama a María reina de misericordia? Y responde:””

— Alfonso Maria de', Saint Liguori

“ORACIÓN A LA VIRGEN PARA ALCANZAR UNA BUENA MUERTE María, dulce refugio de los pecadores,””

— Alfonso Maria de', Saint Liguori

“Oh Lord, give me what the most holy Virgin Mary is asking for me." And this is well, as Lapide adds, for our mother desires greater things for us than we think of asking for ourselves.””

— Alfonso Maria de', Saint Liguori

“St. Bernard asks, Why does the Church name Mary Queen of Mercy? and answers, Because we believe that she opens the depths of the mercy of God, to whom she will, when she will, and as she will; so that not even the vilest sinner is lost, if Mary protects him.””

— Alfonso Maria de', Saint Liguori

“Yo soy –le dijo la reina del cielo y madre de la misericordia- la alegría de los justos y la puerta para introducir los pecadores a Dios. No hay en la tierra pecador tan desventurado que se vea privado de la misericordia mía. Porque si otra gracia por mí no obtuviera, recibe al menos la de ser menos tentado de los demonios de lo que sería de otra manera. No hay ninguno tan alejado de Dios, a no ser que del todo estuviese maldito –se entiende con la final reprobación de los condenados-; ninguno que, si me invocare, no vuelva a Dios y alcance la misericordia”.””

— Alfonso Maria de', Saint Liguori

“Dame, Señor, lo que para mí pide la Virgen María”.””

— Alfonso Maria de', Saint Liguori

“Father Diego Martinez, of the same society, who, on account of his devotion to our Lady, on the feasts of Mary, was carried by angels to heaven, that he might see with how much devotion they were celebrated there,””

— Alfonso Maria de', Saint Liguori