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O Most Holy Virgin
By St Pope Pius X (1835-1914)
Most holy Virgin, who pleased our Lord and became His Mother, Virgin Immaculate in thy body and soul, in thy faith and love, at this solemn jubilee of the promulgation of the dogma which proclaimed thee to the entire world as conceived without sin, look kindly on us, unfortunate ones, who implore thy powerful protection. The infernal serpent, upon whom the primeval curse was laid, continues, alas, to attack and tempt the hapless children of Eve. Ah! Do thou, our blessed Mother, our Queen and Advocate, who at the first moment of thy conception didst crush the enemy’s head, do thou gather together our prayers and we beseech thee (our hearts one with thine), present them before God’s throne, that we may never allow ourselves to be caught in the snares laid for us but that we may reach the portal of salvation and that the Church and Christian society may once more chant the hymn of deliverance, of victory and of peace.
Amen
"A man makes the most progress and merits the most grace precisely in those matters wherein he gains the greatest victories over self and most mortifies his will." - St. Francis de Sales
"The goal of all our undertakings should be not so much a task perfectly completed as the accomplishment of the will of God." - St Therese of Lisieux
"Perfection is founded entirely on the love of God: ‘Charity is the bond of perfection;’ and perfect love of God means the complete union of our will with God’s." - St. Alphonsus de Ligouri
“O Lord, I beseech Thee, leave me not for a moment, for I know not the value of my soul.” St. John of the Cross
"The elect will always see God, love God, possess God and always will wish to see Him, love Him and possess Him still more. This beatitude is the end destined for all; God has given us time only in order to merit it, being and life only to possess it." --St. Ignatius of Loyola
"O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of eternal life, Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and my sanctuary." –St. Gertrude the Great
"I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know Him or have forgotten Him." –St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
When a woman is feminine, she has the strength God gives to her. When she is de-feminized, she has only the strength she gives herself. - Cardinal Siri
We know that certain modes of dress which women are beginning to accept are harmful to society, for they are a cause of evil...those who spread this poison seem to ignore its evil effects...
- Pope Benedict XV, 1919
Let us then be ever ready, ever willing, to defy the world and its immodesty with our courageous and determined efforts to be modest in all things. Fr Paul Krug CSPV
O Mother of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke thy most powerful name, which is the safeguard of the living and the salvation of the dying. O Purest Mary! O Sweetest Mary! Let thy name henceforth be ever on my lips. Delay not, O blessed Lady, to help me whenever I call on thee; for, in all my temptations, in all my needs, I shall never cease to call on thee, ever repeating they sacred name, Mary, Mary. O what consolation, what sweetness, what confidence, what emotion fill my soul when I utter thy sacred name, or even only think of thee! I thank the Lord for having given thee, for my good, so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name. But I will not be content with merely uttering thy name. Let my love for thee prompt me ever to hail thee, Mother of Perpetual Help.
