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By her modesty she can use her charm to tame the passions of man; by her immodesty “her beauty becomes a stumbling block” to man.
Purity Crusade of Mary Immaculate, 1958
“Holy Purity, the queen of virtues, the angelic virtue, is a jewel so precious that those who possess it become like the angels of God in heaven, even though clothed in mortal flesh.” -- St. John Bosco
“We must be pure. I do not speak merely of the purity of the senses. We must observe great purity in our will, in our intentions, in all our actions.”
-- St. Peter Julian Eymard
“In the Christian combat, not the striker, as in the Olympic contests, but he who is struck, wins the crown. This is the law in the celestial theatre, where the Angels are the spectators.” - St. John Chrysostom
”When you feel the assaults of passion and anger, then is the time to be silent. Jesus was silent in the midst of His ignominies and sufferings."
- St. Paul of the Cross
Be severe to thyself but kind to others.” - St. John Chrysostom
Mary was made Mother of God to obtain salvation for many who, on account of their wicked lives, could not be saved according to the rigor of Divine justice, but might be saved with the help of her sweet mercy and powerful intercession.
-St. John Chrysostom
Mary obtains salvation for all who have recourse to her. Oh! If all sinners had recourse to Mary, who would ever be lost? ... He who is protected by her will be saved; he who is not will be lost. - St. Alphonsus de Liguori
O Mother of Perpetual Help, confidence in thee is a certain pledge of everlasting salvation. - Pope Pius IX
O how long ago the earth would have been destroyed, if Mary had not interposed!
-St. Fulgentius
“What?! Do you say that [impurity] is a light sin? But it is a mortal sin; and if it is a mortal sin, one act of it, though it be only the consent to a wicked thought, is sufficient to send you to hell. Is it a light sin? Even the pagans held impurity to be the worst of the vices on account of the miserable effects that it produces. Seneca says: ‘Immodesty is the greatest evil of the world;’ and Cicero writes:’There is no plague so fatal as bodily pleasure;’ and (to come to the saints) St. Isadore says:’Run through all the sins, you will find none equal to this crime.’ “ – St. Alphonsus de Liqouri
"The good of our soul is more important than that of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of our neighbor to our bodily comforts." - Pope Pius XII
'We lament, too, the destruction of purity among women and young girls as is evidenced by the increasing immodesty of their dress and conversation and by their participation in shameful dances.' - Pope Pius XI
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.
