--- title: "1 Pope Pius X Quotes By Carrie Gress" description: "1 Pope Pius X quotes by Carrie Gress. Plus more from Carrie Gress and more Pope Pius X sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/carrie-gress-22402_brightest-star_pope-pius-x-said-if-we-were-to-lose-mary_435594.jpg" --- > [“Pope Pius X said. “If we were to lose Mary,” the pope explained, “the world would wholly decay. Virtue would disappear, especially holy purity and virginity, connubial love and fidelity. The mystical river through which God’s graces flow to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/pope-pius-x-said-if-we-were-to-lose-mary-the-pope-explained-the-world/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/carrie-gress-22402_brightest-star_pope-pius-x-said-if-we-were-to-lose-mary_435594.jpg) ## More by Carrie Gress > [“Motherhood, more than most other types of love, quickly acclimates us to what true love is: an act of the will, not simply a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/motherhood-more-than-most-other-types-of-love-quickly-acclimates-us/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“Pope Pius X said. “If we were to lose Mary,” the pope explained, “the world would wholly decay. Virtue would disappear, especially holy purity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/pope-pius-x-said-if-we-were-to-lose-mary-the-pope-explained-the-world/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“Explaining hell, Lúcia wrote, “Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/explaining-hell-l-cia-wrote-plunged-in-this-fire-were-demons-and/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“As historian Arnold Toynbee (1889–1975) noted, civilizations rarely die simply from external assault; they are first hollowed out by internal moral decline. “Civilizations,” Toynbee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/as-historian-arnold-toynbee-1889-1975-noted-civilizations-rarely-die/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“In one of Mary’s apparitions to Bernadette, Our Lady asked her to dig in the dirt. As she dug, a spring trickled through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/in-one-of-mary-s-apparitions-to-bernadette-our-lady-asked-her-to-dig/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“When the storms of temptation encompass you, look up to this star, invoke Mary. When the waves of pride are washing over your ship,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/when-the-storms-of-temptation-encompass-you-look-up-to-this-star/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“There are also new stories pouring out of Iraq as Islamic State–controlled territories are losing ground and Iraqis are reclaiming Christian territories. One miraculous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/there-are-also-new-stories-pouring-out-of-iraq-as-islamic-state/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“The story of Lourdes starts centuries before young Bernadette encountered the beautiful woman at Massabielle. While the area of Massabielle was known as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/the-story-of-lourdes-starts-centuries-before-young-bernadette/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“To eliminate her from Scripture is to deform the story—to not tell it correctly—and actually dishonors Jesus. Consider how much the common man honors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/to-eliminate-her-from-scripture-is-to-deform-the-story-to-not-tell-it/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“All grace,” says St. Maximilian Kolbe, “ultimately comes to us from God the Father, through the merits of Jesus Christ, His Son, and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/all-grace-says-st-maximilian-kolbe-ultimately-comes-to-us-from-god/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“the height of European culture was centered on devotion to Our Lady. In the places where European culture soared, so too did devotion to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/the-height-of-european-culture-was-centered-on-devotion-to-our-lady/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“Salette, France (1846) The next apparition at La Salette happened four years later, in 1846. High up in the French Alps, Mary appeared to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/salette-france-1846-the-next-apparition-at-la-salette-happened-four/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“the moment of her conception, Mary was fruitful through the Holy Spirit while simultaneously acting as a mirror to humanity of what the Holy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/the-moment-of-her-conception-mary-was-fruitful-through-the-holy/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“Living the Marian Option does not require a change of address, career, or nationality; what it does require is going deep in one’s faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/living-the-marian-option-does-not-require-a-change-of-address-career/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) > [“We normally look to prayer to change the external realities of our life, but the Polish pope also knew the power of prayer could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/we-normally-look-to-prayer-to-change-the-external-realities-of-our/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pope-pius-x/carrie-gress/#itemlist", "name": "1 Pope Pius X Quotes By Carrie Gress", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Pope Pius X said. “If we were to lose Mary,” the pope explained, “the world would wholly decay. 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