The much-quoted immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary occurred but once so that the world might know that Almighty God, when He… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
There is no danger of exaggerating. We an never hope to fathom this inexpressible mystery nor will we ever be able to… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
“I could no longer be equated with the Virgin Mary. I had been corrupted. I was like everyone else. My stone-casting credibility… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
“What about you? You ever done anything wrong in your entire life?" "Why do you ask that?" "Honey, you look like the… — Kathryn Shay Copy Share Image
If anyone does not in accord with the Holy Fathers acknowledge the holy and ever virgin and immaculate Mary was really and… — Pope Martin I Copy Share Image
I grew up with adults who believed the Virgin Mary was appearing in Medjugorje, Yugoslavia. They held prayer meetings where they closed… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
“The modern woman will note with pleasant surprise that Mary of Nazareth, while being completely devoted to the will of God, was… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
“My main reason for scepticism about the Huxley/Sagan theory is that the human brain is demonstrably eager to see faces in random… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“It happened on a Valentine night. Chris was an expert panther, a James Bond. Sarah was a lamb, a Virgin Mary. It… — Moffat Machingura Copy Share Image
“I think there’s probably a controlling intelligence in the universe, a being that decided the rules, such as E = mc2, and… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
That one woman is both mother and virgin, not in spirit only but even in body. In spirit she is mother, not… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“Hugh concentrated upon different objects in the camión; the driver’s small mirror with the legend running round it—Cooperación de la Cruz Roja,… — Malcolm Lowry Copy Share Image
In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let not her name depart from your lips, never suffer… — Onuh Justus Izuchukwu Copy Share Image
“Men were, after all, not wholly inconsequent; their attachment to Mary rested on an instinct of self-preservation. They knew their own peril.… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
“What Waringa tried hard to avoid was looking at the pictures of the walls and windows of the church. Many of the… — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
“The Virgin Mary is the supreme exemplar of this feminine whiteness. Her fair hair 20 and complexion, often white robes and association… — Richard Dyer Copy Share Image
“New Rule: Death isn’t always sad. This week, the Reverend Jerry Falwell died, and millions of Americans asked, “Why? Why, God? Why…didn’t… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“But the work which most richly embroidered the gospel narratives and was destined to exert a tremendous influence on later Mariology was… — J.N.D. Kelly Copy Share Image
Basically what Salomé did with Rilke as a mentor was direct him toward the Russian Orthodox Church, so he could project his… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
“Mary thus learns that the Most High has ever borne a Son in his bosom, and that this Son has now chosen… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
Whether the Virgin Mary existed, I don't know. But the human need for her to appear in tortilla, that's what inspires my… — Moby Copy Share Image
Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed to reach the shores of Eternal Splendour. — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
I went from Manhattan coons to Allana downstate. To Oster County and then shock upstate. But anyway ma I be home in… — Tony Yayo Copy Share Image
The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“And so it was that the knot of Eve’s disobedience was loosed by Mary’s obedience,” said St. Irenaeus. “For what the virgin… — Brian Kennelly Copy Share Image
God inspired in the heart of the pure Virgin Mary His own intense love for humility...It was this humility which attracted to… — John Eudes Copy Share Image
“As Langdon spoke, the ceiling flashed well-known Christian images of the Resurrection, the Virgin Mary, Noah’s Ark, the parting of the Red… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Mary seeks for those who approach her devoutly and with reverence, for such she loves, nourishes, and adopts as her children. — Bonaventure Copy Share Image
Catholics are frequently criticised because of the prominence and respect given to the Virgin Mary while simultaneously condemned for not giving enough… — Michael Coren Copy Share Image
Our brains are wired to interpret shapes as faces and bodies. That's why people see the Virgin Mary in the clouds or… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
I'm always working in this universe - whether picturing hamburger joints, Virgin Marys, domestic scenes - using these "vacant-faced" women as a… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
If you ever feel distressed during your day - call upon our Lady - just say this simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother of… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
If anyone does not believe that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, he is severed from the Godhead. If anyone should… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
“The equivalent of the moth’s light-compass reaction is the apparently irrational but useful habit of falling in love with one, and only… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
