Quote by Francis Johnston

To me, the Virgen de Guadalupe is just a vessel for me to recognize my own God within myself.

— Sandra Cisneros

I invite [journalists] to seriously study the facts of Guadalupe. The Madonna is there. I cannot find another explanation.

— Pope Francis

“Her beauty is not just—or even primarily—physical. In her face, I see her wisdom, her compassion, her courage, her eternal glory. This other beauty,…

— Dean Koontz

“Maria, lonely prostitute on a street of pain, You, at least, hail me and speak to me While a thousand others ignore my face.…

— James Kavanaugh

“When the soul reflects on the fact that it has given itself to the Immaculate, and that whatever happens to it occurs by her…

— St. Maximilian Kolbe

“As she prayed, she thought of Mary, holding her infant son in her lap, nurturing and sustaining him through his childhood, and then watching…

— Elizabeth Chadwick

“So, Mary is on fire with both love and awareness, for these two together increase each other into sacred passion. She defies all custom,…

— Steve Sanchez

“Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Is it love to worship a saint in heaven, whom you dare not touch, who hovers above you like a cloud, which floats away…

— Emmuska Orczy