Mary gave Jesus of her very substance; for nine months He lived with her life; her blood flowed in His veins, and passed from her heart to His. None could love Our Lord as His Mother did; He loved none as He did His mother. Wonderful were the privileges of the Magi, the shepherds, the Apostles; vastly more so were those of Mary. She was greater and holier, and therefore more efficiently predestined than any other of the human race after her Child. Pay her the homage and love due to her singular and august position.
Meditations on Christian Dogma, Volume 1
The Newman Press, Westminster, Maryland, 1961
