All hail to thee, dear and ever-blessed Mother! We honor thee for God honors thee; we love the, for God loves thee; we obey thee, for thou ever conmmandest the will of thy Lord. The passers-by may jeer thee; the servants of the prince of this world may call thee wicked; . . . earth and hell rise up in wrath against thee . . . but all the more dear art thou to our hearts; all the more deep and sincere is the homage we pay thee; and all the more earnestly do we pray thee to receive our humble offerings, and to own us for thy children, and watch over us that we never forfeit the right to call thee our Mother.
The Complete Works of Orestes A. Brownson
Vol. 5. p. 569
