Of all men and all angels, none received such high favours from God, none was brought into such close relations with the Divinity, none was so faithful to grace, none loved God so intensely. In proportion to this she has received "good measure, and pressed down, and shaken together, and running over" (Luke vi. 38).
So she holds the highest place in heaven, and is nearest of all to her divine Son. So she is Queen of earth and heaven, Queen of angels and of men. So too is her power great to intercede for us. Your veneration for her, your confidence in her prayers, your imitation of her virtues, your praise of God on her account, ought to be in due proportion to her graces, merits, and favor with God.
Meditations on Christian Dogma, Volume 1
The Newman Press, Westminster, Maryland, 1961
