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414 Material for Instructions. [PART n.
of this world." 1 But, on the other hand, he who is
faithful in the service of Mary will be certainly saved.
Mother of God," says St. John Damascene, if I
put
my confidence in you
I shall be saved. If I am under
your protection I have nothing to fear; for to be devoted
to you
is to have certain arms of salvation which God
gives only to those whose salvation he wills in a special
II.
Confidence that we should have in the Intercession of the
Mother of God.
Let us now pass to the confidence which we ought to
have in the intercession of Mary, on account of her power
and mercy.
I. As to her power. Cosmas of Jerusalem has called
the intercession of our Queen not only powerful, but
omnipotent. 3 And Richard of St. Laurence has writ
ten:
From the omnipotent Son the Mother was made
omnipotent." The Son is omnipotent by nature, the
Mother by grace, inasmuch as she obtains from God
whatsoever she asks. That this grace has been given to
Mary we may infer from two reasons: first, because of
all creatures Mary has been the most faithful, and the
greatest lover of God. Hence, as Suarez says, the Lord
loves Mary more than all the other saints and all the
angels together. St. Bridget heard our Lord one day
saying to his Mother: Mother, ask what thou desirest
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In mare mundi submerguntur omnes illi, quos non suscipit Navis
ista." DC Laud, B. M. 1. n.
2 Crasset, Ver. DL ! V. p. I, tr. i, q. 6.
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Omnipotens auxilium tuum, o "
Maria!"
Hymn. 6.
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Ab " omnipotente Filio omnipotens Mater est effecta." DC Laud.
B. M. 1. 4.