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in the hands of Mary, that she 1
may assist the miserable.
And St. Leo has said that Mary is so full of mercy that
she is called mercy itself. 2 And who after Jesus, ex
claims St. Germanus, is so solicitous for our welfare as
thou, O Mother of Mercy? 3 Speaking of Mary, St.
Augustine says: "We acknowledge that one, namely,
that thou alone, takest care of us in heaven.
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As if
said: O Mother of God, it is true that all the saints love
our salvation, but thy charity, in assisting us from heaven,
with so much love, and heaping on us so many graces,
which thou continually obtainest for us, compels us to
confess, that it is thou alone who truly loves us, and
anxiously seeks our welfare. St. Germanus adds: "Her
defence of us is never satisfied." 1
Mary prays inces
santly for us; she repeats her prayers, and is never tired
praying in our defence.
more desirous
Bernardine De Bustis says that Mary is
of dispensing graces to us than we are of receiving
them/ The same author says that as the devil, accord
ing to St. Peter,
goes about seeking whom he may de
vour, 7 so Mary goes about seeking whom she may save. 8
1 "
Certe, Domina ! cum te aspicio, nihil nisi misericordiam cerno;
nam pro miseris Mater Dei facta es, et tibi miserendi est officium commissum."
Stim. div. am. p. 3, c. 19.
2 "Maria adeo praedita est misericordise visceribus, ut, non tantum
misericors, sed ipsa Misericordia dici promereatur."
3
"Quis, post Filium tuum, curam gerit generis humani, sicut tu?
Quis ita nos defendit in nostris affiictionibus ?
Quis pugnat pro peccatoribus?
Propterea, patrocinium tuum majus est, quam comprehend i
possit. De Zona Deip.
4 "Te solam, o Maria Sa-ncta Ecclesia sollicitam !
prae omnibus
5 " "
6
Sanctis scimus." S. Bonav. Spec. B. V. lect. 6.
Non est satietas defensionis ejus."
De Zona Deip.
Plus desiderat ipsa facere tibi bonum et largiri gratiam, quam tu
accipere concupiscas."
" 7
Circuit quaerens quem
devoret." i Pet. v. 8.
8 "
p. 3, s- I-
Ipsa semper circuit quaerens quem salvet." Maria I p. 2, s 5;