the-glories-of-mary

300 GLORIES OF MARY.
for sinners? And how can it be that the Son
hear the mother, when she
will not graciously
shows him the breasts from which she has nour
ished us?* St. Peter Chrysologus says with,
great energy, that this favored Virgin, having
received God in her womb, demands in return,
peace for the world, salvation for the lost, life
for the dead.f
Oh how many, exclaims the Abbot of Celles,
who merits to be condemned by the divine
justice, are saved by the mercy of Mary! for
she is the treasure of God and the treasure of
all graces; therefore it is that our salvation is in
her hands. J Let us always then have recourse
to this mother of mercy, and confidently hope
to be saved by means of her intercession; since
she, as Bernardine de Bustis encourages us to
believe, is our salvation, our life, our hope, our
counsel, our refuge, our help. Mary is
that very throne of grace, says St. Antoninus,
to which the apostle exhorts us to have recourse
with confidence, that we may obtain
the divine
* Securum accessum jam habet homo ad Deum, ubi mediatorem
causse euae tilium habet ante Patrem, et ante filiam, matrem. Christua
oatendit Patri latus et vulnera, Maria Chrieto pectus, et-ubera. D
Laud. Virg.
t Una puella sic Deum In ii pectoris capit hospitio, ut pacem terris,
salutem perditia, yitam mortals, pro ipsa domo exigat penionem.
Serm. 140.
$ Ssepe quos justitia filii potest damnare, mater misericordia liberat.
Thesaurus Domini est, et thesauraria gratiarum. Salus noetra
In manu illius est. Prolog, in Contempl. Virg.
$ Haec st nostra ealus, vita, spes, consilium refugium,
notnun. P. l, Ser. 6, de Com. Mar.