the-glories-of-mary

GLORIES OF MART.
Hence the same author says, that he who
finds Mary finds every good : "Inventa Mariaj
invenitur omne bonum." And he adds, that
every one can find her, were he even the most
abandoned sinner in the world; for she is so
gracious that she sends away none who have
recourse to her.* I invite all to come to me,
Thomas a Kempis makes her say, I wait for all,
I wish that all
may come neither do I ever de-
;
epise any sinner who comes to seek my help,
however unworthy he may be.f All who go to
her asking favors, says Richard, will find her
always ready, always inclined to succor them,
and obtain for them every grace of eternal sal
vation by her powerful prayers
per paratam auxiliari."
I have said by her powerful prayers, for this is
the other reflection which should increase our
: "Inveniet sem
confidence, namely, knowing that she obtains
from God whatever she asks in favor of her
servants. Observe especially, says St. Bonaventure,
in this visit that Mary made to Elizabeth,
the great virtue of the words of Mary
for at
;
the sound of her voice the grace of the Holy
Spirit was given to Elizabeth as well as to
her son, as the Evangelist has written : "And it
came to pass that when Elizabeth heard the sal-
Donis specialibus ditat copiosissime eervientes sibi.
In Prol. Cant.
B. V. c. 1.
* Tanta est ejus benignitas, quod nulli formidandum est ad earn
accidere. Tantaque misericordia, quod ab ea nemo repellitur.
t Omnes invito, omnes expecto, cranes desidero, uollam peccar
torem despicio.