Development of Mariolatory3
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARIOLATORY : M. M. NINAN<br />
• No one can acquire an intimate union with Jesus and a<br />
perfect fidelity to the Holy Spirit without being greatly<br />
united with Mary.<br />
• When God deeply loves a soul, and finds it stained with<br />
sin, He covers it with a beautiful mantle that makes it<br />
precious to Him--that mantle is Mary.<br />
• Mary is the ark <strong>of</strong> salvation built by God on the deluge <strong>of</strong><br />
our faults so that whoever desires may enter and be<br />
saved.<br />
• Mary is secretary <strong>of</strong> the King <strong>of</strong> Heaven. It is she who<br />
writes in the Book <strong>of</strong> Life the names <strong>of</strong> the predestined,<br />
and signs them with the emblem <strong>of</strong> God. She herself is<br />
the Book <strong>of</strong> Life from which God will read the names <strong>of</strong><br />
the elect on the day <strong>of</strong> judgment.<br />
• ‘The Church assisted and instructed by the Holy Spirit,<br />
gives to Mary titles which resemble those given to her<br />
Divine Son. Jesus is our King; Mary is our Queen. Jesus<br />
is our advocate and mediator; Mary is also our advocate<br />
and mediatrix. Jesus is our hope, our refuge, our<br />
consolation: we say the same <strong>of</strong> Mary. Jesus is the way<br />
which leads to heaven; Mary is the gate <strong>of</strong> Heaven.’<br />
Devotion <strong>of</strong> the ‘Sacred Heart <strong>of</strong> Mary’ (Dublin 1840) and<br />
at page 43<br />
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