Many beautiful words have been said about the Virgin Mary, in which the saints and the Fathers of the Church have expressed their love for the Mother of God, their honour for her, and their meditation on her life and her role in the mystery of Christ.
Here we present a selection of some of the most beautiful things said about the Virgin Mary, sayings and phrases attributed to a number of saints and Fathers of the Church.
Beautiful Sayings About the Virgin Mary
“Look to the star, call upon Mary! In danger, in distress or in doubt, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let her name never leave your lips, never leave your heart. Following her, you will never go astray. Praying to her, you will never despair. Thinking of her, you will never go wrong. When she holds your hand, you will not fall… you will not be anxious… you will not be afraid. Under her protection, you will reach your goal.”
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
“When we pass an image or statue of the Virgin Mary, we should say: Hail Mary, greet Jesus for me.”
Saint Padre Pio
“Wonderful is your Mother, O Lord. Who can grasp this wonder of wonders? A virgin conceives… a virgin gives birth… a virgin remains a virgin after giving birth.”
Saint Augustine
“We cannot speak of the Church unless Mary, the Mother of God, is present there.”
Saint John Paul II
“Jesus came to us through Mary, and he wants us to go to him by the same road.”
Saint Veronica Giuliani
“When sinners once listened to the teaching of the One who wanted to welcome them into heaven, I found you, Mary, with them on the hillside.”
Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
Mary Ever-Virgin
Pope Peter, Patriarch of Alexandria, martyred in 311, was one of the first to use the title “Aeiparthenos”, meaning “ever-virgin”, for Saint Mary, saying:
“Jesus Christ was born according to the flesh of our holy and glorious Lady Mary, Mother of God and ever-virgin.”
Pope Peter, the Seal of the Martyrs
Sayings of Saint John Chrysostom About the Virgin
“Instead of the sun, the Virgin contained the uncircumscribed Sun of Righteousness. Do not ask here how this came about or how it could be. Where God wills, the order of nature is not observed.
He willed it; he was able; he came down; he saved. All things obey him. Today he who is, is born.
For, being God, he becomes man, yet does not fall from the Godhead that was his; nor did he become man by losing the Godhead, nor did he become God from being a man by gradual progress: but the Word who is became flesh.”
Saint John Chrysostom
More Sayings About Our Mother the Virgin Mary
“Through the Virgin we entered into divine sonship, when he gave us the power to become children of God.”
Fr. Bishoy Kamel
“Mary is the new mystical heaven, the heaven that bears the Godhead.”
Saint Ephrem the Syrian
“Love the Virgin Mary, pray the Rosary. Let the holy Mother of God reign in your hearts. Amen.”
Saint Padre Pio
