“Jesus is our only Master, who teaches us; our only Lord, on whom we ought to depend; our only Head, to whom we must belong; our only Model, to whom we should conform ourselves; our only Physician, who can heal us; our only Shepherd, who can feed us; our only Way, who can lead us; our only Truth, who can make us grow; our only Life, who can animate us; and our only All in all things, who can truly satisfy us.” (From True Devotion to Mary by Saint Louis de Montfort, #61-#62)

“By Jesus Christ, with Jesus Christ, in Jesus Christ, we can do all things; we can give all honor and glory to the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit; we can become perfected ourselves, and be to our neighbors true friends on the road of eternal life.” (From True Devotion Mary, #61-#62)

“If, then, we establish solid devotion to our Blessed Lady, it is only to establish more perfectly devotion to Jesus Christ, and to put forward an easy and secure means for finding Jesus Christ.” (From True Devotion Mary, #61-#62)

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and agitated. Then he said to them, “I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me.” And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want.” Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, “So, could you not stay awake with me one hour? Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Again he went away for the second time and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.” Again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words. Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Get up, let us be going. See, my betrayer is at hand.” (Matthew 26:36-46)

“Trusting in Your goodness and great mercy, O Lord, I come as one sick to the Healer, as one hungry and thirsty to the Fountain of life, as one in need to the King of heaven, a servant to his Lord, a creature to his Creator, a soul in desolation to my gentle Comforter.” (From the Imitation of Christ, Book 4, Chapter 2)

“We must do our actions IN Mary. Thoroughly to understand this practice , we must know, first, that our Blessed Lady is the true earthly paradise of the new Adam, and that the ancient paradise was but an anticipation of Mary. There are, then, in this earthly paradise, riches, beauties, rarities, and sweetnesses, which Jesus Christ, the new Adam, has left there; it was in this paradise that He grew for nine months in Mary’s womb, worked His wonders, and displayed His riches with divine magnificence.” (From True Devotion Mary, #261-#265)

O Jesus Living in Mary
O Jesus living in Mary,
Come and live in Your servants,
In the spirit of Your holiness,
In the fullness of Your strength,
In the truth of Your virtues,
In the perfection of Your ways,
In the communion of Your mysteries;
Subdue every hostile power
In Your Spirit, for the glory of the Father.
AMEN.