"Selfishness in matrimony is fatal. A wife should always remember that her husband's interests are hers and that her greatest interest is her husband." -excerpt from "A Mother's Rule and father's Rule of Life," by Martin J. Scott, S.L.
And two quotes especially in Honor of Our Most Holy Lady, during her month of May...
..."Consequently, that grand Lord always independent and sufficient to Himself, never had and has not now any absolute need of the Holy Virgin for the accomplishment of His will...Nevertheless, I say that things being as they are now, that is, God having willed to commence and to complete His greatest works by the Most Holy Virgin ever since He created her, we may well think He will not change his conduct in the eternal ages, for He is God, and He changes not, either in His sentiments or in His conduct." True Devotion to Mary," by St. Louis De Monfort
"Mary is the great believer who humbly offered herself to God as an empty vessel for him to use in his mysterious plan. She did not try to live according to human calculation but put herself completely at the disposal of God's mysterious, incomprehensible design. All she wanted to be was the instrument and servant of the Word. Therein lies her true fame: that she remained a believer despite all the darkness and all the inexplicable demands God made on her. She believed even in the face of certain incomprehensible facts...Today God is still mysterious; indeed he seems to have a special kind of obscurity in store for each person's life. But could he ever render any life as dark and incomprehensible as Mary's? This is the real reason for her greatness and her being called blessed: she is the great believer." -Pope Benedict XVI
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