All Graces From Heaven Pass through Mary’s Hands

It would be impossible not to love Mary, if we reflected for a moment upon her affection for us, and the benefits which she never ceases to lavish upon us. “Alas,” exclaims Saint Bernard, that great servant of Mary, “how blind and miserable are we that do not love so kind and good a Mother! The world without Mary’s prayers would long ago have ceased to be, and on account of our sins, have fallen back into chaos.” The same saint tells us that all the graces which we obtain from heaven pass through Mary’s hands.