Why I Love You Mary

"I still have something to do before I die," Therese said to her sister Celine. "I always wanted to express to the Blessed Virgin in a song everything that I think of her." And she composed a sublime poem in 25 stanzas: 0 Mary I would like to sing why I love you, why your sweet name fills my heart with joy, and why the thought of your majestic greatness, could never inspire fear within my soul. Yet, if I were to see you now, in sublime glory, surpassing all the saints in highest heaven above, scarce could I dream I am your child, O Mary, I would lower my eyes from of you! ... - Saint Therese of Lisieux (May 1897 - PA Rome p. 268)