"We can’t learn to love the Virgin Mary by staying on our knees"

This is how Mother Teresa, who became St. Teresa of Calcutta (1), as the practical woman that she was, encouraged her sisters:

"We can’t learn to love the Virgin Mary just by staying on our knees and praying the rosary. Let us ask Mary, with simplicity, to teach us how to pray as she taught Jesus, during all the time he was with her in Nazareth."

"Joy is our strength: let us imitate the Virgin Mary, she who knew how to look at people with clear and limpid eyes like those of her Son Jesus; she who knew how to meet people as her Son met them, not to possess them but to give them the true and happy life, the one that gives men joy."

"Mary, most beloved Mother, give me a heart so beautiful, so pure, so full of love and humility, that I may receive Jesus, as you do, and with eagerness go out to bring Him to others."

Translated from

https://toulouse.catholique.fr/Aimer-la-Vierge-Marie-ne-s-apprend-pas-seulement-en-restant-a-genoux

(1) Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born into Albanian family on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, a city situated at the crossroads of Balkan history. Agnes received Ottoman nationality at birth and Indian nationality in 1948. A Roman Catholic nun, she died in Calcutta on September 5, 1997, the embodiment of altruism and goodness. Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa on October 19, 2003. She was canonized by Pope Francis in 2016.