Virgin that future knights would spend their vigil of arms, because Mary was the purest and noblest expression of their ideal: "the chaste cult of Mary has always been the inspiration of the French knighthood
centered on the Person of Christ manifested in her mysteries. In the countless hymns and antiphons that express this Marian prayer, we usually find two alternating movements: one that "magnifies" the Lord for [...] in her has been espoused by the Son of God. This double movement of Marian prayer is perfectly expressed in the "Hail Mary." Parish of Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France), 2017
Grignion de Montfort in his True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin . That is to say that he used the expression most explicitly, and presented devotion to Mary as the most effective means of consecration to [...] 101-103). In Odo of Canterbury (+1200) we find a passage which is even closer to the consecrated expression attributed to Montfort. Odo uses these words: "In fact, one goes to Christ through Mary, one goes
her divine maternity. But the title that seems to best sum up all the others and most adequately express the mission of the glorious Mother of God is that of Mediatrix of all graces, Mediatrix of intercession [...] she wishes, and as much as she wishes... All the feasts and office of the Virgin Mary postulate or express the doctrine of Mary as universal Mediatrix of all graces. Source: Abbé L. Jaud, Vie des Saints pour
absolute possession of her and was so deep within her that the name of the Holy Spirit’s Spouse only expresses a remote, pale and imperfect shadow of this union.”
Mary's growing union with the heart, mind and soul of the incarnating Son of God in her womb was expressed poetically by Frances Thompson's in his "May Magnificat": Ask of her, that mighty mother: ... What
absolute possession of her and was so deep within her that the name of the Holy Spirit's Spouse only expresses a remote, pale and imperfect shadow of this union."
Mary's growing union with the heart, mind and soul of the incarnating Son of God in her womb was expressed poetically by Frances Thompson's in his "May Magnificat": Ask of her, that mighty mother: ... What
August 23 - Our Lady of Victory of Valois (France, 1328) Let Us Respond in a Generous Spirit We express the trust that the Christian people will respond in a generous spirit to this exhortation of ours
beauty! O admirable perfection! O my life and my daily song! O my joy and my bliss! How shall I express in writing, or in painting with earthly colors and human words this knowledge of God? How can I explain