Katie Ledecky Quotes

I wasn't raised Catholic; I just really like the image of a neutral and benign Mary floating around somewhere, being nice to people.

The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery...is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.

The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.

Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son.

The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart

I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother.

If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said 'No.'

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary.

I am a Catholic, not so committed to the church, but to the idea of the Virgin, the female face of God.

I'm a Christian, and I believe the Immaculate Conception was how Jesus was born.

With the Rosary, we allow ourselves to be guided by Mary, model of faith, in meditating on the mysteries of Christ, and day after day we are helped to assimilate the Gospel, so that it shapes all our lives.

The Rosary is the book of the blind.

I honestly don't know what they mean by a devout Catholic.

Mary joins us, she fights at our side. She supports Christians in the fight against the forces of evil. Especially through prayer, through the rosary. Hear me out, the rosary... Do you pray the Rosary each day?

We are convinced that the Rosary, if devotely used is bound to benefit not only the individual but society at large.

The servants of Mary are as sure of getting to Paradise as though they were already there. Who are they who are saved and who reign in Heaven? Surely those for whom the Queen of Mercy intercedes ... The clients of Mary will necessarily be saved.

The Rosary mystically transports us to Mary's side as she is busy watching over the human growth of Christ in the home of Nazareth. This enables her to train us and to mold us with the same care, until Christ is ''fully formed'' in us... Why should we not once more have recourse to the Rosary, with the same faith as those who have gone before us?

Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives.

Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary.

In catholisism we have an entire religion based on a woman who really stuck to her story

I'm not Catholic but the Virgin Mary fascinates me because she's like a folk hero.

One night I looked down and my rosary beads were glowing. And I realized that I did not want to see the blessed Virgin - I was terrified.

Catholicism believes in the Virgen de Guadalupe. The mother of God is worshipped, especially in Latin America. I find her very empowering. I find that the Virgen de Guadalupe allowed me to return to parts of my upbringing I had disregarded.

The power of the rosary is beyond description.

The idea of being a practicing Catholic, it's - for me, it's like - I need a lot of practice, you know what I mean?