“ Moreover, the fact that the Son of God became man through being conceived by the Holy Spirit and being born of the Virgin Mary, that is, not of the will of the flesh nor of the will of a human father,… Thomas F. Torrance
“ The rising influence of lay piety is particularly marked upon the Mariological controversies of the late medieval period. Two rival positions developed: the maculist position, which held that Mary was… Alister E. McGrath
“ Love will cost you dearly.And it will break your heart.But in the end, it will save the world. Sarah Thebarge
“ It was to a virgin woman that the birth of the Son of God was announced. It was to a fallen woman that His Resurrection was announced. Fulton J. Sheen
“ Love never comes just a little bit at a time, I thought, as I watched him, absorbed in contemplation of the Virgin. The previous day, the world made sense, even without love's presence. But now we nee… Paulo Coelho
“ There is a reason Mary is everywhere. I've seen her image all over the world, in cafés in Istanbul, on students' backpacks in Scotland, in a market stall in Jakarta, but I don't think her image is eve… Nadia Bolz-Weber
“ Catholics are frequently criticised because of the prominence and respect given to the Virgin Mary while simultaneously condemned for not giving enough prominence and respect to women. Michael Coren
“ But we have no [Marian] apparitions cautioning the Church against, say, accepting the delusion of an Earth-centered Universe, or warning it of complicity with Nazi Germany — two matters of considerabl… Carl Sagan
