“Governments come and go, Christ reigns as King forever.”
~ Pope Pius XI

“With what majesty and splendor will that woman be clothed whom God’s Son Himself chose for His Mother! No man was ever able to choose his own mother, except the One, the God-Man. He will adorn His Mother with all the riches of nature and grace, so that she might be worthy of Him; in His almighty hands is all fullness. Whatever honor and praise we offer to Mary will redound to the glory of her Son.”

~ Father Otto Hophan, O.F.M.Cap.

“It is an article of faith that the Blessed Virgin Mary, by a special grace and privilege of God, on account of the merits of Jesus Christ the Redeemer of mankind, was from the first instant of her conception protected and preserved from every stain of original sin.”

~ Pope Pius IX