The Virgin is full of sweetness

[quote style=”boxed”]Why should human fragility fear to have recourse to Mary? In her is found nothing austere, nothing to terrify; everything about her is full of sweetness. ~St. Bernard[/quote]

Transfiguration of the Lord

[quote]The principal aim of the Transfiguration was to banish from the disciples’ souls the scandal of the Cross. ~Pope St. Leo the Great[/quote]