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T. Anselm,  writing  on  the  motherhood  of Mary,  says:  "It  was  eminently  just  and proper  that  the  creature  chosen  to  be  the  Mother of  God  should  shine  with  a  luster  of  purity  far beyond  anything  conceivable  in  any  other  creature under  heaven.  For  it  was  to  her  that  the  eternal Father  decreed  to  give  His  only-begotten  Son, whom  He  loves  as  Himself;  and  to  give  Him  in such  a  mysterious  manner  that  He  should  be  at the  same  time  the  Son  of  God  and  the  Son  of  the Virgin  Mary,  She  must  indeed  be  purity  itself, whom  the  Son  of  God  elected  as  His  Mother,  and who  was  the  chosen  Spouse  of  the  Holy  Ghost, to  be  overshadowed  by  Him  to  bring  forth  the Second  Person  of  that  Most  Blessed  Trinity  from whom  He  Himself  proceeds."

Let us  honor  the  virgin  Mother  with  filial  devotion, gratefully  greeting  her  often  in  the  words of the  angel,  "Hail  Mary,  full  of  grace !" Let us remember  that  God  alone  is  above  Mary,  and  beneath her  is  all  that  is  not  God.

Prayer of  the  Church  (p.  97).

Litany of  Loreto  (p. 322).

believe, holiest  Mary,  that  almighty  God  was ever with  thee  from  thy  conception,  and  is,  by His  incarnation,  still  more  closely  united  to  thee.