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o Catholic  denies  that  Our  Lord  Jesus Christ is  the  only  mediator  through  whose merits we  became  reconciled  to  God. Nevertheless, it is  a  doctrine  of  our  faith  that  God  willingly grants us  grace  if  the  saints,  and  especially  the Blessed Virgin  Mary,  the  queen  of  saints,  intercede for  us. If the  saints,  during  their  life  on earth,  were  so  potent  with  God  that  through  their prayers the  blind  obtained  sight,  the  deaf  hearing, and the  dumb  speech,  that  the  sick  of  all  conditions were  healed,  the  dead  restored  to  life,  and the most  obstinate  sinners  converted;  if  thousands of  other  miracles  in  the  order  of  nature  and of grace  were  performed  through  their  intercession; what,  then,  will  not  she  obtain  for  us  from God, whose  virtue  and  merits  transcend  those of all  the  saints,  and  who  did  more  for  the  greater honor and  glory  of  God  than  they  all? Mary is the  queen  of  saints  not  only  because  she  is  the Mother of  the  Most  High,  but  also  because  her sanctity is  more  perfect  than  theirs,  and  she  therefore thrones  above  them  all  in  heaven. Hence the favor  with  which  God  regards  her,  and  con-