12 quotes on the Blessed Virgin Mary by Pope Francis

Powerful phrases of Pope Francis about the Virgin Mary that are like a breath of hope for every Christian. Pope Francis´ phrases about Mary make us look inside ourselves to see what our relationship with the Virgin Mary, our Lord and Mother, is like.

In each of his homilies about the Virgin Mary, Pope Francis assures us that Mary looks at each one of us, as a mother, with great tenderness, mercy and love, and always encourages us to feel her loving gaze.

On one occasion, Pope Francis stated that "the Christian who does not have Mary as his mother is an orphan. The Holy Father hardly finishes any of his speeches without invoking the powerful help of Our Lady and Queen of all Christians

Because she is the model of every vocation, she was not afraid to say her "fiat" to the Lord´s call, to God´s divine encounter with humanity. She accompanies and guides us, teaches us the meaning of living in the Holy Spirit and knowing how to welcome the newness of God in our lives.

12 phrases of Pope Francis about the Virgin Mary.

Here are some phrases of Pope Francis about the Virgin Mary that will make you love her even more and that can become your guide for your journey of faith. In no particular order:

1. "A Christian without Our Lady is an orphan. A Christian without the Church is also an orphan. A Christian needs these two women, two women mothers, two women virgins: the Church and the Mother of God.", Pope Francis.
   
   
2. "Our Lady does precisely this with us, she helps us to grow humanly and in faith, to be strong and not to give in to the temptation to be men and Christians in a superficial way, but to live responsibly, to tend ever more towards the highest.", Pope Francis.
   
   
3. "A mother helps her children to grow up and wants them to grow up well, so she educates them not to give in to laziness (which also derives from a certain well-being) and not to be satisfied with a comfortable life that is satisfied with just having a few things.", Pope Francis.
   
   
4. "Mary gives us health, it is our health.", Pope Francis.
   
   
5. "It is the mother who takes care of her children so that they grow more and more, grow strong, capable of assuming responsibilities, of making commitments in life, of tending towards great ideals.", Pope Francis.
   
   
6. "Mary is a mother and a mother is concerned above all about the health of her children. Our Lady watches over our health. What does this mean? I am thinking above all of three aspects: she helps us to grow, to face life, to be free.", Pope Francis.
   
   
7. "The Virgin Mary, therefore, educates her children to realism and strength in the face of the obstacles that are inherent in life itself and which she herself suffered by sharing in the sufferings of her Son.", Pope Francis.
   
   
8. "She is a mother who carries her child not always on the safe path, because in this way he cannot grow. But neither only on the risk, because it is dangerous. A mother knows how to balance these things. A life without challenges does not exist and a boy or girl who does not know how to face them by putting himself or herself at risk has no backbone.", Pope Francis.
   
   
9. "Mary fights with us, she supports Christians in the fight against the forces of evil.", Pope Francis.
   
   
10. "Mary is the mother who patiently and tenderly leads us to God, so that He may untie the knots in our soul.", Pope Francis.
    
    
11. "Mary is the good mother, a good mother not only accompanies children in their growth, without avoiding the problems, the challenges of life, a good mother also helps to make the final decisions with freedom.", Pope Francis.
    
    
12. "Mary´s whole existence is a hymn to life, a hymn of love for life: she generated Jesus in the flesh and accompanied the birth of the Church on Calvary and in the Upper Room.", Pope Francis.

Prayer to the Virgin Mary.

Mary, make us feel your motherly gaze, guide us to your Son, make us not showcase Christians, but those who know how to stain their hands to build their Kingdom of love, joy and peace with your Son Jesus. Through the same Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

Pope Francis´s advice on the Virgin Mary

About Mary, Pope Francis said: "Dear brothers and sisters: Mary, the Salus Populi Romani, is the mother who gives us health in growing, in facing and overcoming problems, in making us free for definitive choices; the mother who teaches us to be fruitful, to be open to life and to be ever more fruitful in goodness, in joy, in hope, to never lose hope, to give life to others, physical and spiritual life. Our journey of faith is indissolubly united to Mary from the moment that Jesus, dying on the cross, gave her to us as our Mother saying: "Behold your mother" (Jn 19:27)