St. John Eudes: “Mary is truly admirable in all her perfections and in all her virtues. But what is most admirable in her is her virginal heart. The heart of the Mother of God is a world of marvels, an abyss of wonders, the source and principle of all the virtues which we admire in our glorious Queen: ‘All the glory of the king’s daughter is within.’ It was through the humility, purity and love of her most holy Heart that she merited to become the Mother of God and to receive the graces and privileges with which God enriched her on earth. These same sublime virtues of her immaculate Heart have rendered her worthy of the glory and happiness that sur. round her in heaven, and of the great marvels that God has wrought in and through her.” (pg. 14 from “The Admirable Heart of Mary” by St. John Eudes)