MILK & BLOOD - SAINTS QUOTES ON VIRGIN MOTHER BREASTFEEDING
Jesus Christ for our Food, and Mary for our Nursing Mother
❝ The Blood of Grace is like the Milk that I Drank from my Virgin Mother.❞
— Our Lord to St. Mechtild of Magdeburg, 13th Century
❝ Like the Mother of God of Tenderness, from which it developed, the Milk-Giver Image is Shadowed by the Cross. The Suckling Christ Lying upon His Mother suggests a Sacrifice on an Altar. Both Milk and Blood were Symbols of Christ's passion.❞
— St. Clement of Alexandria
❝ The Mystery of the Incarnate God, is concentrated with unique Intensity in the symbol of Mary's Milk.❞
— Maria Warner
❝Sleep Holy Babe upon Thy Mother's Breast!
Great Lord of earth and sea and sky.
How Sweet it is to see Thee lie.
In such a Place of Rest.❞
— Sleep Holy Babe, Traditional Christmas Hymn
Words by Rev. Edward Caswell
Music by Rev. John B. Dykes
❝It is the boast of the Catholic religion that it has the gift of making the young heart chaste; and why is this but that it gives us Jesus Christ for our Food, and Mary for our Nursing Mother?❞
—John Henry Cardinal Newman
❝ It is in this way, that the mystery of the Divine economy, is accepted by all. So liberation theologians celebrate the sisterly solidarity of a woman of the people who Gestates and Lactates as other woman do.❞
— St. John Chrysostom
JESUS THE PHYSICIAN – MAMA MARY THE NURSE.
❝ Mary bore a mute Babe though in Him were hidden all our tongues. Joseph carried Him, yet hidden in Him was a silent nature older than everything. The Lofty One became like a little child, yet hidden in Him was a treasure of Wisdom that suffices for all. He was lofty but He sucked Mary's milk, and from His blessings all creation sucks. He is the Living Breast of living breath: by His life the dead were suckled, and They revived. Without the breath of air no one can live; without the power of the Son no one can rise. Upon the living breath of the One Who vivifies all the living beings depend above and below. As indeed He sucked Mary's milk, He has given suck - life to the universe . Again as He dwelt in His mother's womb, in His womb dwells all creation. He was mute as a babe, yet He gave to all creation all His commands. For the First-Born without no one is able to approach Being, for He alone is capable of it. ❞ - St. Ephraem's Hymns on the Nativity
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If Jesus is the True Physician {Doctor of all Doctors} , Then our Blessed Virgin Mary is the Nurse.
Mama Mary Nurtures us {Spiritually} to Good Health.
BREASTFEEDING MADONNAS
| Mystery of Woman Revealed in Motherhood |
| Pope John Paul II |
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