Virgin Wholly Marvelous: Praises of Our Lady by the Popes, Councils, Saints, and Doctors of the Church / Edited by David Supple O.S.B.

In addition to his studies in Mariology the late Brother David Supple, O.S.B., must have spent countless hours perusing the writings of the saints and doctors of the Church to have compiled such a treasure of ecclesial testimonies and quotations honoring the unique prerogatives of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Not only is this devoted collection a convenient reference source, but it is almost a curriculum Marianae in its own right. Garnering the bulk of his material from convert Benjamin Musser’s Floralegium Mariae, a veritable galaxy of Marian encomiums, Supple skillfully sorted these choice morsels of praise to fill fifty different Incarnational themes. She who was the Virgin Mother of God the Son was also, through the Divine Maternity, the perfect Daughter of God the Father and the Immaculate Spouse of God the Holy Spirit. Mother of the Church, Blessed Mary did merit beneath the Cross to be forever Co-Redemptrix with her Son, the Redeemer. As Saint Frances de Sales expressed it, she suffered “the same Passion through compassion, in a word, the sword of death which pierced the Body of this well-beloved Son, likewise pierced the Heart of that most loving Mother.” If you love Mary, Virgin Wholly Marvelous, you will cherish these two hundred pages of over one thousand quotations from her most filial clients.