. . . Mary had but two loves -- Jesus and ourselves, or rather, ourselves in Him. With the eye of faith she beheld her Son at His Father's right hand, and dearer than His presence was His glory to her. In ourselves she saw Him, and had a mother's work to do. Jesus, though ascended on high, impassible and glorious, was still on earth, suffering and weak as in His earliest days. His mystical body was scarcely formed; in Mary's arms its safety lay. With joy, therefore, she remained on earth, as Jesus had instructed her, to nourish with divine milk the infant Church, and to be its guide to Heaven.
-- Bowden,
Miniature Life of Mary
