GREAT as the sea is thy destruction; who shall heal thee? As the sea is all bitterness, and has not within its bosom a single drop of water which is sweet, so also (during the Passion of her Son) was the heart of Mary all bitterness, and without the least consolation.
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From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day
Compiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.
Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.
Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor Deptutatus.
Imprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicarius Generalis.
Westmonasterii, Die 9a Junii, 1927.
First published 1927
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