Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day-May 25

MARY was prefigured by the dove which re­turned to Noe in the ark with an olive branch in its beak, as a pledge of the peace which God granted to men. Mary was the heavenly dove which brought to a lost world the olive branch, since she gave us Jesus Christ, who is the source of mercy.
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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