J.M.J. In The Mother of the Saviour and Our Interior Life (Rockford, Illinois: Tan Books and Publishers, Inc., 1993), Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., on page 75, quotes E. Dublanchy's article entitled "Mary" that appeared in the Dictionary of Catholic Theology: "The teaching of Pius IX in the Bull Ineffabilis Deus resumes the argument upon which theological tradition has always relied: God's love of special predilection for Mary more than all other creatures, a love such that He made her alone the object of His greatest satisfaction, and gave her that which was dearest to Him, His own Son. And since it is the teaching of St. Thomas (Ia, q. 20, a. 3) that the good which God produces in creatures is proportioned to the love He has for them, it may be concluded with certainty that Mary, loved by God more than all creatures, has been the recipient of divine favours greater than those given to all creatures, taken even collectively."
On this the last day of the Liturgical Year, we thank Our Lady for her past kindness and beg that she will continue to smile upon us.
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