In order that we should not doubt our right to call the most exalted Mother of the Most High God, the most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady, our Mother, Her Eternal, Divine Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, has solved our doubt by directly allowing us, or those of us who are zealous after holiness, to call Her our Mother, " Behold thy Mother.” For, in the person of St. John the Divine, this is also said to us Christians. Yes, She is indeed our most tender, most provident, and all holy Mother, guiding us, Her children, to holiness. (John of Kronstadt)

In order that we should not doubt our right to call the most exalted Mother of the Most High God, the most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady, our Mother, Her Eternal, Divine Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, has solved our doubt by directly allowing us, or those of us who are zealous after holiness, to call Her our Mother, " Behold thy Mother.” For, in the person of St. John the Divine, this is also said to us Christians. Yes, She is indeed our most tender, most provident, and all holy Mother, guiding us, Her children, to holiness.

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