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Mary, the Support of the Church

Introduction

Jean-Claude Colin often spoke of Mary as the support of the Church at the beginning and at the end. This seems to be his way of referring to the inspiration Courveille experienced at Le Puy. Presented here is the dossier of texts gathered by J. Coste, S.M., in Acta Societatis Mariae, vol. 5, pp. 264-271. In several cases a wider context is offered than was needed for Coste’s purposes. These are marked with a (+) in the apparatus. At the end of the dossier is added a text of Fr. Peter Julian Eymard that also speaks of Mary as the support of the Church.

The support of the newborn Church and at the end of time

Text 2

About the end of December 1837. Colin. Mayet does not indicate a context. [Coste text A = Mayet 1, 11 = OM 422 = FS 4, 1]:”

Text

“The blessed Virgin has said: ‘I was the support of the newborn Church; I shall be so as well at the end of time. My bosom will be open to all who would enter there.’”