Saint Josemaria, in Friends of God, no. 281 said: “If we become identified with Mary and imitate her virtues we will be able to bring Christ to life, through grace, in the souls of many who will in turn become identified with him through the action of the Holy Spirit. If we imitate Mary, we will share in some way in her spiritual motherhood. And all this silently, like our Lady; without being noticed, almost without words, through the true and genuine witness of our lives as Christians, and the generosity of ceaselessly repeating her fiat, which we renew as an intimate link between ourselves and God."
Though Our Lady's virtues are uncountable, St. Louis de Montfort listed Ten principal Virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He strongly suggests that we commit these virtues to memory and strive to imitate them in our daily lives. What are her 10 virtues?
They are:
- Angelic sweetness
- Ardent charity
- Blind obedience
- Constant mental prayer
- Divine wisdom
- Heroic patience
- Lively faith
- Profound humility
- Surpassing purity
- Universal mortification