We cannot attach ourselves to this Divine Mother without at the same time attaching ourselves more closely to her Divine Son. To serve God under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, keep our faith and piety in the world, of which Our Saviour Jesus Christ condemned the spirit and bad works, fulfill the duties of our state in life in fortifying ourselves with the example and encouragements that we meet in reunion of sincere Christians, give ourselves up to some works of charity corresponding to our means–this is in a few words….. As it came from the hand of God, all creation bore the stamp of the Divine Beauty, and God found it worthy of His omnipotence. He proclaimed that it was good. But in this creation there arose a monster alien to God, and ready to annihilate Him, if it were possible. God must repel and hate this enemy as much as He loves the work of His own hands. This monster is evil; it is sin, the source of all the disorders and all the ills, which have rushed like a torrent over humanity. Since it irruption the world has been like an invaded kingdom, like a violated sanctuary.

Sin has obscured the work of God, as somber night veils the firmament. But, as brilliant stars delight our eyes in the midst of the darkness, so from this overclouded earth shine forth, in the sight of God, some pure souls, who, by virtue of the redemption, have rent off the gloomy veil of sin and sparkle with the rays of sanctifying grace. On them the Divine Glance rests with joy. They alone are pleasing to the Creator, and for their sake He delays to punish the abomination of sin in the masses of mankind, as He would have spared guilty Sodom for the sake of five righteous men, could they have been found there.

How precious, how beautiful in the sight of God must a soul be that is decked with the charms of grace!…..To preserve unsullied the innocence of their souls, or who have regained it if lost, and who guard it under the divine protection of the sacraments, the influence of word and example, and especially the service and imitation of Mary as the means to the end.  - History of Sodalities