My child, I am the Mother of Mercy, with a Heart always full of compassion; I am the mysterious ladder of sinners, I am the hope and pardon of the culpable, I am the consolation of afflicted souls, I am the joy and the delight of the blessed. Come to Me, all you who love Me, come and you shall be filled with my consolations. Come, for I have pity on those who invoke Me, come to Me! Come all, both just and sinners, come; I will plead for you before God the Father, I will pray also to the Eternal Son, who is my own Son, that He may grant His pardon to all through the Holy Spirit.

Thomas à Kempis