ALL EYES

"Mary is all eyes, compassionate towards us and ready to help us. Saint Epiphanius calls Mary 'the one with many eyes'; she who is all eyes to see and help those in need. A man possessed by a demon was being exorcised, and when the exorcist asked him what Mary was doing, the possessed man replied: 'She goes down and goes up.' He meant that this most benign Lady does nothing other than descend to earth to bring graces to humankind and ascend to heaven to obtain divine favor for our supplications. Saint Andrew Avellino rightly calls the Virgin the administrator of Paradise, who is constantly engaged in obtaining mercy, imploring graces for all, both the just and the sinners. 'The Lord has his eyes on the righteous' (Psalm 33:16). But the Lady's eyes, says Richard of Saint Lawrence, are turned both towards the just and towards sinners. And this is because Mary's eyes are a mother's eyes, and a mother does not..."  "Look only to prevent your child from falling, but also, having fallen, to help him up."

Saint Alphonsus Liguori