Seekest thou Layla
When She in thee is manifest? (1)
Thou countest Her other,
Yet other than thee She is not. (2)
(1) Moroccan Sufi poet Mhd.al-Itarraq
(2) Bughyat a-Mushtaq, p.170 Bulag, 1881
"Whoever, then, is of the chosen and predestinate will have the Blessed Virgin living within him, and he will let Her plant in his very soul the roots of every virtue." (3)
(3) St Louis Marie de Montfort: The Secret of Mary.
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