Note 13 — Chapter III · THE LILIES.
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“It is not for naught that the Russians have preserved among the treasures of their faith the cultus of Mary; it is not for naught that they invoke her, that they believe in her Immaculate Conception, without, perhaps, knowing it, and that they celebrate its festival.… Yes, Mary will be the bond which shall unite the two churches, and which will make of all those who love her a people of brethren, under the fraternity of the Vicar of Jesus Christ” (Ma Conversion et ma Vocation, par le Père Schouvaloff, Barnabite, II. part, §9, Paris, Douniol, 1859).