“With pleasure,” he answered.
“Well! my lord, who came to this world to save you and me? Is it Jesus or Mary?”
“It is Jesus,” answered the bishop.
“Who was called, and is, in reality, the sinner’s best friend? Was it Jesus or Mary?”
The bishop answered: “It was Jesus.”
“Now please allow me a few more questions.”
“When Jesus and Mary were on earth, whose heart was most devoted to sinners? Who loved them with a more efficacious and saving love; was it Jesus or Mary?”
“Jesus, being God, His love was evidently more efficacious and saving than Mary’s,” answered the bishop.
“In the days of Jesus and Mary, to whom did Jesus invite sinners to go for their salvation; was it to himself or Mary?” I asked again.
The bishop answered: “Jesus has said to all sinners, ‘Come unto me.’ He never said come or go to Mary.”