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Hence Richard of St. Laurence encourages sinners to have recourse to this great name," because it alone will suffice to cure them of all their evils; and "there is no disorder, however malignant, that does not immediately yield to the power of the name of Mary."

So the name of Mary will "cure evils" when Christ's name won't?

The Blessed Virgin herself revealed to St. Bridget "that there is not on earth a sinner, however devoid he may be of the love of God, from whom the devil is not obliged immediately to fly, if he invokes her holy name with a determination to repent."

OK, help me here. I'm taking "devoid of the love of God" to mean "someone that God does not love". Or, could it mean "someone that does not love God"? I'm thinking the former, as someone with a "determination to repent" obviously loves God. So, we're left with someone who is determined to repent, yet is not loved by God. Does that happen? And can Mary change God's mind about loving someone??

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Richard of St. Laurence states "there is not such powerful help in any name, nor is there any other name given to men, after that of Jesus, from which so much salvation is poured forth upon men as from the name of Mary." He continues, "that the devout invocation of this sweet and holy name leads to the acquisition of superabundant graces in this life, and a very high degree of glory in the next."
After the most sacred name of Jesus, the name of Mary is so rich in every good thing, that on earth and in heaven there is no other from which devout souls receive so much grace, hope, and sweetness.

So the name of Mary will "cure evils" when Christ's name won't?

Where does Richard of St. Laurence say that Christ's name won't do something that Mary's name will?

I'm thinking the former, as someone with a "determination to repent" obviously loves God.

I think the statement is an "if, then" statement of sorts. If the person is a sinner, and if that person invokes the name of Mary with the determination to repent, then the devil must flee from that sinner.