TRUE DEVOTION TO MARY: WITH PREPARATION FOR TOTAL CONSECRATION
SAINT LOUIS DE MONTFORT
PUBLISHER: New Lower Price.
* The Original and Best 1863 Translation from the French by
her Frederick William Faber
* Two Books in One, True Devotion to Mary and 33-Day Preparation
for Total Consecration
* A Classic Masterpiece of Marian Theology
* Includes Prefaces, an Introduction, a Biography of Saint Louis
de Montfort and True Devotion Information
* Over 68,000 words including illustrations by Bartolome Esteban
Murillo
Publisher: A Hardback Edition is available:
ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-004-3
Publisher: Available in Kindle E-Book:
ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-001-2
A Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin or True
Devotion to Mary is considered the greatest book on the Blessed
Virgin Mary ever written and has been recommended and practiced
by eight Popes. This is the original 'scrupulously faithful'
translation by her Frederick William Faber. The great Marian
Pope, Blessed Pope John Paul II practised this Devotion to Mary,
in his Letter to the Montfort hers he says:
"A work destined to become a classic of Marian spirituality was
published 160 years ago. St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
wrote the Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin at the
beginning of the 1700s, but the manuscript remained practically
unknown for more than a century. When, almost by chance, it was
at last discovered in 1842 and published in 1843, the work was an
instant success, proving extraordinarily effective in spreading
the "true devotion" to the Most Holy Virgin."
"My motto; 'Totus Tuus' is inspired by the teaching of St. Louis
Marie Grignion de Montfort. These two words express total
belonging to Jesus through Mary: 'Tuus totus ego sum, et omnia
mea tua sunt', St Louis Marie wrote, and he translates his words:
'I am all yours, and all that I have is yours, O most loving
Jesus, through Mary, your most holy Mother' (Treatise on True
Devotion, n. 233). This Saint's teaching has had a profound
influence on the Marian devotion of many of the faithful and on
my own life. It is a lived teaching of outstanding ascetic and
mystical depth, expressed in a lively and passionate style that
makes frequent use of images and symbols."
"All our perfection", St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
writes, "consists in being conformed, united and consecrated to
Jesus Christ; and therefore, the most perfect of all devotions
is, without any doubt, that which most perfectly conforms, unites
and consecrates us to Jesus Christ. Now, Mary being the most
conformed of all creatures to Jesus Christ, it follows that, of
all devotions, that which most consecrates and conforms the soul
to Our Lord is devotion to his holy Mother, and that the more a
soul is consecrated to Mary, the more it is consecrated to Jesus
(Treatise on True Devotion, n. 120)."
"When we praise her, love her, honour her or give anything to
her, it is God who is praised, God who is loved, God who is
glorified, and it is to God that we give, through Mary and in
Mary (Treatise on True Devotion, n. 225)."
Saint Louis-Marie Grignon De Montfort was a Catholic Priest and
Missionary in Brittany and Vendee, France. He was born in
Montfort-sur-Meu in 1673 and died in 1716. He was canonized by
Pius XII in 1947. His feast day is on April 28th. He is
considered one of the early proponents of the field of Mariology
as it is known today, and a candidate to become a Doctor of the
Church.
This EDC Edition includes additional religious illustrations.
PUBLISHER: CATHOLIC WAY PUBLISHING