THE SAINT LOUIS
DE MONTFORT
COLLECTION
7 BOOKS
S A I N T L O U I S D E M O N T F O R T
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SAINT LOUIS DE
MONTFORT
St. Louis Marie Grignion de la Bacheleraie, who abandoned his family name for that of his birthplace, was born on January 31, 1673 in the little town of Montfort-la-Canne, which is located in Brittany, France. He studied for the priesthood at St. Sulpice in Paris, having made the 200-mile journey there on foot. He was ordained a priest in 1700, at the age of 27.
St. Louis De Montfort had wanted to become a missionary in Canada, but he was advised to remain in France.. There he traveled around the western part of the country, from diocese to diocese and from parish to parish, instructing the people, preaching, helping the poor, hearing confessions, giving retreats, opening schools and rebuilding church buildings. His labors were almost miraculously fruitful. He stated that never did a sinner resist after being touched by him with a Rosary.
But because he encountered great opposition from religious authoritiesin particular, being forbidden by the Bishop of Poitiers to preach in his diocesehe decided to travel to Rome to ask the Holy Father if he was doing Gods Will and whether he should continue as before. St. Louis De Montfort walked to Romea thousand milesand put his case to Pope Clement XI. The Pope told him to continue his traveling missionary work and named him Missionary Apostolic, but told him always to be sure to work under obedience to the diocesan authorities.
One of St. Louis De Montforts greatest problems was the opposition he encountered from propagators of the Jansenist .heresy, which was then very active in France. The Jansenists spread an atmosphere of harshness and moral rigorism, claiming that human nature was radically corrupted by Original Sin . The Jansenists denied that Gods mercy is available to all, and they allowed only infrequent reception of the Sacraments of Penance and the Holy Eucharist, and only after long and severe preparationwith Holy Communion being looked upon as a reward rather than a remedy. Also, they taught that God should always be addressed with fear and trembling. These tenets resembled those of Calvinism.
Although Jansenism had been condemned by the Church twice even before St. Louis De Montforts birth, its teachings continued to spread and to influence people for a century. In contrast, St. Louis De Montfort preached confidence in Mary and union with her Divine Son.
St. Louis De Montfort founded two religious orders: the Daughters of Wisdom, begun in 1703 from a number of poor and afflicted girls at the Hospital of Poitiers, where he was temporary chaplain, and the Missionaries of the Company of Mary , founded in 1715. The Brothers of St. Gabriel, a teaching order, also claim St. Louis De Montfort as their spiritual father.
St. Louis De Montfort left several writings, the most famous being The Secret of the Rosary, True Devotion to Mary, and The Secret of Mary. These books were based on sermons he had given when traveling around France. By spreading devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Louis De Montfort was teaching souls to love the devils great enemy. At the Saints beatification investigation, many witnesses testified that during his life they had heard struggles between him and the devil, including the sound of fist blows and the swish of whips.
St. Louis De Montfort exhausted his great physical strength by his apostolic labors. On his death-bed in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre, at age 43, he kissed the Crucifix and a statue of the Blessed Mother. Apparently speaking to the devil, he exclaimed: In vain do you attack me; I am between Jesus and Mary! I have finished my course: All is over. I shall sin no more! Then he died peacefully on April 28, 1716. His feast day is April 28, the day of his birth in Heaven. St. Louis De Montforts writings were examined by the Holy See, which pronounced that there was nothing in them to hinder his beatification and canonization. He was canonized in 1947.
TRUE DEVOTION
TO MARY
WITH PREPARATION FOR
TOTAL CONSECRATION
S A I N T L O U I S D E M O N T F O R T
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH BY
REVEREND FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER D.D.
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Copyright 1863 by Burns and Lambert, London, UK.
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Included is a supplementary 33-day Preparation for Total Consecration, 1958. Paintings by Bartolom Esteban Murillo, a 17th Century Spanish Baroque artist and others.
This copyrighted edition is revised and edited from the original. Originally titled; A Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin by the Venerable Servant of God, Louis-Marie, Grignon de Montfort. Translated form the original French by Frederick William Faber, D.D. Priest of the Oratory.
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CONTENTS
ON DEVOTION TO OUR BLESSED LADY IN GENERAL
FIVE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS PRESUPPOSED
ON THE MOST EXCELLENT DEVOTION TO OUR BLESSED LADY, OR THE PERFECT CONSECRATION TO JESUS BY MARY
EMPTYING YOURSELF OF THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD
OBTAIN KNOWLEDGE OF YOURSELF
OBTAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
OBTAIN KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST
COMMENDATIONS OF THE POPES
Blessed Pope Pius IX (184678): Declared that Saint Louis De Montforts devotion to Mary was the best and most acceptable form of devotion to Our Lady.
Pope Leo XIII (18781903): Granted a Plenary Indulgence to those who make Saint Louis De Montforts act of consecration to the Blessed Virgin. On his deathbed he renewed the act himself and invoked the heavenly aid of Saint Louis De Montfort, whom he had beatified in 1888.
Pope Saint Pius X (190314): I heartily recommend True Devotion to The Blessed Virgin, so admirably written by [Saint] De Montfort, and to all who read it grant the Apostolic Benediction....There is no surer or easier way than Mary in uniting all men with Christ.
Pope Benedict XV (191422): A book of high authority and unction.
Pope Pius XI (192239): I have practiced this devotion ever since my youth.
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