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Writings of Saint Louis de Montfort
Writings of Saint Louis de Montfort Containing The Secret of Mary, Secret of the Rosary, Friends of the Cross, Love of Eternal Wisdom. Also containing the Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary excerpted from 'A Treatise On The True Devotion To The Blessed Virgin'. And a prayer of Saint Louis de Montofrt's that begins: "They have transgressed Thy divine law; abandoned Thy gospel; evil floods the earth and sweeps along with it even those who call themselves Thy servants; the world is desolate; impiety reigns; Thy sanctuary is profaned and the abomination of desolation is to be found even in Thy holy places. O just Lord, avenging God, wilt Thou leave all to perish? Are we to see another Sodom and Gomorrah? Wilt Thou ever keep silence? Wilt Thou ever suffer? Must not Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven that Thy kingdom may come? Hast Thou not foretold to some of Thy loved ones that in the future Thy Church should be renewed? Shall not the Jew be converted to Thy truth? Is not this what the Church is waiting for? Do not all the saints in Heaven cry to Thee: 'Justice! Avenge!' Do not all the just upon the earth say: 'Amen, Come, Lord Jesus.'
All, even the least sensitive, groan beneath the weight of the innumerable sins of Babylon and long for Thy coming to make all things new. 'All creation groans.
Priests free in Thee, detached from all ties according to the flesh, from friends according to the world, from all worldly cares and even from their own will. Slaves of Thy love and Thy will; men after Thy own heart who without that self-will which mars and checks, shall do Thy will and overthrow Thy enemies even as David did, and the Cross shall be their staff and the Rosary their sling.
Souls above earthly things upon whom the heavenly dew has fallen and who unhindered pass hither and thither as the Spirit moves them. They are of those whom the Prophets foreknew when they asked: 'Who are these that fly like clouds?'
Men ever ready to Thy hand, ever ready to obey Thee and their superiors like Samuel: 'I am ready,' ever ready to hasten and suffer with Thee and for Thee, even as were the Apostles: “Let us go, too, that we may die with Him.”
All, even the least sensitive, groan beneath the weight of the innumerable sins of Babylon and long for Thy coming to make all things new. 'All creation groans.
Priests free in Thee, detached from all ties according to the flesh, from friends according to the world, from all worldly cares and even from their own will. Slaves of Thy love and Thy will; men after Thy own heart who without that self-will which mars and checks, shall do Thy will and overthrow Thy enemies even as David did, and the Cross shall be their staff and the Rosary their sling.
Souls above earthly things upon whom the heavenly dew has fallen and who unhindered pass hither and thither as the Spirit moves them. They are of those whom the Prophets foreknew when they asked: 'Who are these that fly like clouds?'
Men ever ready to Thy hand, ever ready to obey Thee and their superiors like Samuel: 'I am ready,' ever ready to hasten and suffer with Thee and for Thee, even as were the Apostles: “Let us go, too, that we may die with Him.”
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First published January 1, 1966
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Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
76 books169 followersLouis-Marie Grignion de Montfort est un prêtre catholique français, né le 31 janvier 1673 à Montfort-la-Cane en province de Bretagne (aujourd'hui Montfort-sur-Meu en Ille-et-Vilaine) et qui est mort le 28 avril 1716 à Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre en province du Poitou) (de nos jours dans le département de la Vendée). Il est le fondateur de deux congrégations religieuses : la Compagnie de Marie (les Pères montfortains) d'où seront issus les Frères de Saint-Gabriel et une congrégation féminine : les Filles de la sagesse. Béatifié par Léon XIII, en 1888, il est canonisé par Pie XII, en 1947.
Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (31 January 1673 – 28 April 1716) was a French Roman Catholic priest and Confessor. He was known in his time as a preacher and was made a missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI.
As well as preaching, Montfort found time to write a number of books which went on to become classic Catholic titles and influenced several popes. Montfort is known for his particular devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the practice of praying the Rosary.
Montfort is considered as one of the early writers in the field of Mariology. His most notable works regarding Marian devotions are contained in The Secret of Mary and the True Devotion to Mary.
The Roman Catholic Church, under the pontificate of Pope Pius XII canonized Montfort on July 20, 1947. A "founders statue" created by Giacomo Parisini is located in an upper niche of the south nave of Saint Peter's Basilica.
Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (31 January 1673 – 28 April 1716) was a French Roman Catholic priest and Confessor. He was known in his time as a preacher and was made a missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI.
As well as preaching, Montfort found time to write a number of books which went on to become classic Catholic titles and influenced several popes. Montfort is known for his particular devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the practice of praying the Rosary.
Montfort is considered as one of the early writers in the field of Mariology. His most notable works regarding Marian devotions are contained in The Secret of Mary and the True Devotion to Mary.
The Roman Catholic Church, under the pontificate of Pope Pius XII canonized Montfort on July 20, 1947. A "founders statue" created by Giacomo Parisini is located in an upper niche of the south nave of Saint Peter's Basilica.
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March 11, 2016
This majorly inspired me when I was a Catholic. It inspired me to decide to pursue the path to becoming a monastic priest. I became an oblate of the Olivetian Benedictines, although, naturally I would like to have eventually joined The Missionary Priests of the Company of Mary. It is highly emotional. Although my views have changed(I now consider myself to be a Pythagorean Illuminist), I still appreciate to power of the author to express his personal views. I also appreciate the esoteric symbolism of author's like these. I also think that the author had certain occult 'beliefs' which he did not divulge.
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