Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort

I can only be explained by being explained away.

That's how I feel about someone like Louis de Montfort.

Like when you come across some of these things, I'm like, I mean, even if I can explain it, my only way of explaining it is to say this can't mean what he's saying because it would be bad theology if it did.

But then on a more theological level, though, and I guess to give a broad characterization of things like that, I would say I get uncomfortable anytime I see a good cop, bad cop dynamic happening where Mary is the good cop and Jesus or the Father is the bad cop.

Exactly.

So this will correct our Marian devotions and make sure that proper Marian devotion, which we all know from St. Louis of Montfort, always leads us to Christ and never leads us away.

So it is very relevant in understanding her role and then understanding the church.

They both go together.

Prayers Before and After Meditation Before Meditation O Holy Ghost, give me a great devotion and a great attraction towards Mary, thy spouse, a great support in her maternal bosom, and an abiding refuge in her mercy, so that in her and by her thou mayest form in me Jesus Christ.

Blessed Grignon de Montfort.

memurare opissima virgo maria non esse auditam e saeculo quimquam ad tua carentem praesidia tua implorantem auxilia tua pretentem suffragia esse derelictum ego tali animatus confidentia ad te virgo virginam mater ad te vinio coram te gemens peccator assisto noli mater verbi verba mea despicere sed audi propitia et exaudi amen remember o most gracious virgin mary that never was it known that any one who fled to thy protection implored thy help and sought thy intercession was left unaided inspired with this confidence i fly to thee o virgin of virgins my mother to thee i come before thee i stand sinful and sorrowful o mother of the word incarnate despise not my petitions but in thy mercy hear and answer me amen three hundred days each time after meditation my queen and my mother to thee i offer myself without reserve and to give thee a mark of my devotion i consecrate to thee during this day my eyes my ears my mouth my heart and my whole person since then i belong to thee o my good mother preserve and defend me as thy property and possession amen one hundred days once a day of said morning and evening sub tuum praesidium confugimus sancta dei genitrix nostras deprecations ne despicias in necessitatibus nostris sed a periculus cunctis libera nos semper virgo gloriosa et benedicta we fly to thy patronage o holy mother of god despise not our petitions in our necessities but deliver us always from all dangers o glorious and blessed virgin section one section two of mater christi meditations on our lady by mother st paul immaculate thy holy tabernacle which thou hast prepared from the beginning wisdom nine eight first prelude a picture or medal of the immaculate conception second prelude grace to understand point one the preparation of the tabernacle Why should Mary be called a tabernacle? She tells us herself, for the Church applies these words to Mary, He that created me rested in my tabernacle, Ecclesiasticus 24.12.

He sojourned there for a time who was made flesh and dwelt, tabernacled, the Greek word means, among us.

Colloquy Our Lady of Light, Spouse of the Holy Ghost, I offer Thee my whole heart, my soul, and my body, to keep for Jesus, that I may be His forever.

Our Lady of Light, pray for me.

Prayer of Blessed Grignon de Montfort RESOLUTION.

TO THINK MORE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT PRAYING WITHIN ME.

The lives and writings of the saints helped him recognize God's call and gave him examples of what it means to follow Christ without holding anything back.

St. Louis de Montfort shaped his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The words, Totus tuus, totally yours, became the motto of his papacy.

St. John of the Cross deepened his understanding of prayer and the soul's journey toward union with God.

Saint Pope John Paul I often reminded the Church that holiness is possible in every state of life.

His own spiritual journey was shaped in part by saints who taught him how to trust Mary, remain faithful in suffering, serve the poor, and rely on God's mercy.

Saint Louis de Montfort, entrusting himself to Mary, as a young man, Carol Wotiwa read, Saint Louis de Montfort's true devotion to Mary, its teaching on consecration to Jesus, through Mary became a lasting part of his spiritual life.

His papal motto, Totus Tuus, totally yours, expressed that Marian devotion.