True Devotion To the Blessed Virgin Mary: with an Appendix of Main Prayers to the Virgin Mary in English and Latin by St. Louis de Montfort

"True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary" by Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort (France, 1673-1716) is a work that addresses the importance of devotion to Mary as the safest means of consecrating oneself to God. In the first part of the treatise the author presents his Marian doctrine, emphasizing the necessity of devotion to the Virgin Mary. St. Louis de Montfort highlights the figure of Mary as an intercessor and mediator between the faithful and God, and emphasizes that devotion to Mary should not be seen as an end in itself, but as a path to union with Christ. In the second part, the fundamental truths of devotion to Mary are exposed and it is described what constitutes false devotion to the Virgin. It is established that Marian devotion should have Jesus Christ as ultimate goal. The author identifies seven types of false devotees who deviate from this fundamental truth. Lastly, St. Louis de Montfort presents the central point of his Marian doctrine: total consecration to Jesus Christ through Mary, describing the internal and external practices necessary to carry out this consecration. The appendix of the treatise includes a detailed method that combines internal and external practices to prepare for and receive the Eucharist Read more