True Devotion to Mary | Saint Louis de Montfort

True Devotion to Mary by the Venerable Servant of God, Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort

America Needs Fatima, 2021

(ISBN 9781877905445)

Translated from the original French by Fedrick William Faber, D.D. — Priest of the Oratory. 

Black and white illustrations inclues: "La Comunion" by A. Coutel (1847), oil painting of the "Virgin of the Navigators" by Alejo Fernandez (1535)and "Miraculous Fresco of Our Lady of Good Counsel", Genazzano, Italy.

Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort was born in Brittany, France on January 31, 1673. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1700 and effectively against the errors of Jansenism that he was expelled from several dioceses in France. He took his case to Rome, where Pope Clement XI conferred on him the title of Missionary Apostolic, enabling him to continue is apostolate. Am ardent devotee of Our Lady, he preached Mary everywhere. In his "Treatise on True Devotion to Mary" he fervently advocated the path taken by the God-man for our redemption as our path to holiness. "To Jesus through Mary" became his motto and total consecration as slaves od love to Mary became his means. His inspiring work, "The Secret of the Rosary," cemented his legacy as one of its greatest apostles. Religion.