Day
26 of 33
Total Consecration to Jesus Through
Mary
TRUE
DEVOTION TO OUR LADY
By St. Louis-Marie de Montfort
"If you wish to understand the
Mother," says a saint, "then understand the Son. She is a worthy
Mother of God." Hic taceat omnis lingua : Here let every tongue be silent.
My heart has dictated with special joy all that I have written to show that
Mary has been unknown up till now, and that that is one of the reasons why
Jesus Christ is not known as he should be. If then, as is certain, the
knowledge and the kingdom of Jesus Christ must come into the world, it can only
be as a necessary consequence of the knowledge and reign of Mary. She who first
gave him to the world will establish his kingdom in the world.
With the whole Church I acknowledge
that Mary, being a mere creature fashioned by the hands of God is, compared to
his infinite majesty, less than an atom, or rather is simply nothing, since he
alone can say, "I am he who is". Consequently, this great Lord, who
is ever independent and self-sufficient, never had and does not now have any
absolute need of the Blessed Virgin for the accomplishment of his will and the
manifestation of his glory. To do all things he has only to will them. However,
I declare that, considering things as they are, because God has decided to
begin and accomplish his greatest works through the Blessed Virgin ever since
he created her, we can safely believe that he will not change his plan in the
time to come, for he is God and therefore does not change in his thoughts or
his way of acting.
Mary is the Queen of heaven and earth
by grace as Jesus is king by nature and by conquest. But as the kingdom of
Jesus Christ exists primarily in the heart or interior of man, according to the
words of the Gospel, "The kingdom of God is within you", so the
kingdom of the Blessed Virgin is principally in the interior of man, that is,
in his soul. It is principally in souls that she is glorified with her Son more
than in any visible creature. So we may call her, as the saints do, Queen of
our hearts.
Recite: Litany of the Holy Ghost, Litany of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, Ave Maris Stella, St. Louis de Montfort’s Prayer to Mary, and the Rosary.
View prayers here: Rosary - Glorious Mysteries
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