The Secret of Mary: Unveiled to the Devout Soul

by Louis de Montfort

Publisher:

Art and Book Company

, 1909

Overview

One of his most famous writings, The Secret of Mary is a work on devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort, based on his sermons from his travels throughout France.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The means of salvation and holiness are known to all” (Page 9)

“Mary is the great mould of God, made by the Holy Ghost, in order to form a God-Man by the Hypostatic Union, and a Man-God by grace. In this mould, no feature of the Godhead is wanting; whoever is cast in it, and allows himself to be freely handled, receives therein all the features of Jesus Christ, who is True God.” (Page 14)

“The third devotion of the Holy Virgin, known and practised by very few, is that which I am about to unveil to you, predestinate souls. It consists in giving ourselves up entirely to the Most Holy Virgin, in the quality of slaves, in order to belong wholly to Jesus Christ; and in the next place to do all our actions with Mary, in Mary, by Mary, for Mary, in order to do them more perfectly with Jesus, in Jesus, by Jesus, and for Jesus, our Last End.” (Pages 20–21)

“The fifth practice is, to say with devotion the Ave Maria” (Page 42)

“Soul, living image of God, and redeemed by the precious Blood of Jesus Christ, the will of God concerning you, is that you should become holy like Him in this life, and glorious like Him in the next. The acquisition of the holiness of God is your sure vocation; and it is to this that all your thoughts, words, and actions, all your sufferings, and all the movements of your life must tend; or you will resist God by not doing that for which He has created you and is now preserving you.” (Pages 8–9)

Product Details

• Title: The Secret of Mary: Unveiled to the Devout Soul
• Author: Louis de Montfort
• Publisher: Art and Book Company
• Print Publication Date: 1909
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 83
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint › Devotion to
• Resource ID: LLS:SECRETOFMARY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:50:55Z

About Louis de Montfort

St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (31 January 1673 – 28 April 1716) was canonized in 1947. He was a French priest and known in his time as a preacher and author, whose books, still widely read, have influenced a number of popes. He is considered as one of the early proponents of the field of Mariology as it is known today, and a candidate to become a Doctor of the Church.