Marian Consecration With Aquinas: A Nine Day Path for Growing Closer to the Mother of God
Ebook
St. Louis de Montfort's classic Total Consecration to Mary has seen a strong resurgence in recent years, with Catholics around the world consecrating themselves to Our Lady. Building off this momentum, we wanted to encourage this closeness to Jesus through Mary, but with a preparation that reflected the Church's love for St. Thomas Aquinas.
In Aquinas's writings, we found ample resources for the task. Especially in his preaching, we discovered passages detailing the graces bestowed on Mary and the role afforded her in leading us to Christ. Special inspiration came from a passage where Aquinas describes what motivates religious to consecrate themselves. He writes that it is their great desire to “offer to God all that one has.” Wow! That struck a chord.
We wrote this book to assist others in offering all that they have in consecration, with the Angelic Doctor as a teacher and guide. After all, it's not just religious who are called to holiness. We all are!
It is our hope that this method will captivate you like it has us, and lead you to closer union with Jesus as you offer yourselves to Him through Mary.
- Title: Marian Consecration With Aquinas: A Nine Day Path for Growing Closer to the Mother of God
- Authors: Matt Fradd, Gregory Pine
- Publisher: TAN Books
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781505114928, 1505114926
- Resource ID: LLS:9781505114928
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-02-11T11:17:36Z
Matt Fradd is the founder and executive director of ThePornEffect.com, a website dedicated to exposing the reality behind the fantasy of porn and offering help. He speaks to about 50,000 people every year on the harmful effects of pornography and how to become free from it. He is the author of several books, including Delivered: True Stories of Men and Women Who Turned from Porn to Purity. He is also the host of the podcast Pints with Aquinas and co-host of the podcast Love People Use Things.Fr. Gregory Pine grew up in Newtown, PA. One of four children, Fr. Gregory and his family attended St. Andrew’s Catholic Parish. He later studied at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he majored in Math and Humanities & Catholic Culture. His contact with friars from St. Dominic’s Parish in Youngstown, OH was influential in his choice to join the Order of Preachers upon graduating. “It was St. Thomas Aquinas who first introduced me to the Order, and by his prayers that I grew in knowledge and love of its saving mission and ultimately came to find my happiness in the habit of St. Dominic.”