The Secret of Mary

📖 The Scoop

St. Louis De Montfort left several writings, the most famous being The Secret ofthe Rosary, True Devotion to Mary, and The Secret of Mary. These books were basedon sermons he had given when traveling around France. By spreading devotionto the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Louis De Montfort was teaching souls to love thedevil's great enemy. [In True Devotion to Mary, he states that the devil fears Marymore than all Angels and men, and in a sense more than God Himself.] At theSaint's beatification investigation, many witnesses testified that during his lifethey had heard struggles between him and the devil, including the sound of fistblows and the swish of whips.St. Louis De Montfort exhausted his great physical strength by his apostoliclabors. On his death-bed in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre, at age 43, he kissed theCrucifix and a statue of the Blessed Mother. Apparently speaking to the devil, heexclaimed: "In vain do you attack me; I am between Jesus and Mary! I havefinished my course: All is over. I shall sin no more!" Then he died peacefully onApril 28, 1716. His feast day is April 28, the day of his birth in Heaven. St. LouisDe Montfort's writings were examined by the Holy See, which pronounced thatthere was nothing in them to hinder his beatification and canonization. He wascanonized in 1947.

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