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St. Louis-Marie de Montfort's favorite Marian book (""True Devotion to Mary""Series - Book 1)

Everyone knows that trying to build or accomplish something without a solid foundation is foolish.

This book, by Fr. Henri-Marie Boudon, was St. Louis-Marie de Montfort's favorite Marian book as a seminarian, and a very strong case can be made that he made his first act of total consecration in the form of the devotion of the holy slavery as a result of this book. In fact, he takes many things directly from this book in his ""True Devotion to Mary"."

Published in 1667, this is the first and only English translation of this book. This series on the Marian spirituality of the Saint begins with it. His " "True Devotion to Mary"" has been called the greatest book ever written about the Blessed Virgin. Bl. Pope John Paul II said: "It is from Montfort that I have taken my motto: "Totus tuus." Someday I'll have to tell you Montfortians how I discovered de Montfort's Treatise on True Devotion to Mary, and how often I had to reread it to understand it."

Fr. Henri-Marie Boudon was St. Louis-Marie de Montfort's favorite spiritual writer. He introduced de Montfort to the concept of the holy slavery as the quick and sure path to divine union. One of the Saint's biographers wrote about this book: "What especially delighted the young levite (St. Louis-Marie) in this book, which is imbued with a sweet piety and a heavenly unction, is the absolute dependence that the author professes in regard to the most lovable of mothers; the happiest state of all, because it allows a slave of Mary to make his life a perpetual holocaust in honor of this divine Mistress."

Here is a partial list of what you will discover: Why no one need fear dishonoring God by this devotion How God is the only end of this devotion Why this devotion contains all other devotions Why the devil hates the Rosary The untold benefits for your spiritual life for having devotion to St. John the Apostle Excellent ways to honor the holy Angels, why it is necessary to have a devotion to them, and the immense benefits of being devout to them A clear explanation of why you need devotion to Mary to overcome the snares of the devil. (It may surprise you.) The doctrine of the Cross explained as perhaps you have never seen it Why devotion to St. Joseph, St. Joachim and St. Anne is important, and other saints to whom to be devoted, and how devotion to them will increase your devotion to Mary Why faithfully living devotion to Mary will bring a high place in Heaven Why it is that we can never honor Mary enough A clear explanation of the tricks of the demons and how they use the means we have of overcoming them against us. (Fr. Boudon gives the most assured means of overcoming them, and you will learn what the devil dreads the most.)

Reading this book will put you in a great position, because after reading it, you will be much closer to attaining similar or perhaps even better (Who knows? ) results than St. Louis-Marie in your devotion to Mary.

If you read the ""33 Days to Morning Glory"" to prepare for your consecration, then you will love this book, because it helped St. Louis-Marie write the ""True Devotion to Mary"" itself Don't hesitate to scroll up and purchase a copy