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The more we honor the Blessed Mother, the more we honor Jesus Christ. (St. Louis de Montfort TD)

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The more we honor the Blessed Mother, the more we honor Jesus Christ. (St. Louis de Montfort TD1)

Reign of Jesus Christ, Through Mary

If anyone wishes to perform The Act of Total Consecration (or for that manner, Living the Life of Consecration), to gain any fullness in doing so, that person must read The Secret of Mary, and True Devotion.

True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is considered to be the greatest of all Marian publications from any author. Written by St. Louis de Montfort in the early 1700’s, it was lost after his death in 1716. It was rediscovered in 1842 and is published in many languages. This document is, without question, the work most attributed to spreading the name of and devotion to Mary that has marked Fr. de Montfort’s spiritual journey.

Fr. de Montfort was not the originator of devotion to Our Lady, “having read nearly every book on devotion to the Blessed Virgin” (TD 118). Fr. de Montfort never preached on the topic of The Act of Total Consecration. He preached on the topic of Perfect Devotion (or Perfect Consecration to Jesus).

Now, of all God’s creatures Mary is the most conformed to Jesus. It therefore follows that, of all devotions, devotion to her makes for the most effective and conformity to him. That is why perfect consecration to Jesus is but a perfect and complete consecration of oneself to the Blessed Virgin, which I teach; or in other words, it is the perfect renewal of the vows and promises of holy baptism. (TD 120)

Anyone can read the True Devotion book. And this is perfectly fine. Truly, as many scholars insist, this book will transform one’s Spiritual Life. However, to gain further insights, we recommend you use the video series in tandem with the book. Fr. Hugh Gillespie, SMM takes us through this video series. The purpose of the tandem use is not to follow along paragraph by paragraph as Fr. Hugh has lead us in other videos (such as the SM Video series). This video series covers the major topics and elaborates on them more fully within each chapter and does not examine every paragraph. There are 20 video chapters to the True Devotion series (most are approximately 20-25 minutes in length). We suggest you listen to the video chapters, and then read the TD book chapters.

The chapter numbers are slightly different than the current version of True Devotion. Indeed, there are a few adaptations that have been released over the years. Therefore, the table below relates the Video chapters and the stated chapters mentioned in the video for the book to the TD reference paragraph numbers. Despite the subtle differences in names, the reference numbers should allow you to find a specific Video chapter. We recommend watching roughly three videos (or slightly more than an hour) each sitting, then reading the corresponding reference numbers as you work through the video series. However, that is a recommendation, not a rule.

We hope you find this insightful and informative. We believe every Christian should read this book. The video is lengthily, and much is discussed in this video series. However, treat this as a Spiritual Pilgrimage and work through the tandem of video and book. In the end, we believe it will dramatically impact every Christian’s Spiritual Life.

About this Video
The video is broken into 20 chapters (or parts) and follows the number of the paragraphs within the book. We recommend you read the book along with each chapter. The chapter reference number table should help the reader in navigating the video. In working with the book and video series, we believe you’ll obtain a deeper understanding than just reading the book alone.

Video Chapters and Corresponding Reference Paragraph Numbers:

Video Chapters
TD Book Chapters Mentioned in the Video
Name of Sections Discussed
TD Paragraph Reference Numbers
1
Introduction and Ch1
Necessity of Mary
Intro and 1-21
2
Ch2 and Ch3 Part 1
Necessary to God & Necessary to Man
22 to 59
3
Ch3 Part 2 and Ch4
Concludes Ch3 & Christ Our Last End
60 to 82
4
Ch5
Mary as Our Mediator
83 to 89
5
Ch6 and Beginning of Ch7
False Devotions & True Devotions
90 to 105
6
Ch7 (continues)
True Devotions
105 to 119
7
Ch7 (continues) and Ch8
True Devotions & Perfect Consecration to Our Lady (to Jesus)
105 to 119 & 120 to 134
8
Ch8, Ch9
Perfect Service (Motives for True Devotion)
135 to 156
9
Ch9
Perfect Service
135 to 156
10
Ch10 and Ch11
Perfect Way & Perfect Liberty
157 to 168 & 169 to 182
11
Ch12 and Ch13
Parable (Biblical Figure of this Perfect Devotion) & Parable Explained
183 to 184 & 185 to 212
12
Ch14
Wonderful Effects of this Devotion
213 to 225
13
Ch14-4 effect
Wonderful Effects of this Devotion
213 to 225
14
Ch14 (Cont) and 15
Wonderful Effects of this Devotion & Exterior Practices
213 to 225 & 226 to 256
Video Ch 15 thru 18
Ch15 (Cont)
Exterior Practices
226 to 256
19
Ch16
Interior Practices
266 –
20
Ch17
This Devotion (Applying the Devotion) and Concluding Thoughts

 

Lastly, this video series was produced in conjunction with the Apostolate for Family Consecration (Familyland.org). We thank them for the ability to make this video series available to all who are interested in understanding and following the Spirituality preached by St. Louis de Montfort.

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