For New Queen of All Hearts Members!

Settle in to Your Spiritual Prayer Life

Welcome to Queen of All Hearts! You have viewed and read the Secret of Mary (depress this link if you have not) and you have also made your Act of Total Consecration by following St. Louis de Montfort’s 33 day program (exercises in the gray book). Now what?

Before doing anything, make sure you have read the brief pages in the gray book appendix entitled Living Your Consecration. At this point it is important one settles into a Spiritual Prayer Life. With all the prayers on this website and in the gray book, and other locations, one may be excited to start, but it might seem overwhelming. What prayers to say? What should one do?

Only you and the Holy Spirit can formalize a Spiritual Prayer Life. However, there are recommendations. Start simple and small. Listen to this Conference Audio The Secret of the Holy Rosary. The audio, after an introduction, focuses on what one should include when one says the Rosary, the Secret of the Rosary and How to Prepare for Prayer. Double click on the image below to advance to the video.

And may I have in this life / No other heart than yours.

(St. Louis de Montfort: Hymn: 47:30)

Consecration to Jesus through Mary: Radio Broadcast

Have you ever been asked to summarize what is the Spirituality Approach according to St. Louis de Montfort? In this audio, recorded at a Florida radio station, Marian Spirituality is further explained. By listening to this audio, you will further undestand Fr. de Montfort’s Spirituality.

To be dependent on her, God became man here below,
How could I refuse to follow in His path.
She is the faithful Virgin Whom I must imitate,
Every grace comes through her
To her I must then pray.

St. Louis de Montfort: Hymns: Mary’s True Devotee: verse #2

St. Louis de Montfort was so conscience of Our Lady in the Spiritual Life, he tried using his creativity to bring all that he met in contact with her, through his writings, through his hymns and through his missions. Why? Because Fr. de Montfort understood that the key to a fully alive Christian life has a name, and her name is Mary! She is the key to a life fully alive in Jesus Christ. Fr. de Montfort is not content to say Mary is the key, he will go on to say that Our Lady is a Necessity… for Christian living. She is not optional, she is necessary. In other words, you MUST have a relationship with her if you are to live a life as a Christian, to live your life fully alive in Jesus.

Wow, in today’s age, what a statement by Fr. de Montfort! He says there is a Marian Character to Christian Life. Not an optional one, but a necessary Marian Character to Christian Life.

What does that mean? Why is a relationship with Mary not optional? What does a Marian Character mean, and how does it influence Christian Life? What does it mean to say Our Lady is a necessary element of Christian life? Is my devotion to Mary influencing my Christian life? Listen to this audio to hear the significance of Mary in our Christian life.

Select (double click on) the image below to advance to The Necessity of Mary.

Devotion to Mary: Transformation of the Heart

Devotion to Mary: Transformation of the Heart. This Conference consists of three sets of audio. The first audio was presented to a split audience in a Maryland parish. Many attendees had made their Act of Total Consecration, and many were about to do so that weekend. The focus of the audio is on the meaning of I Am All Yours … What do these words really mean? They’re part of the Consecration prayer and is often part of the daily prayer said by people following St. Louis de Montfort’s Spirituality. Before discussing this in detail, the conference covers an icon image The Mother of God with Three Hands. It is the story of this icon that is used to further illustrate what I Am All Yours actually means.

Conference #2: Transformation of the Heart It is commonly said that Devotion to Mary and saying the Holy Rosary is for women. Devotion to Mary performed precisely, transforms a man into an Apostolic man. Not just a man who is serious about faith. But a man that is stepping forward in the service of the gospel. An apostolic man. This conference audio talks about St. John, Jesus’ beloved friend and the only Apostle found at the foot of The Cross on Good Friday. The speaker discusses holiness and the characteristics of a saint. He relays the story of how his (St. John’s) mother disrupts Jesus and asks for both her sons (John and James) to sit at each of Jesus’ sides when He comes into His reign. The Bible tells us this and other stories about St. John before Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday. In this audio several Bible stories are relayed to help us all to connect to the Devotion to Mary and the Transformation of our Hearts.

The last audio focuses us on Devotion to Mary. The audio also gives us five “markers”, or guide posts, or milestones to help us with our Devotion and with our Spiritual Prayer Life. This is covered because it is often difficult to find a spiritual director. While this discussion does not replace a spiritual director, it will help each of us on our own Spiritual Journey and in our own Spiritual Prayer Life.

We pray this conference deepens your own Devotion to Mary.

One Can’t Love Another Without Spending the Time to Know That Person

Its difficult to love someone, and to be devoted to someone, without knowing that person. Therefore, we suggest, before advancing to Step #6 that you read some of the articles focusing on Mary. Each of The Queen: Articles takes between 5 and 10 minutes to read and contemplate. Focus initially on those articles whose primary focus is on Mary, as well as the Consecration Aids. Come back and read the remaining articles as you advance along your Spiritual Journey. Select the first image below to advance to The Queen: Articles.

… And Mary’s Time Drew Near …

This wonderful conference was held just around Christmas time, so listening to it in other times of the year may initially sound strange. However, this conference was a gift from the Montfort Missionaries to Queen of All Hearts members. It begins the process of explaining who Mary really is and how God sees Mary. To begin to know Mary in a deeper sense, we suggest you listen to this conference.

Continuing Your Spiritual Journey

While there is no one Spiritual Roadmap, QoAH has created a roadmap list of readings and audio/video media that we believe is the best way to understand, and subsequently practice, the Spiritual Life as proposed by St. Louis de Montfort. Again, this is a recommended sequence, and is not a harden rule. If you have already made your Act of Total Consecration, or if you have read some of St. Louis de Montfort’s writings, we recommend that you start from the beginning, and read the materials in tandem with the media outlined on the Spiritual Journey page. With the media, we believe everyone will obtain greater spiritual insights than just reading Fr. de Montfort’s writings separately.

The Spiritual Journey roadmap is what we recommend to QoAH members to better make use of the materials and spiritual media content on this website. Double click the image below to advance directly to the Spiritual Journey page.

For New Members, since you completed items #1, #2 and #4 on the Spiritual Journey page, we suggest you start with item #3 on the Spiritual Journey page. Again, double click the image below to advance to the page.