A treatise on the true devotion to the Blessed Virgin
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- A treatise on the true devotion to the Blessed Virgin
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- 1863
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A treatise on the true devotion to the Blessed Virgin
Author: Grignion de Montfort, Louis-Marie, Saint, 1673-1716
Year: 1863
CONTENTS. Translator's Preface v Preface to the French Edition xiii Introduction 1 PART I. ON DEVOTION TO OUR BLESSED LADY IN GENERAL. I. Excellence and Necessity of Devotion to our Blessed Lady 7 II. Discernment of the True Devotion to our Blessed Lady ; five fundamental truths presupposed 37 1. False Devotions to our Lady 62 2. True Devotion ; its Characters 70 PART II. ON THE MOST EXCELLENT DEVOTION TO OUR BLESSED LADY, OR THE PERFECT CONSECRATION TO JESUS BY MARY. Preliminary Observations on the different ways of honouring our Blessed Lady 77 I. In what consists the perfect Consecration to Jesus by Mary 82 II. Its Motives 91 Figure of this Consecration in the history of Jacob receiving the blessing of Isaac through the offices of Rebecca 126 III. Admirable Effects of the perfect Consecration to Jesus by Mary 149 IV. Its Exterior and Interior Practices 159 Manner of practising this Devotion at Communion 185 Formula of Consecration to Jesus by Mary 190