“… the greatest saints, the souls richest in graces and virtues, shall be the most assiduous in praying to our Blessed Lady, and in having her always present as their perfect model for imitation and their powerful aid for help.”

                         ~St. Louis de Montfort                              from True Devotion

 

For Reflection:

On a scale of 1 to 10, where does my devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary score? According to St. Louis de Montfort, is this score “good enough?” What can I do to improve it?

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It is Christian hope that inspired Mother Teresa to lift the diseased and dying out of gutters, Mother Angelica to found an international television and radio apostolate, and Pope John Paul II to stand firm in Catholic teaching despite opposition from within and without the Church. And it is Christian hope that keeps us anchored in the heart of God when the winds of doubt, disappointment, hurt, and shame whirl about us, threatening to knock us off course.