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While I’m considering the de Montfort devotion, for now I just pray the Rosary, and I have my blessed Miraculous Medal.

God bless.
 
No option for both St. De Montfort’s and St. Max’s?

I have done both 👍
 
My Marian devotion is strange, if you will. I don’t follow a specific set of guidelines for it, but rather venerate Our Lady with the love that she herself gives to all of us, her children, on a daily basis. I pray the Rosary (I currently have four; I wish to have them all blessed, but so far I have only one that is blessed), wear a (blessed) Miraculous Medal, and pray to her often. I venerate her as my spiritual mother, who dotes upon me with great maternal love, who prays to the Lord for me to be given the graces necessary to be worthy of the promises of Christ.

Hopefully, after I have had my Confession and Communion, I will consecrate myself to her using de Montfort’s example.
 
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And, which was most helpful … and why ?
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I use the 33 day formula by St. Louis de Montfort, It is a time of prayer, to rid one’s self of the spirit of the world, knowledge of self, knowledge of Mary, and knowledge of Christ.

I have a book from Saint Benedict Center it has Holy Scipture readings everyday, and prayer that invokes the Holy Spirit everyday and quotes from Imitation of Christ, and True devotion and Secret of Mary all in one.

So the method of St. Louis de Montfort is a lot more detailed and time spent in prayer and reflection. St. Kolbe did not produce any such time period, His way is striaght foreward with a simple consecration prayer. St. De Montfort uses the term slave of Jesus in Mary, St. Kolbe used the word “property” which is a very humble word!

I also like St. De Montfort’s daily renewal prayer of the Consecration “I am all Thine, and I that I have is Thine, O most loving Jesus, through Mary Thy Holy Mother.” This prayer shows the Christocentric meaning of the consecration.

Both Saint’s had True Devotion to Mary and both have helped me in understanding God better.

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Mary then must be better known than ever for the deeper understanding and the greater glory of the Blessed Trinity.
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Taking our ‘pulse’ on this matter, via poll.
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I almost hate to admit it, but I must confess to feeling just the slightest bit uncomfortable with Louis DeMonfort–mostly from having read “Secret of the Rosary”. Just seemed a bit much for my taste; seemed full of exaggerations, and if recollection serves, even some inaccuracies. As if he were striving to make more of Mary than she is–almost comic bookish.

Not to sound anti-marian (as I proudly revere and venerate her), but to me, her greatest attraction and compulsion, is in her humility. Hence it strikes me as a bit counter-productive, when the emphasis is on her ‘queen-ness’ if you will–royalty–rather than the simple, humble, jewish girl who’s ‘yes’, signified the beginning of the redemption narrative.

I feel the same way wrt to Yeshua, vis a vis the Risen Christ. The Risen Christ is the ‘King of Heaven’–yet, contemplating Him as the humble man, Yeshua–in his ministry, in the Passion etc–even more so, as the humble infant–seems to make him more ‘accessible’–I suppose in my own humble human state, while I speak with and pray to the Risen Christ–I relate better, imagining Him in His own humble humanity.

Perhaps my favorite Rosary devotional aids of late, have been a couple of different ones by St. Alphonsus Liguori–both of which are highly Cristocentric.

Curious…where would Ligouri fall, on the above poll?
 
I venerate our Blessed Mother by praying the Rosary (including the Luminous Mysteries). I go by the recommendation of Sundays being the Glorious Mysteries, Monday being the Joyful Mysteries, Tuesday being the Sorrowful Mysteries, Wednesday being the Glorious Mysteries, Thursday being the Luminous Mysteries, Friday being the Sorrowful Mysteries, and Saturday being the Joyful Mysteries.

During the various liturgical traditions I tend to focus on one mystery or the other. For example, during Advent I focus on the Joyful Mysteries and during Lent I focus on the Sorrowful Mysteries.

I also ask Our Blessed Mother for intercession with varying titles depending on my need. For example, if my health is doing poorly I ask for her intercession under the title of Our Lady of Lourdes, etc.
 
Question…Could you describe the first poll option? What do you mean by “Traditional Catholic”?

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Peace
James
 
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