St. Louis de Montfort and the Mass

[adriancombe]

Is it true that St. Louis de Montfort encouraged priests to say a Hail Mary with the congregation before the homily? I seem to recall reading this somewhere.

 

[4EverHis]

He mentioned this practice in “Secret of the Rosary”

In another place Blessed Alan says: "All priests say a Hail Mary with the faithful before preaching, to ask for God’s grace. They do this because of a revelation that Saint Dominic had from Our Lady. ‘My son,’ she said one day 'do not be surprised that your sermons fail to bear the results you had hoped for. You are trying to cultivate a piece of ground which has not had any rain. Now when Almighty God planned to renew the face of the earth He started by sending down rain from Heaven----and this was the Angelic Salutation. In this way God made over the world.

‘So when you give a sermon, urge people to say my Rosary, and in this way your words will bear much fruit for souls.’

“Saint Dominic lost no time in obeying, and from then on he exerted great influence by his sermons.”

 

[adriancombe]

He mentioned this practice in “Secret of the Rosary”

Thanks. Someone was telling me they thought priests were “not allowed” to have the congregation say a Hail Mary during Mass and I wanted a reliable endorser - I think St Dominic qualifies