Total Consecration to Mary

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Lately, I’ve been striving to strengthen and improve my spiritual life. I’ve heard all the positive vibe around True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis-Marie de Montfort and so I’m thinking of buying a copy from Amazon.com along with Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales.

For those who have already made a total consecration to Mary, which version of True Devotion should I purchase? The one by Aventine Press or one by Montfor Pubns?

(Please review each link please.) I’d like to make a wise purchase haha.
 
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Lately, I’ve been striving to strengthen and improve my spiritual life. I’ve heard all the positive vibe around True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis-Marie de Montfort and so I’m thinking of buying a copy from Amazon.com along with Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales.

For those who have already made a total consecration to Mary, which version of True Devotion should I purchase? The one by Aventine Press or one by Montfor Pubns?

(Please review each link please.) I’d like to make a wise purchase haha.
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I have the one by TAN publishers 🙂

I really highly recommend this devotion and Consecration!!! 👍
 
I have read both of those books and I have made the total consecration to Mary. I would recommend this copy of True devotion to the Blessed Virgin: amazon.com/Montfort-Publications-Devotion-Blessed-Virgin/dp/B004YCVFEK/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1308368545&sr=8-8 . I LOVE all the work by St. Francis De Sales, he is my confirmation saint, Treatise on the love of God, and Finding God’s will for you are good books too. I would also reccomend the biography on St. Francis De Sales, here is a link to that: amazon.com/St-Francis-Sales-Biography-Gentle/dp/0895557096/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1308368759&sr=8-2 . I’m about to read The art of loving God by St. Francis De Sales and I’ll let you know how that is when I’m done but I’m willing to bet it’s good too. Once you’ve read True devotion to the Blessed Virgin you should use this book to actually make your act of consecration to the Blessed Virgin: amazon.com/Preparation-Total-Consecration-Louis-Montfort/dp/0910984107/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308368970&sr=1-1 . These are my reccomendations, I hope this helps.

*The everlasting God has in His wisdom
foreseen from eternity the cross that
He now presents to you as a gift from
His inmost heart. This cross He now sends
you He has considered with His all-knowing
eyes, understood with His divine mind,
tested with His wise justice, warmed with
loving arms and weighed with His own hands
to see that it be not one inch too large and
not one ounce too heavy for you. He has
blessed it with His holy Name, anointed it
with His consolation, taken one last glance
at you and your courage, and then sent it
to you from heaven, a special greeting from
God to you, an alms of the all-merciful
love of God.
  • St. Francis De Sales*
 
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For those who have already made a total consecration to Mary, which version of True Devotion should I purchase? The one by Aventine Press or one by Montfor Pubns?
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You need both. This can be confusing, there are 2 books if you want to actually do the prayer program. You READ the actual book by Louis de Montfort entitled, “True Devotion to Mary.” The one you have pictured I’m not familiar with, but they should all be the same; mine is blue. Then you also get the other book “Preparation for Consecration…” that is brown with a picture of the statue on the cover. This is a very thin book with a program you do to consecrate your life to Mary. I have that exact book. It’s very well laid out, with a timetable in the front to help you figure out when to start, etc. Either book is worthwhile on its own, but they go together if you want to do the program.
 
Thanks for the advice, guys! I just went with my instincts and bought both; I figured they would complement each other 😃 I’m glad my intuition was correct, Lady Marchmain.

I’ll be looking forward to that review, paul11b 👍

I guess I shall be attempting the total consecration after I read St. Louis’ words. I’m hoping to strengthen my spirituality before I go off to the Old College undergraduate seminary program of the Congregation of Holy Cross.
 
I too am considering this.

I read Proper Conditions for Total Consecration to Mary which confused me a bit, when it says:
DeMontfort’s Total Consecration is different. This consecration has the characters of a vow: because it is a most solemn and eternal dedication. It is more than an ordinary promise - which is not binding under penalty of sin; but it is less demanding that the solemn vows, which one would make to become a professed religious.
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So I think it is saying that if I make this commitment and don’t follow the obligations that I would be sinning. Is that the case?

Also, it says that:
Once a person understands the nature of this consecration, he understands that he is entirely abrogating any of his natural spiritual rights to dictate where the merits of his good actions might be applied.
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Does that mean I would not longer be eligible to receive indulgences?

Thanks for clarifying.
 
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