"...what does it matter?"

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The title of this thread came from a paragraph below. The words startled me as I continue re-reading from beginning to end this powerful little classic “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin” written by St. Louis de Montfort:

1. Moreover, if, as I have said, the Blessed Virgin is the Queen and Sovereign of heaven and earth, does she not then have as many subjects and slaves as there are creatures? “All things, including Mary herself, are subject to the power of God. All things, God included, are subject to the Virgin’s power”, so we are told by St. Anselm, St. Bernard, St. Bernardine and St. Bonaventure. Is it not reasonable to find that among so many slaves there should be some slaves of love, who freely choose Mary as their Queen? Should men and demons have willing slaves, and Mary have none? A king makes it a point of honour that the queen, his consort, should have her own slaves, over whom she has right of life and death, for honour and power given to the queen is honour and power given to the king. Could we possibly believe that Jesus, the best of all sons, who shared his power with his Blessed Mother, would resent her having her own slaves? Has he less esteem and love for his Mother than Ahasuerus had for Esther, or Solomon for Bathsheba? Who could say or even think such a thing?
2. But where is my pen leading me? Why am I wasting my time proving something so obvious? If people are unwilling to call themselves slaves of Mary, what does it matter? Let them become and call themselves slaves of Jesus Christ, for this is the same as being slaves of Mary, since Jesus is the fruit and glory of Mary. This is what we do perfectly in the devotion we shall discuss later.

God willing, I hope to begin my journey of 33 days to renew my Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary on this Thursday, Feb. 20 ending on March 25, Palm Sunday; (the Feast of the Annunciation will not be celebrated liturgically, but the date is special). If you are interested you may want to read daily threads which I hope to post, following the outline written by the St. Louis in True Devotion. If you have never read his little treatise, the link will take you to the online version.