Which book should I read first?

[sanchopanza]

I’m a recent convert feeling a growing devotion to the Blessed Virgen, praying the Rosary every night (with a few exceptions). I know that by drawing closer to her Immaculate Heart I can thus move closer to dwelling in the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I recently bought the following two books and was looking for some advice:

True Devotion to Mary by de Monfort
Consoling the Heart of Jesus by Gaitley

I’ve heard mention of 33 Days to Morning Glory, but de Monfort’s book is raved about by everyone so I chose his instead.

Which should I read first?

 

[FaustinaJulia]

33 Days To Morning Glory is an organized edition of the St. Louis de Monfort guide to reaching Marian Devotion. It has the same information including prayers etc as the material it is based upon but it puts all the information (prayers practices etc) into each “day’s” information so that you do not have to flip to the prayer section ‘here’ and the other information ‘there’ in a way that can distract from what you are actually supposed to be doing each day.

 

[littlestsouls]

‘Consoling the Heart of Jesus’ will set you up nicely to read St. Louis de Montfort’s masterpiece, as it provides a clear and brief outline of the benefits to be derived from Marian consecration, within the context of Divine Mercy. Personally I would recommend reading Fr. Gaitley’s book first because I believe it would shed light on ‘True Devotion to Mary’; moreso than ‘True Devotion’ would shed light on ‘Consoling the Heart of Jesus.’

I hope that helps.

God bless.