St Louis de Montfort
Feast Day April 27

Patron of those who turn to Mary for Help and Guidance

MMG members believe that by honoring the mother of Jesus we show our love for her Son.  We ask her intercession on behalf of those we love, especially those who have strayed from His Church.  St Louis encouraged all to pray the rosary and to walk with Mary because He knows she will lead us to Jesus.  What better place to lovingly put those we love than in the arms of the beautiful mother of the Saviour!   

Who was St Louis de Montfort?

St. Louis spent his life promoting devotion to the Blessed Mother.  His personal motto, "Totus tuus" (completely yours) was chosen also, by John Paul II.

St Louis, a diocesan priest, was truly an apostle of the Rosary.  He wrote The Secret of the Rosary, which remains popular still today. The most common manner of reciting the Rosary is the method that originated with Saint Louis when he preached at parish missions in France.

He preached Mary wherever he went and promoted Consecration to Mary.  Millions of people over the years have adopted his teachings.  Pope John Paul II made this consecration himself and every place he visited as pope.

In True Devotion to Mary, Saint Louis prophesied that the army of souls consecrated to Mary will be Her instrument in defeating the Devil and his Antichrist. As Satan gains power in the world, so much more shall the new Eve triumph over him and crush his head.

Writings of St Louis de Montfort

True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, is the classic explanation of Marian devotion.

'Mary is the fruitful Virgin, and in all the souls in which she comes to dwell she causes to flourish purity of heart and body, rightness of intention and abundance of good works." (True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin)

"Do not imagine that Mary, the most fruitful of creatures who gave birth to a God, remains barren in a faithful soul. It will be she who makes the soul live incessantly for Jesus Christ, and will make Jesus live in the soul." (True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin)

Read   The Secret of Mary  by Saint Louis de Montfort