True Devotion To Mary by Saint Louis de Montfort

About the book: I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel. - Genesis 3. 15

A Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin or True Devotion to Mary (1863, 2013) is considered the greatest book on the Blessed Virgin Mary ever written and has been recommended and practiced by eight Popes.

This is the original "scrupulously faithful" translation by Father Frederick William Faber. The great Marian Pope, Blessed Pope John Paul II practised this Devotion to Mary, in his Letter to the Montfort Fathers he says: "A work destined to become a classic of Marian spirituality was published 160 years ago. St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort wrote the Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin at the beginning of the 1700s, but the manuscript remained practically unknown for more than a century. 

When, almost by chance, it was at last discovered in 1842 and published in 1843, the work was an instant success, proving extraordinarily effective in spreading the "true devotion" to the Most Holy Virgin. "When we praise her, love her, honour her or give anything to her, it is God who is praised, God who is loved, God who is glorified, and it is to God that we give, through Mary and in Mary (Treatise on True Devotion, n 225)."

Included is a supplementary 33-Dy Preparation for Total Consecration, 1958. Paintings are by Bartolome Esteban Murillo, a 17th-century Spanish Baroque artist and others. The work is published for the greater glory of Jesus Christ through His most holy mother Mary and for the sanctification of the Church militant.

True Devotion To Mary is translated from the original French by Reverend Frederick William Faber.

About the author: Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, TOSD (1673-1716) was a French Roman Catholic priest. He was known in his time as a preacher and was made a missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI.

Montfort wrote a number of books which went on to become classic Catholic titles and influenced several popes. He is considered one of the notable writers in the field of Mariology. His most notable works regarding Marian devotions are contained in Secret of the Rosary and True Devotion to Mary. He is known for his particular devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the practice of praying the rosary.

Pope Pius XII canonized him on 20 July 1947. A "founders statue" created by Giacomo Parisini is located in an upper niche of the south nave of St. Peter's Basilica. (Wikipedia)