The Secret of Mary

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The Secret of Mary is a short spiritual treatise by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort that explains and promotes total consecration to Jesus through devotion to the Virgin Mary.

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instanceOf book
spiritual treatise
associatedWith Company of Mary NERFINISHED
Montfortian spirituality
author Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort NERFINISHED
basedOn Marian spirituality of Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
circulatesAs Catholic devotional booklet
countryOfOrigin France
doctrinalStatus in harmony with Catholic teaching on Mary
emphasizes interior life of grace
role of Mary in Christian sanctification
union with Jesus Christ through Mary
focusesOn devotion to the Virgin Mary
total consecration to Jesus Christ
genre Catholic devotional literature
Christian spirituality
hasForm short treatise
hasPart description of the effects of consecration
explanation of the nature of Marian consecration
practical guidance for living Marian consecration
hasTranslation English
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Spanish
influenced 20th-century Marian movements
modern Catholic Marian consecration practices
intendedAudience Catholic faithful
persons seeking spiritual consecration
language French
mainSubject Marian devotion
consecration to Jesus through Mary
promotes Marian consecration
slavery of love to Jesus through Mary
relatedWork True Devotion to Mary NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
scripturalBasis John 19:26–27
Luke 1:26–38
Luke 1:46–55
New Testament passages about Mary
teaches complete gift of self to Jesus through Mary
dependence on Mary as the surest way to Christ
imitation of Mary’s virtues
theologicalPerspective Catholic Mariology NERFINISHED
timePeriod early 18th century
usedFor preparation for total consecration to Jesus through Mary

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