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True Devotion To Mary

"Christ will conquer through Mary, because he wants the church's victories now and in the future to be linked to her."
From Crossing the Threshold of Hope by John Paul II.

Picture - Devotion to Mary 1. Introduction
2. The Spirit of the world
3. Knowledge of self
4. Knowledge of Mary
5. Knowledge of Jesus
6. Consecrated to Jesus through Mary
7. Living your consecration

From True Devotion to Mary by St Louis De Montfort, article 35, 47 and 48

35. When Mary has taken root in a soul she produces in it wonders of grace which only she can produce; for she alone is the fruitful virgin who never had and never will have her equal in purity and fruitfulness. Together with the Holy Spirit Mary produced the greatest thing that ever was or ever will be: a God-man. She will consequently produce the marvels, which will be seen in the latter times. The formation and the education of the great saints who will come at the end of the world are reserved to her, for only this singular and wondrous virgin can produce in union with the Holy Spirit singular and wondrous things.

47. I said that this will happen especially towards the end of the world, and indeed soon, because Almighty God and his holy Mother are to raise up great saints who will surpass in holiness most other saints as much as the cedars of Lebanon tower above little shrubs. This has been revealed to a holy soul whose life has been written by M. de Renty.

48. These great souls filled with grace and zeal will be chosen to oppose the enemies of God who are raging on all sides. They will be exceptionally devoted to the Blessed Virgin. Illumined by her light, strengthened by her food, guided by her spirit, supported by her arm, sheltered under her protection, they will fight with one hand and build with the other. With one hand they will give battle, overthrowing and crushing heretics and their heresies, schismatics and their schisms, idolaters and their idolatries, sinners and their wickedness. With the other hand they will build the temple of the true Solomon and the mystical city of God, namely, the Blessed Virgin, who is called by the Fathers of the Church the Temple of Solomon and the City of God. By word and example they will draw all men to a true devotion to her and though this will make many enemies, it will also bring about many victories and much glory to God alone. This is what God revealed to St. Vincent Ferrer, that outstanding apostle of his day, as he has amply shown in one of his works.

Picture - JPII Coat of Arms

Totus Tuus was Pope John Paul II's apostolic motto. It means "totally yours" and expressed his strong Marian devotion and his respect for Saint Louis de Montfort and the Mariology in his works. The former pontiff explained the meaning further in his book Crossing the Threshold of Hope where he defines it as not only an expression of piety, or simply an expression of devotion and that it is deeply rooted in the Mystery of the Blessed Trinity.

According to his Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae he borrowed the motto from the Marian consecrating prayer as found in the book True Devotion to Mary by Saint Louis de Montfort. The complete text of the prayer in Latin is: "Tuus totus ego sum, et omnia mea tua sunt" ("I am all Yours, and all that I have belongs to You"). Pope John Paul II once recalled how as a young seminarian he "read and reread many times and with great spiritual profit" some writings of Saint Louis de Montfort and that: "Then I understood that I could not exclude the Lord's Mother from my life without neglecting the will of God-Trinity"

Resources:-
http://www.zeitun-eg.org/jp2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totus_Tuus#cite_note-2

Below is a recording of a talk Derek gave at the New Dawn Conference at Walsingham in August 2009. The session was not being formally recorded but one of the men who was present recorded it onto his camera. Consequently the quality is not that of other New Dawn talks which are professionally recorded, but it is sufficient for you to hear the message. This is session 3 of 4. The file is 10mb long and may take a while to download onto your computer.

True Devotion to Mary session 3