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Devotion to Mary

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What are some great Marian books? What are the errors regarding True Devotion to Mary? Why Mary will bring us closer to Jesus. Let's discuss!

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Top Marian books for Adam:

True Devotion to Mary

Hail, Holy Queen

Echo of God

33 days to Morning Glory

Champions of the Rosary

Behold your Mother

About the Topic:

A true devotion is defined as a "promptness of the will in the service of God" - Aquinas

Errors of a True Devotion:

1. In wishing to go to our Lord without passing through Mary. Some Catholics do not see clearly enough how expedient it is to have recourse to the Blessed Virgin in order to enter the intimacy of Christ.

2. They fear that devotion toward her is abused and that injury is done to our Lord by paying excessive honor to BVM.

3. Seems to consider Mary a hindrance in reaching divine union, whereas all her influence is exercised in order to lead us to it.

"To neglect the mediators whom God has given us because of our weakness, shows a lack of humility. Intimacy with our Lord in prayer will be greatly facilitated by frequent recourse to Mary."

EX: Asking Mary to help make a good examination of conscience and confession.

"There are Catholics who do not see clearly enough the necessity of having recourse to Mary that they may attain to intimacy with the Savior” - Fr. RGL

Degrees of the Devotion:

1. Consists in praying to the BVM from time to time, honoring her as the Mother of God, saying, for example, the Angelus with true recollection every time it rings.

2. Having more perfect sentiments of vereration, confidence, and love for Mary. Lead us to the daily recitation of at least one of the three parts of the Rosary while we meditate on the joyful, sorrowful, or glorious mysteries, which are for us the road of eternal life.

Page 27 in Secrets of the Rosary on why the rosary is more efficacious than reading the psalms.

3. True devotion to Mary, that proper to proficients, consists in consecrating oneself entirely to our Lord through her. "This devotion consists in giving oneself entirely to the BVM in order to belong entirely to Jesus...

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