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face a mounting economic crisis a rapidly growing population was outpacing the food supply desiring to be a missionary montfort made a pilgrimage to rome to ask the advice of pope clement xi 3 the pope recognized his real vocation and telling him there was plenty of opportunity for its exercise in france sent him back with the title of apostolic missionary 9 on his return from his long pilgrimage to rome montfort made a retreat at mont saint michel to pray to this archangel to obtain from him the grace to win souls for god to confirm those already in god s grace and to fight satan and sin 6 these occasions gave him time to think contemplate and write for several years he preached in missions from brittany to nantes as his reputation as a missioner grew he became known as the good father from montfort at pontchateau he attracted hundreds of people to help him in the construction of a huge calvary however on the very eve of its blessing the bishop having heard it was to be destroyed on the orders of the king of france under the influence of members of the jansenist school forbade its benediction it is reported that upon receiving this news he simply said blessed be god 2 final years edit depiction of montfort with marie louise trichet at the foundation of the congregation of the daughters of wisdom 19th century montfort left nantes and the next several years were extraordinarily busy for him he was constantly occupied in preaching missions always walking between one and another yet he found time also to write his true devotion to mary 10 the secret of mary 11 and the secret of the rosary rules for the company of mary and the daughters of wisdom and many hymns his missions made a great impact especially in the vendée the heated style of his preaching was regarded by some people as somewhat strange and he was poisoned once 2 although it did not prove fatal it caused his health to deteriorate yet he continued undeterred he went on preaching and established free schools for the poor boys and girls daughters of wisdom edit the bishop of la rochelle had been impressed with montfort for some time and invited him to open a school there montfort enlisted the help of his follower marie louise trichet who was then running the general hospital in poitiers in 1715 marie louise and catherine brunet left poitiers for la rochelle to open the school there and in a short time it had 400 students on 22 august 1715 trichet and brunet along with marie valleau and marie régnier from la rochelle received the approbation of bishop de champflour of la rochelle to make their religious vows under the direction of montfort at the ceremony montfort told them call yourselves the daughters of wisdom 5 for the teaching of children and the care of the poor the daughters of wisdom grew into an international organization and the placing of montfort s founders statue in saint peter s basilica was based on that organization 12 death and burial edit montfort s 16 years of priesthood include many months of solitude perhaps as many as a total of four years at the cave of mervent amidst the beauty of the forest at the hermitage of saint lazarus near the village of montfort and at the hermitage of saint eloi in la rochelle worn out by hard work and sickness he finally came in april 1716 to saint laurent sur sèvre to begin the mission which was to be his last during it he fell ill and died on 28 april of that year he was 43 years old and had been a priest for only 16 years his last sermon was on the tenderness of jesus and the incarnate wisdom of the father thousands gathered for his burial in the parish church and very quickly there were stories of miracles performed at his tomb exactly 43 years later on 28 april 1759 marie louise trichet also died in saint laurent sur sèvre and was buried next to montfort on 19 september 1996 pope john paul ii who beatified trichet came to the same site to meditate and pray at their adjacent tombs spirituality edit statue of louis de montfort at saint peter s basilica god alone was the motto of montfort and is repeated over 150 times in his writings the incarnation the incarnation of the word is for him the absolute central reality 13 love of the blessed virgin mary fidelity to the cross missionary zeal 14 total consecration to jesus through mary edit in montfort s approach to marian consecration jesus and mary are inseparable he views consecration to jesus in mary as a special path to being conformed to united and consecrated to christ given that of all creatures the one most conformed to jesus christ it follows that among all devotions that which most consecrates and conforms a soul to our lord is devotion to mary his holy mother and that the more a soul is consecrated to her the more will it be consecrated to jesus christ 15 god the father made an assemblage of all the waters and he named it the sea mare he has made an assemblage of all his graces and he has called it mary maria 16 according to montfort mary is the safest easiest shortest and most perfect way of approaching jesus 17 montfort s process of total consecration has seven elements and effects knowledge of one s unworthiness sharing in mary s faith the gift of pure love unlimited confidence in god and mary communication of the spirit of mary transformation into the likeness of jesus and bringing more glory to christ 18 his practice of consecration to mary has both internal and external components the internal components focus on surrendering oneself as a slave to mary and to jesus through her and performing all actions with mary in mary through mary and for mary the suggested exterior practices include enrolment in marian societies or joining marian religious orders making marian privileges known and appreciated and giving alms in honor of mary 19 louis de montfort influenced a number of popes 20 21 in the 19th century pope pius ix considered it the best and most acceptable form of marian devotion while pope leo xiii granted indulgences for practicing montfort s method of marian consecration leo beatified montfort in 1888 selecting for montfort s beatification the day of his own golden jubilee as a priest in the 20th century pope pius x acknowledged the influence of montfort s writings in the composition of his encyclical ad diem illum 22 pope pius xi stated that he had practiced montfort s devotional methods since his early youth pope pius xii declared montfort a saint and stated that montfort is the guide who leads you to mary and from mary to jesus pope john paul ii once recalled how as a young seminarian he read and reread many times and with great spiritual profit a work of 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 23 according to his apostolic letter rosarium virginis mariae the pontiff s personal motto was totus tuus the thoughts writings and example of louis de montfort were also singled out by pope john paul ii s encyclical redemptoris mater as a distinctive witness of marian spirituality in the roman catholic tradition 24 works edit saint louis de montfort s writings were compiled and published in their entirety in the collection god alone the collected writings of st louis marie de montfort montfort publications 1987 his principal works include letters of st louis marie the love of eternal wisdom letter to the friends of the cross the admirable secret of the rosary methods for saying the rosary the secret of mary treatise on true devotion to the blessed virgin prayer for missionaries manuscript rule of the company of mary letter to the members of the company of mary the wisdom cross of poitiers original rule of the daughters of wisdom letter to the inhabitants of montbernage rules for various groups the will of st louis marie morning and night prayers part of a series on the mariology of the catholic church immaculate conception by bartolomé esteban murillo c 1675 overview prayers antiphons titles hymns to mary devotional practices saints societies consecrations and entrustments veneration titles of mary theotokos mother of god mediatrix mother of the church our lady of good counsel our lady of mount carmel our lady of peace our lady of sorrows our lady of victory our lady star of the sea queen of heaven queen of poland refugium peccatorum refuge of sinners untier of knots virgin of mercy prayers and hymns angelus fátima prayers flos carmeli hail mary hail mary of gold immaculata prayer magnificat mary mother of grace memorare sub tuum praesidium marian hymns devotional practices acts of reparation consecration to mary first saturdays rosary seven joys of the virgin seven sorrows of mary three hail marys movements and societies sodality of our lady congregation of marian fathers company of mary montfort marianists society of mary marist fathers marist brothers schoenstatt movement legion of mary world apostolate of fátima blue army mariological society our lady s rosary makers marian movement of priests fatima family apostolate queen of angels foundation apparitions approved with widespread liturgical veneration endorsed by the holy see fátima three secrets of fátima guadalupe knock la salette lourdes miraculous medal walsingham dowry of mary key marian feast days mother of god 1 january candlemas 2 february annunciation 25 march assumption 15 august nativity 8 september holy name 12 september presentation 21 november immaculate conception 8 december catholic church portal v t e part of a series on the mariology of the catholic church immaculate conception by bartolomé esteban murillo c 1675 overview prayers antiphons titles hymns to mary devotional practices saints societies consecrations and entrustments veneration titles of mary theotokos mother of god mediatrix mother of the church our lady of good counsel our lady of mount carmel our lady of peace our lady of sorrows our lady of victory our lady star of the sea queen of heaven queen of poland refugium peccatorum refuge of sinners untier of knots virgin of mercy prayers and hymns angelus fátima prayers flos carmeli hail mary hail mary of gold immaculata prayer magnificat mary mother of grace memorare sub tuum praesidium marian hymns devotional practices acts of reparation consecration to mary first saturdays rosary seven joys of the virgin seven sorrows of mary three hail marys movements and societies sodality of our lady congregation of marian fathers company of mary montfort marianists society of mary marist fathers marist brothers schoenstatt movement legion of mary world apostolate of fátima blue army mariological society our lady s rosary makers marian movement of priests fatima family apostolate queen of angels foundation apparitions approved with widespread liturgical veneration endorsed by the holy see fátima three secrets of fátima guadalupe knock la salette lourdes miraculous medal walsingham dowry of mary key marian feast days mother of god 1 january candlemas 2 february annunciation 25 march assumption 15 august nativity 8 september holy name 12 september presentation 21 november immaculate conception 8 december catholic church portal v t e priest and poet edit while montfort is best known for his spiritual writings he was also a poet and during his missions managed to compose more than 20 000 verses of hymns 25 montfort s hymns and canticles were for the most part meant to be sung in village churches and in the homes of the poor some authors argue that a reading of montfort s hymns is essential for an understanding of him as a man and for appreciating his approach to spirituality 26 based on the analysis of bishop hendrik frehen of the company of mary montfortian hymns fall into two major categories inspired and didactic the inspired canticles flow spontaneously on the occasion of a pilgrimage to a marian shrine or on the occasion of a joyful celebration the didactic hymns took more effort and time to compose and focus on instructional and informative qualities they teach the audience through the use of a moral and a theme after montfort s death the company of mary which continued his work of preaching parish renewals made great use of his hymns and used them as instruments of evangelization he is also said to have carved at least three statues depicting the madonna and child 27 congregations de montfort edit louis de montfort sculpture on a building of assumption college bangkok thailand the congregations montfort left behind the company of mary the daughters of wisdom and the brothers of saint gabriel which congregation developed from a group of lay brothers gathered around him grew and spread first in france then throughout the world 28 the servants of the lord and the virgin of matará follow the spirituality of louis de montfort 14 montfort s birthplace and tomb are now sites of pilgrimages with about 25 000 visitors each year the house in which he was born is at no 15 rue de la saulnerie in montfort sur meu it is now jointly owned by the three montfortian congregations he formed the basilica of saint louis de montfort at saint laurent sur sèvre attracts a number of pilgrims each year montfort is the patron saint of a number of prestigious schools that educate youths from all walks of life including st gabriel s secondary school and montfort secondary school in singapore the assumption college in thailand and the montfort academy a private secondary school in mount vernon new york biographies edit statue of montfort at the basilica of notre dame de bonne nouvelle in rennes there are more than a hundred biographies written of montfort they differ in how they reflect the ecclesial and cultural milieu within which each was written the first four biographies of montfort by grandet blain besnard and picot de clorivières were all written in the eighteenth century they reflect the hagiographical method current then the devotional biography such an approach reflected little of the critical sensibility that had dominated most of the seventeenth century through the works of the bollandists the memorialists of port royal and jean de launoy they sought to edify praise eulogize and idealize such early biographies are filled with anachronism incoherence and over generalization despite such limitations montfort s early biographers provide valuable material they have preserved eyewitness accounts and original documents and they offer a solid historical foundation for reconstructing many of the truths of montfort s life 29 the nineteenth century s romanticized conception of history influenced hagiography in two main ways although a biography should relive the outer events of a saint s past it was more important to describe the interior drama of his soul the nineteenth century biographies of montfort reflect this historiographic orientation two biographies were prepared for the montfort s beatification one by fonteneau and the other by persiani the latter is almost a 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