#st louis de montfort

[anastpaul]

Vigil of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – A Day of FASTING and ABSTINENCE. On this Vigil day, Catholics stand in the remains of the night as the dawn makes its appearance. This resplendent dawn is that Singular Conception, the Immaculate Conception, who ushers in the Light of Christ. A day of Fast and Abstinence following the Rubrics of Pope Pius X for the Universal Calendar of the Church. “It is through the most Blessed Virgin Mary, that Jesus Christ came into the world and, it is also through her, that He will reign in the world.” – St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673-1716)

(via Vigil of the Immaculate Conception, Day 9 of the Novena, Virgen del Castillo / Virgin of the Castle, Spain (1642) St Ambrose and the Saints for 7 December – AnaStpaul)

[ghostsandgod]

Today, more than ever, we must take pains in choosing true devotion to our Blessed Lady, because, more than ever before, there are false devotions to our Blessed Lady which are easily mistaken for true ones. The devil, like a false coiner and a subtle and experianced sharper, has already deceived and destroyed so many souls by a false devotion to the Blessed Virgin that he makes a daily use of his diabolical experience to plunge many others by this same way into everlasting perdition, amusing them, lulling them to sleep in sin, under the pretext of some prayers badly said or some outward practices which he inspires.

-St Louis de Montfort

[cegodaltonico]

"Toda a sua vida Maria permaneceu oculta; por isso o Espírito Santo e a Igreja a chamam Alma Mater - Mãe escondida e secreta. Tão profunda era sua humildade, que, para ela, o atrativo mais poderoso, mais constante era esconder-se de si mesma e de toda criatura, para ser conhecida somente de Deus."

São Luís Maria Grignion de Montfort

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort 1673 - 1716 Feast Day: April 28

Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, a French Catholic priest, and confessor was known in his time as a preacher and was made a missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI. As well as preaching, Montfort wrote a number of books and is known for his particular devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Rosary.  Two of his most notable works are True Devotion to Mary and The Secret of the Rosary.  

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[proud-spaniard]

St. Louis de Montfort

[catholic-saint-tournament]

I’ve not seen him mentioned yet so I’d like to nominate St. Padre Pio! I’d also like to suggest in case they haven’t been added: St. John Crysostom, St. Phillip Neri, St. Louis de Montfort, St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. John Vianney, St. Rose of Lima, St. Thomas Moore, and St. Martin de Porres!

I’m sorry, I’m just so excited about this poll!!

I can smell a Catholic from a mile away and THESE are ridiculously good suggestions. SO many classics beyond the famous martyrs. Padre Pio gets another vote, St John Chrysostom enters the game, St Philip Neri gets another vote, as do St Rose and St Martin, but the others are new!

And c'mon, Louis de Montfort and Alphonsus Liguori? The best confessoin bois? C'MON we need more nominations for them!!!

[todademariablog]

Palavras de São Luís Maria Grignion de Montfort sobre o Santo Rosário: "Não é possível exprimir por palavras quanto a Santíssima Virgem preze o Rosário mais do que qualquer outra devoção, ou quão magnânima ela será a recompensar aqueles que trabalham a pregá-lo, implantá-lo e rezá-lo; o Rosário rezado conjuntamente com a meditação dos mistérios: eleva-nos gradualmente ao conhecimento perfeito de Jesus Cristo; purifica as nossas almas do pecado; nos torna vitoriosos sobre todos os nossos inimigos; facilita-nos na prática das virtudes; provoca em nós um amor ardente por Jesus; enriquece-nos de graças e de méritos; proporciona-nos os meios para pagar as nossas dívidas quer diante de Deus quer diante dos homens e, alcança-nos toda a espécie de graças; os pecadores alcançam perdão; as almas sedentas são saciadas; os prisioneiros veem as suas amarras cair por terra; os que choram voltam a sorrir; os que sofrem tentação recuperam a paz; os necessitados alcançam auxílio; os religiosos revigoram a sua consagração; os ignorantes instruem-se; os vivos vencem as suas vaidades; os defuntos recebem, em forma de sufrágio, a misericórdia esperada.

Sê perseverante, portanto, e não duvides que receberás no céu uma coroa resplandecente, que te será dada como recompensa pela tua fidelidade.”

MONTFORT, São Luís Maria Grignion de O Admirável Segredo do Santíssimo Rosário, nº 26, 81, 115, 150.

[valentiae-edetani]

Devoted to Holy Mary

[peoplefromheaven]

[daughter-of-mary]

[1this1corrosion1]

This article was excerpted from St. Louis Marie de Montfort’s Secret of the Rosary, Part I.

[anastpaul]

Our Morning Offering – 8 June – Hail Mary, Queen of Our Hearts, Our Mother

Our Morning Offering – 8 June – The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Hail Mary, Queen of Our Hearts, Our MotherPrayer in Honour of MaryBy St Louis Marie de Montfort (1673-1716) Hail Mary,Daughter of God the Father!Hail Mary,Mother of God the Son!Hail Mary,Spouse of the Holy Spirit!Hail Mary,Temple of the Most Holy Trinity!Hail Mary, our mistress,our wealth, our mystic rose.Queen of our…

[ghostsandgod]

2. TENDER

It is tender, that is, full of confidence in her, like a child's confidence in his loving mother. This confidence makes the soul have recourse to her in all its bodily and mental necessities, with much simplicity, trust and tenderness. It implores the aid of its good Mother at all times, in all places and above all things, in its doubt, that it may be enlightened, in its wandering, that it may be brought into the right path, in its temptations, that it may be supported, in its weaknesses, that it may be strengthened, in its falls, that it may be lifted up, in its discouragements, that it may be cheered, in its scruples, that they may be taken away, in the crosses, toils and disappointments of life, that it may be consoled under them. In a word, in all the evils of body and mind, the soul ordinarily has recourse to Mary, without fear of annoying her or displeasing Jesus Christ.

-St Louis de Montfort

[thewahookid]

Daily Catholic Wisdom

Here we have the great wonder of heaven and earth, the prodigious excess of the love of God...God became man without ceasing to be God. This God-man is Jesus Christ and his name means Savior.

- St. Louis de Montfort -

from The Love of Eternal Wisdom

[portraitsofsaints]

Happy Feast Day

Our Lady of the Rosary

Feast Day: October 7

"If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, despite the gravity of your sins 'you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory.' Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as a sorcerer do who practices black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and will save your soul, if-- and mark well what I say-- if you say the Holy Rosary devoutly every day until death to know the truth and obtain contrition and pardon for your sins." -St. Louis de Montfort from The Secret of the Rosary.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase. (website)

[demiromanticmickey]

On today's "I am SO not normal about Dead Friend Forever": Discussing Catholicism and Colonization in this gay Thai slasher series

Some background on me: I am from a Latine Catholic family. Raised as a non-practicing Catholic (we didn't go to church or pray). Then my parents enrolled me in a Catholic school that I attended from 5th grade to the end of 7th grade. Today, I am not Catholic and have never really considered myself as such.

Ok, so in the flashback episodes of DFF, I have been noticing a lot of things. My findings under the cut.

Let's start with this crucifix and photo of the Virgin Mary and a baby Jesus.

Screenshot from ep. 5.

The camera lingers here a bit so we're obviously meant to pay attention to the phrase. I put the screenshot through Google translate's image translator and the translation it gave me was, "Think good, do good, be a good person." I didn't think much of it when I first watched the episode other than it was supposed to establish that the boys attend a Christian or Catholic school.

But then there was this image posted on Be On Cloud's Instagram (also from ep. 5): X

Zooming in, we can see there's another picture of Mary in the background. Watching the classroom scenes, it's easy to miss because the series itself is more washed out than the official photos posted. But this emphasis on Mary led me to believe the school is a Catholic one. So out of curiosity, I looked up the schools the writers and directors attended because I felt I was onto something here. And boy, was I!

Source: MDL

Ma-Deaw, if you didn't know, is one of the directors of Dead Friend Forever (he also directed Manner of Death and Inhuman Kiss , and lots of other things).

One Google search later (X) and I learned "Montfort College" is a Catholic school. It started out as a primary school that later added a secondary school as well.

Now let's take a closer look at some of the details of this school:

First, the school's motto "Labor Conquers All Things". This reminded me of the phone conversation Tee had with his uncle:

On my first watch, this sounded familiar to me but I couldn't really place why. It wasn't until I saw this other Tumblr post (X) that pointed out it's similar to a bible quote from the New Testament. The quote varies a bit depending on which version of the bible you're using but it's along the lines of, "He who does not work, neither shall he eat".

This is meant to discourage "laziness". Nevermind the fact that people deserve to eat simply because we get hungry and need food to survive. The idea that we only "deserve" things based on productivity is an extremely colonial one. — Reminder also that Tee is being forced into this "work" in the first place. He's just a high school kid. I don't need to like his character to understand how fucked up his situation is.

Then there's the patron of the school. St. Louis de Montfort was a French Catholic priest most known for his study in Mariology. What is Mariology (X)? The study of Mary, the mother of Jesus. I didn't know that was a thing but it's unsurprising considering how prominent images of Mary were in my own religious upbringing. And she's what started me down this rabbit hole in the first place. Mary is a big deal to the Catholics. I'm going to be paying even more attention now if more Mary imagery pops up.

The Garden of Eden and Original Sin

Now I want to draw attention to these images:

Screenshots from ep. 7

Here we have Non and Phee biting into an apple as they leisure around this lush green field. We know they've visited this location more than once because they're wearing different outfits in the screenshots. And I think it's important to note that it's Phee holding the apple and offering it to Non.

The use of the word "bait" in the bts of ep. 7 is quite interesting too. (X)

The Garden of Eden was the paradise in which Adam and Eve resided. In this garden, there were many trees to eat from. The one tree Adam and Eve were forbidden by God to eat from was the Tree of Knowledge. A serpent (Satan), first tempted Eve into taking from the tree to eat it's fruit. And then Eve gave the fruit to Adam. That is Original Sin. And because Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge, all humans thereafter are born sinful and bad, and can only find salvation through God.

Of course in the scene between Phee and Non, the sin the apple represents is being gay. And it's after this, and after the bracelet scene, that Non becomes involved with Por's film and his tragedy begins.

Zoomed in screenshot from ep. 5

And I wonder if the bracelet scene is the last time Phee and Non visit this forest location. It would parallel how Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden once they sinned.

Final Thoughts

You give me a story that criticizes Western religion and how it's used as a tool for oppression and colonization, and I'm gonna eat that shit up. I am gonna eat it up. Every. Single. Time.

I really wasn't expecting anything like this from Dead Friend Forever. This level in attention to detail is unmatched. I don't think I've watched a more well planned out show. And no matter where DFF goes from here, these seven episodes will always hold a special place in my heart. 💗