If you're delighted that Jesus was extending an invitation to you to come as close to Him as possible when He said, "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Mt. 5:48), you're going to love this book.
Here's why:
Jesus showed His desire to live in the closest possible friendship with you when He said, "Abide in Me" (Jn. 15:4).
In fact, He's so insistent upon having this close friendship with you, that to drive home His point, He uses the word "abide" ten times in the seven short verses of Jn. 15:4-10.
And to make this close friendship with you happen fast and easy, He revealed a secret to St. Louis-Marie de Montfort.
St. Louis wrote...
"Predestinate soul, here is a secret the Most High has taught me, which I have not been able to find in any book, old or new. I confide it to you, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit" ("The Secret of Mary", #1).
This book spells out the whats, whys, and hows of this secret.
It fills in the gaps St. Louis admitted are in his "True Devotion to Mary".
He confessed...
"I have now said many things about the Most Holy Virgin; but I have many more to say, and there are infinitely more which I shall omit, whether from ignorance, inability, or want of time" (True Devotion, #111).
This is also two-books-in-one. The second book is "Why Consecrate Myself to the Immaculate Heart of Mary?"
So, you'll also see how devotion to Mary's Immaculate Heart leads you to a close friendship with her Son.
Once you start living your devotion to Mary in the ways this book will show you, you will never want to live it any other way.
That's because St. Louis promises you...
"Only experience can teach the wonders wrought by Mary, wonders so great that neither the wise nor the proud, nor even many of the devout can believe them" (Secret, #57).
The main reason, however, that you won't want to live your devotion to Mary any other way is because you'll be living your devotion to Mary the way Jesus did.
Jesus is so desirous of having the closest friendship with you, that He sets the example of how to live this devotion.
St. Louis assures you that this devotion to Mary...
"...is a path trodden by Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, our sole Head. One of His members in passing by the same road cannot deceive himself" (True Devotion, #168).
And that leads me to my final point, a question really...
Are You 100% Delighted With The Devotion To Mary You're Practicing Now?
If you can't honestly say "yes"
...if you now realize there's a big opportunity to get closer to God which you've been missing
...if you want to follow in Jesus' footsteps
...and if the opportunity to get closer to Him by living devotion to Mary the same way He did sounds intriguing...then what do you have to lose?
There's no better incentive for you to embrace this devotion that can take the place of the fact that Jesus lived it.
It's the single best reason I could ever give you to dive into it right now.
Devote even a small amount of attention to this devotion, and St. Louis promises you that Our Lady will reward you many times over, and help you live in constant friendship with her Son...
"For an egg she gives an ox; that is to say, for a little that is given to her, she gives much of what she has received from God" (True Devotion, #181).
"She unites them to Him with a most intimate union, and she keeps them unshaken in that union" (True Devotion, #211).
If you want to enjoy the closest possible friendship with God that you can have in this life, then this devotion is your surest guide. Because God revealed it, nothing works faster or better.
And because God wants you to enjoy the closest possible friendship with Him as fast as possible, why not discover how others have done it using St. Louis' approach.
