The previous post discussed the necessity of Mary to God in the Incarnation of the Word. This post will be focused on Mary’s necessity to God in the sanctification of souls. St. Louis De Montfort writes:
The conduct which the Three Persons of the Most Holy Trinity have deigned to pursue in the Incarnation and the first coming of Jesus Christ, They still pursue daily, in an invisible manner, throughout the whole Church; and They will still pursue it even to the consummation of ages in the last coming of Jesus Christ. (T.D., no. 22)
Throughout his writings, St. Louis De Montfort continually reminds us that Mary is God’s beloved treasure. God the Son has let it be known to His Mother everything that He obtained by His life and death, His immeasurable merits, and His exemplary virtues. He has made Mary the treasurer of everything His Father gave Him for His inheritance. According to this saint:
It is by her that He applies His merits to His members, and that He communicates His virtues, and distributes His graces. She is His mysterious canal; she is His aqueduct, through which He makes His mercies flow gently and abundantly. (T.D., no. 24)
To His faithful spouse, Mary, God the Holy Spirit has made known to her His indescribable treasures, and He has chosen her to be the distributor of everything that He has. Mary dispenses God’s gifts and graces to whomever she wills; she dispenses these treasures as much as she pleases, as she pleases, and when she pleases. No divine gift of the Holy Spirit is given to any man or woman that does not first pass through the virginal hands of Mary. This is and has always been God’s will: We shall have everything through the Blessed Mary who spent her entire life on earth humbling herself, living in poverty, and hiding from the world to the extent that she considered herself as low as the dirt.
In the words of a Catholic priest, Mary is like a “good broker” who receives all of our good works and gifts, deciding when, where, and how to distribute them. It may do us well to remember this when praying the Rosary. Before praying the Rosary—or really before any prayer, novena, or devotion—we may want to ask the Blessed Mother to distribute any and all spiritual treasures that we may receive through prayer, placing them where she pleases, how she pleases, and with whom she pleases.
St. Louis De Montfort directed his writing about Mary to the “poor and simple” rather than the “freethinkers of these times.” What does that mean? It means that even back in his day, and for sure through the present day, there will always be the doubters, naysayers, and skeptics who find every reason to poke holes in this pure and simple concept of being devoted to the Blessed Mother. In doing so, they attempt to use all kinds of false logic and rationalism techniques to debunk all that St. Louis De Montfort revealed about Mary’s powerful relationship with God and us. We will expand on this in future posts, but for now we take heart in and embrace the words of this prophetic saint when he interrupts his writing and elevates the “poor and simple” souls, saying:
But as I speak particularly to the poor and simple, who being of good will, and having more faith than the common run of scholars, believe more simply and more meritoriously, I content myself with stating the truth quite plainly, without stopping to quote the Latin passages, which they would not understand. Nevertheless, without making much research, I shall not fail to bring forward some of them from time to time. But now let us go on with our subject. (T.D., no. 26)
The Power of Mary
St. Louis De Montfort tells us that God is as much the Son of Mary in Heaven as He was on earth, and therefore He continues to be the obedient and submissive Child toward this Mother of all mothers. However, it is crucial to understand that in embracing this truth, we do not allow ourselves to believe for one minute that the Lord God Almighty is in any way below Mary. In fact, Mary is inferior to Him, and she does not command Him in the way that any other mother would command a child. It can be explained in this way: Mary is totally transformed into God by grace and glory—the same grace and glory that transforms all the saints into Him. She asks and wishes nothing of God and does nothing that is contrary to the eternal and unchangeable will of God. Sts. Bernard, Bernardine, Bonaventure, and others have written that in Heaven as well as on earth, everything is subject to the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Louis De Montfort says
They mean that the authority which God has been well pleased to give her is so great that it seems as if she had the same power as God; and that her prayers and petitions are so powerful with God that they always pass for commandments with His Majesty, who never resists the prayer of His dear Mother, because she is always humble and conformed to His will. (T.D., no. 27)
St. Louis De Montfort uses Moses as an example. He explains that Moses’ powerful prayers were able to hold back God’s anger toward the rebellious Israelites. Therefore, how much more so would God be inclined to respond to the powerful prayers of the humble Mary, who is the Mother of God, and whose prayers are so much more powerful with God Almighty than the prayers of all the saints and angels combined, on earth and in Heaven.
Mary commands the angels and the blessed in the Heavens. As compensation for her great humility, God has given her the power to appoint to saints the empty thrones of the proud fallen angels. The Almighty God’s will is that Heaven, earth, and Hell should “bend, with good will or bad will” to Mary’s commandments
whom He has made sovereign of Heaven and earth, general of His armies, treasurer of His treasures, dispenser of His graces, worker of His greatest marvels, restorer of the human race, Mediatrix of men, the exterminator of the enemies of God, and the faithful companion of His grandeurs and triumphs. (T.D., no. 28)
4 thoughts on “Mary’s Role in the Sanctification of Souls”
Mary my Mother and the Tender Mother of our Lord Jesus I love your Imaculate and Sorrowful ❤️
Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen
Love Mother Mary now and forever Amen
Mother Mary please pray for all my family members and myself for good health and Blessings.
Amen