Letter to the Friends of the Cross (St. Louis de Montfort)

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LETTER TO THE FRIENDS OF THE CROSS
St. Louis de Montfort

Index:
Introduction

I. EXCELLENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION
A. Greatness of Your Title
B. The Two Companies

II. THE PRACTICES OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION
A. If anyone wants to follow me
B. Let him renounce himself
C. Let him take up his cross
1. Nothing is so necessary
2. Nothing is so useful and so agreeable
3. Nothing is so glorious D. Let him follow me

THE FOURTEEN RULES
1. Not to deliberately cause crosses, by one's own fault
2. Be aware of one's neighbour's good
3. Admire the sublime virtue of the saints without pretending to attain to it
4. Ask God for the wisdom of the cross
5. Humble oneself for one's faults, without worrying
6. God humbles us to purify us
7. Avoid the trap of pride in one's cross
8. Profit by little sufferings rather than great ones
9. Love crosses, not with an emotional love, but with rational and supernatural love
10. Suffer all sorts of crosses, without exception and without choice
11. Four considerations for suffering well
a. The eye of God
b. The hand of God
c. The wounds and sufferings of Christ crucified
d. Heaven above; hell below
12. Never complain against creatures
13. Accept the cross only with gratitude
14. Take up some voluntary crosses

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I thought it was appropriate to post this on the day "The Passion of the Christ" comes out.

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Absolutely!

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Feastday bump, April 28, 2994

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BTTT on optional feast day of St. Louis Mary deMontfort - 04-28-05

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St. Louis de Montfort Missionaries

Pope John Paul II on St. Louis Marie de Montfort

Click here to see Pope John Paul Visit St. Louis Marie de Montfort's tomb. If you do not have the Real player, you can click on the image to the left to download it.

The Holy Father recently raised Montfort's feast to the Church's universal calendar. In a letter to the three communities which Montfort founded, he stated...

"In this year of prayer and reflection on the precious heritage of St. Louis-Marie, I encourage you: make this treasure bear fruit; it must not remain hidden. The teaching of your founder and master coincides with the themes that the whole Church meditates on at the approach of the Great Jubilee; it marks out for us the path of true Wisdom that must be laid open to so many young people who search for meaning in their lives and for an art of living."

Pope John Paul II
From the Vatican, June 21, 1997

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"Lord raise up a new company of missionaries, a new community in the Church, men who--through Mary--will renew all things" ~ St. Louis Marie de Montfort.

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BTTT on the Optional Memorial of St. Louis de Montfort, April 28, 2006!