Me neither, and I expect never to hear of it again. As clumsily written as it is, though, I find it far less disturbing than people so seriously disordered by hatred that they have to seek out obscure sources to feed it (or "Dowd-ify" legitimate sources), as if they're afraid the hatred might flicker out, when they apparently prefer to treasure it and nurture it and lasciviously drool over it.
Is that a form of morbid delectation? I can't even imagine putting that much time and effort into something repellent to me.
BEARING FALSE WITNESS YET AGAIN.
1. I didn’t seek it out. I was accosted with it first hereon.
2. It was claimed by a fierce RC that the claims made about the book couldn’t be true.
3. I decided to get the book and see for myself.
4. It was worse than the Proddy originally mentioning it had said.
5. I won’t hold my breath for your apology.
The point is that when we tell what Catholics believe about Mary from what we know from our own personal experience, we are challenged to provide sources for the claims or be branded as liars.
So, we provide sources for the claims and now are called *seriously disordered by hatred*, that we *treasure it and nurture it and lasciviously drool over it*, and that it might be a form of *morbid delectation*.
Condemned if you do, condemned if you don’t.
There’s no winning with some Roman Catholics.
Our devotion to Our Holy Mother is based on the principles outlined by St. Louis Marie de Montfort in his book, “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin.” This is the same book that Pope John Paul II said was the most important book he ever read pertaining to the Blessed Mother. It must have had a profound effect on him because he dedicated his papacy to Our Lady by saying, “I am yours, Mary.” His favorite prayer after the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the rosary. The most important book JPII ever read...
The book in question:
TREATISE ON TRUE DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN St. Louis de Montfort