{"id":3975,"date":"2023-11-14T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2023-11-14T07:37:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:37:24","slug":"379-constant-procession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=3975","title":{"rendered":"379- St Louis De Monfort, A Devotion to Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/28627738\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/schedule2346\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-71a5f7c80254af47a2c5358ba529aa3f wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Also in this podcast is a reading from the new Audiobook version of my book &#8220;The Very Fine Light.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>St. Louis Marie de Montfort is known for his devotion to the Virgin Mary.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stboncc.com\/meet-your-mother\/louis-de-montfort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"897\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Louis-de-Montfort.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of St Louis Marie de Montfort\" class=\"wp-image-3091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Louis-de-Montfort.jpg 806w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Louis-de-Montfort-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Louis-de-Montfort-768x855.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stboncc.com\/meet-your-mother\/louis-de-montfort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Il<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stboncc.com\/meet-your-mother\/louis-de-montfort\/\" target=\"_blank\">lustration from St Bonaventure Catholic Church- stboncc.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\"><strong>One of his most respect books in circulation today, <em>True Devotion to Mary <\/em>was &#8220;lost&#8221; for 150 years. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\">It seems that perhaps the &#8220;loss&#8221; of this work harbored a period of time when his peers considered St Monfort&#8217;s work not to be worth keeping around<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:34px\"><strong>Questions?<\/strong> <strong><em> <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">Nikos<\/a><a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steves@gmail.co<\/a><a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">m<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:76px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:23px\"><em><strong>Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links below on ways to support them<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong><em>And Now This Day, Pray for a Resolution to the new fighting in the Middle East<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Sources and more information for this podcast include:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catholicism.org\/louis-de-montfort.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louis de Montford- Catholicism.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_de_Montfort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louis de Montfort- Wikipedia.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordonfire.org\/articles\/louis-marie-de-montfort-and-the-spirituality-of-totus-tuus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louis Marie de Montfort and the Spirituality of Totus-Tuus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daughtersofwisdom.org\/our-founding-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Story of the Daughters of Wisdom- daughtersofwisdom.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montfort.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Company of Mary- montfort.org.uk\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:116px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/2jnPd0Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Twitter-Bkground-at-Amazon-1400x467.jpg\" alt=\"Background of river with bridge and the book image over this background for my book &quot;The Very Fine Light.&quot; Also Text that reads &quot;Find Book Title at Amazon.com&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-3505\" style=\"width:1067px;height:356px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Twitter-Bkground-at-Amazon-1400x467.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Twitter-Bkground-at-Amazon-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Twitter-Bkground-at-Amazon-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Twitter-Bkground-at-Amazon-1200x400.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Twitter-Bkground-at-Amazon.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/2jnPd0Z\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>This is a LINK to the book page on Amazon.com<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>&#8220;The Very Fine Light&#8221; is a contemporary novel with Christian themes about a village on the verge of bankruptcy, the mayor with a secret and a freewheeling village employee who&#8217;s always in trouble for speaking his mind!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:26px\">Check back here for updates  and selected readings from the book!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><em><strong>This book is being self-published.  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And Please Comment on Amazon after reading<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><em><strong>BTW: Did you know you can purchase my contemporary novel, &#8220;The Very Fine Light&#8221; in the ebook format today  at Amazon.com? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4dbc2d6bc0d144237cb15c856e948e2e wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><em>Stand by because the new print and audiobook releases of my 2nd book, <strong>The Very Fine Light<\/strong> will be available for the Christmas season. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a18eb180148c539045bc99a639a9aff7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:47px\"><em>A Great Gift for Christmas!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:27px\"><strong><em>Just So You Know:  I have been doing research on my 3rd book<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>And I will keep you updated as it progresses via my MAILING LIST and I would like to bounce a few ideas about Book 3 off<\/em><em> Mailing List subscribers as I compose this new work! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>So Sign up below for more about this 3rd book!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><em><strong>The Nikos Steves Mailing List<\/strong><\/em>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- Begin Mailchimp Signup Form -->\n<link href=\"\/\/cdn-images.mailchimp.com\/embedcode\/classic-071822.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;  width:600px;}\n\t\/* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.\n\t   We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. *\/\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n    <form action=\"https:\/\/gmail.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=8066b0b7e31bb63d6a069caf4&amp;id=91cfe1cfa3&amp;f_id=001405e1f0\" method=\"post\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" target=\"_blank\" novalidate=\"\">\n        <div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n        <h2>Subscribe for Updates! 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St. Louis Marie de Montfort is known for his devotion to the Virgin Mary. One of his most respect books in circulation today, True Devotion to Mary was &#8220;lost&#8221; for 150 years. 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