St. Louis – Future Renewal of the Church St. Louis Grignion de Montfort (1673 – 1716) was known for his powerful preaching and moving devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. “To Jesus through Mary”, he would say. ‘From very early on his priestly life, St Louis Marie de Montfort dreamt of “a small company of priests” who would be dedicated to the preaching of missions to the poor, under the banner of the Blessed Virgin. As the years went by, his efforts to secure some recruits who would work with him in this way were redoubled. This excerpt from his Prayer for Missionaries, known in French as the “Prière Embrasée” (burning prayer), composed by him probably towards the end of his life, is a heart-felt cry to God to fulfill his dreams. It describes the sort of “apostles” he is seeking, who he foresees will be particularly necessary in what he calls in [his writing] the True Devotion,[1] the “latter times”.'[2] it is time to act, O Lord, they have rejected your law. It is indeed time to fulfil your promise. Your divine commandments are broken, your Gospel is thrown aside, torrents of iniquity flood the whole earth carrying away even your servants. The whole land is desolate, ungodliness reigns supreme, your sanctuary is desecrated and the abomination of desolation has even contaminated the holy place. God of Justice, God of Vengeance, will you let everything, then, go the same way? Will everything come to the same end as Sodom and Gomorrah? Will you never break your silence? Will you tolerate all this forever? Is it not true that your will must be done on earth as it is in heaven? Is it not true that your kingdom must come? Did you not give to some souls, dear to you, a vision of the future renewal of the Church? Are not the Jews to be converted to the truth and is this not what the Church is waiting for? Prayer for Missionaries, n. 5
I love that burning prayer and it reminds me of the passage from the book of the prophet Habakkuk (read last Sunday at Mass) I had this taped up so I could read it often because it is so very hard to wait. Habakkuk 1: 2-3, 2: 2-4 How long, O LORD? I cry for help but you do not listen! I cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not intervene. Why do you let me see ruin; why must I look at misery? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and clamorous discord. Then the LORD answered me and said: Write down the vision clearly upon the tablets, so that one can read it readily. For the vision still has its time, presses on to fulfillment, and will not disappoint; if it delays, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not be late. The rash one has no integrity; but the just one, because of his faith, shall live.
After the 2020 election while at adoration I "received" I believe this scripture. I think the vision is coming in God's time. Racing to fulfillment in His time. St Louis de Montfort's prayer is so much a description of our times as well as his. I don't know what to say to that honestly.
I made the consecration in 2017 and again in 2020. I have gone through trials since. Something keeps attacking me and telling me I am bad and evil when though I pray the rosary everyday and pray to jesus and Mary. It is very discouraging. I have been to Lourdes, knock and medjugorje many times but am still experiencing these horrible attacks. Sometimes in prayer I feel Our Ladys consolation but then it goes away. I wish these horrible feelings of darkness would go away.
We are all sinners. The more I pray the more I realise the evil I have had in my heart at different times and it leads me to throw myself on God's mercy. The devil has no power over us if we are humble in other words recognising our sinfulness. God can use the humble soul. When you get those feelings of worthlessness defeat Satan by throwing yourself at the feet of Jesus and trusting in His mercy. Jesus says 'without me you can do nothing'. We are incapable of any good on our own steam so the more we realise that the humbler and smaller we become.
I suffer terrible spiritual attacks lately. I dont know where to turn to. I feel God has forsaken me. The battle is very strong. I opened up a book on Padre Pio and it said "Jesus will always sustain you in everything. " sorry if I hijacked this thread btw. Dont know where else to turn to
If you say the rosary Our Lady as you know will always be there for you. I'm not having a great day today myself. The paradox is when we are weak we are strong and from that I can infer that when I am feeling strong there is a pothole up ahead. It's a difficult time and the devil is active but his time is short. Keep the faith and let's keep each other in prayer.
