Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
Founder (
1716 Anno Domini A.D. ) Feast: 28 April
Saints Who Were Devoted to Mary
Young Louis Grignion , who took Marie as his confirmation name, used to persuade his little sister to pray 
the rosary with him: "You will be very beautiful & everyone will love you if you really love 
God."
https://www.deviantart.com/theophilia/art/St-Louis-de-Montfort-icon-742718453
de Montfort is well-known for his writings 
on the rosary & Marian consecration, a practice that had been recommended to him in his youth by a local priest. He was ordained in A.D. 1700 & spent the next 16 years preaching missions in his homeland & working as a hospital chaplain 
He went back & forth quite a bit, for the hospital reforms he promoted made him enemies.
https://queenofallhearts.com/2021/06/04/st-louis-de-montfort-part-viii-an-often-misunderstood-saint/
But de Montfort was also so beloved by the poor he served that one time, 400 of them petitioned for his return to the hospital. Though he wished to be a missionary to New France ( Canada 
), the pope told him to stay in France. Louis became a 3rd Order Dominican , & his missions included promoting the rosary. He took time to catechize children, composing rhyming songs to help them learn more easily & enjoyably.
de Montfort founded the Daughters of Wisdom to continue his work of caring for the poor, the sick 
, & children 
Worn out with his work, he died at 43 with a song on his lips 
:
"Let us go, dear friends, to Paradise. Whatever one gains in this, it's better in Paradise!"
R./ Allons, mes chers amis,
Allons en Paradis !
Quoi qu'on gagne en ces lieux,
Le Paradis vaut mieux !
Heavenly Father, through the prayers of your son Louis Marie, may my devotion to Mary bear fruit in the loving and careful handing-on of the faith. 
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