August is traditionally devoted to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The following is taken from Chapter 7 of St. Louis de Montfort's classic work, "True Devotion to Mary:"
Since our perfection consists entirely of our being conformed, united and consecrated to Jesus Christ, the most perfect of all devotions is without question the one that conforms, unites and consecrates us the most perfectly to Jesus Christ. And since Mary is, among all creatures, the most conformed to Jesus Christ, it follows that, of all the devotions, the one that consecrates and conforms a soul most closely to our Lord is the devotion to the Most Holy Virgin, His Holy Mother; and the more a soul is consecrated to Mary, the more it will be consecrated to Jesus Christ.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.
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