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Letter to the Friends of the Cross

by Louis‑Marie Grignion de Montfort

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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A spiritual letter written by St. Louis de Montfort to members of the Association of the Friends of the Cross. It exhorts Christians to embrace the Cross of Christ as the path to holiness, contrasting the narrow way of Calvary with the broad road of worldly pleasure. Montfort outlines practices of Christian perfection — resolve to become a saint, renounce oneself, take up one’s cross, and follow Christ — and explains the necessity, usefulness, and glory of the Cross. The letter serves as a spiritual manual for those seeking sanctity through suffering united with Christ.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics and Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity.

  • Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity

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  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

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