de Montfort’s Final Message

It is significant that his final sermon should have been on this very subject—the Mercy, Compassion, and loving kindness of Christ. It was the rock of his teaching against which the bitter fury of his enemies beat in vain, just as that same fury had lashed aimlessly against the rock of Peter.

But his victory could only lead to his crucifixion in the cause of Christ.

It was largely due to the labors of de Montfort and his fellow-missionaries that the influence of false doctrines in the French Church was finally overcome. And through the intercession of a Woman “fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in battle array” the Spirit of Truth renewed and vivified the heart of Christian Europe.