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Fr. Ed Broom: The Ten Virtues Of Mary – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Sandro Botticelli. Public Domain. The Virgin and Child (The Madonna of the Book). Created: 1480

By Fr. Ed Broom, TAN Direction, July  2025

Father Ed Broom, OMV is a member of the Religious Order, Oblates of the Virgin Mary, and a Priest, Speaker, Author, Radio Talk Show Host, and Retreat Master, with a particular focus on and devotion to Catholic Ignatian Marian Spirituality.

This article is taken from a chapter in Compendium of Marian Devotions by Fr. Ed Broom, OMV which is available from TAN Books.

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Compendium of Marian Devotions by Fr. Ed Broom, OMV which is available from TAN Books.

The Virgin Mary is a shining example of virtue for us on earth. The following are the ten virtues she perfectly practiced throughout her earthly life. As her children, we should earnestly ask her to assist us in the cultivation of virtue in our own lives.

In his Marian literary masterpiece, True Devotion to Mary, Saint Louis de Montfort highlights ten of the most important virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary: “True devotion to our Lady is holy, that is, it leads us to avoid sin and to imitate the virtues of Mary. Her ten principal virtues are: deep humility, lively faith, blind obedience, unceasing prayer, constant self-denial, surpassing purity, ardent love, heroic patience, angelic kindness, and heavenly wisdom.”

Let us humbly beg our Blessed Mother Mary for the grace to understand these ten virtues that she practiced always to a heroic degree of perfection, but also let us beg for the grace to be able to put these virtues into practice in our daily walk of life! …