A book by Rosary Army founder Greg Willits
God Doesn’t Hate Me After All.
Discovering Louis de Montfort’s Love of Eternal Wisdom
For anyone who has struggled with shame, spiritual exhaustion, or the fear that God is disappointed in them, this is an honest journey toward the mercy and love that were there all along.
This book contains the full, unabridged text of St. Louis de Montfort’s The Love of Eternal Wisdom, together with Greg’s personal story, reflections, and guidance.
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The story behind the book
A saint from 300 years ago became the friend and guide that he needed.
For centuries, St. Louis de Montfort’s The Love of Eternal Wisdom has helped readers discover Jesus not as a distant judge, but as Eternal Wisdom who seeks us with tenderness and mercy.
Greg’s personal story meets de Montfort’s teaching in a book for people who want to believe God loves them but have had a hard time living as though it is true.
“Writing this book often felt like crafting my own Confessions.” —Greg WillitsExplore Total Consecration
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God Doesn’t Hate Me After All includes St. Louis de Montfort’s complete The Love of Eternal Wisdom, unabridged. Greg’s candid reflections accompany the original text and help connect its teaching to suffering, identity, trust, and the desire to be loved by God.
Prayer of Solomon
Taken from The Love of Eternal Wisdom, included in full in God Doesn’t Hate Me After All: Discovering Louis De Montfort’s Love of Eternal Wisdom
191. God of my fathers, God of mercy, you created all things by your word, and by your wisdom you formed man that he might have dominion over all the creatures you have made; that he might govern the world in fairness and justice and pronounce judgement with an upright heart; give me this Wisdom that sits with you on your throne.
Do not exclude me from the number of your children for I am your servant and the son of your handmaid, a man who is weak and short-lived, with little understanding of judgement and laws. For even though a person be considered perfect among the children of men, he is nonetheless worthless if your Wisdom does not dwell in him.
192. It is your Wisdom who has knowledge of your works, who was with you when you made the world, and who knows what is pleasing in your sight and shows what is right according to your commandments.
Send him then from your sanctuary in heaven and from the throne of your majesty, for him to be with me and work with me so that I may know what is pleasing to you; for he possesses the knowledge and understanding of all things. He will lead me in all my works with true perception, and by his power will guard me.
My actions then will be pleasing to you and I will lead your people with justice and be worthy of the throne of my father; for what man can know the designs of God, or can discover what is his will?
The thoughts of men are unsure and their plans uncertain, for a perishable body weighs heavily upon their soul, and the earthly dwelling depresses the spirit disturbed by many cares. We understand only with difficulty what is happening upon earth and we find it hard to discern even what is before our eyes. How can we know what is happening in heaven, and how can we know your thoughts unless you give us your Wisdom and send us your Holy Spirit from heaven so that he may straighten out the paths of those living on earth and teach us what is pleasing to you.
Lord, it is through your Wisdom that all those who have been pleasing to you since the beginning of time have been saved. (Wis. 9:1–6, 9–19)
193. To vocal prayer we must add mental prayer, which enlightens the mind, inflames the heart and disposes the soul to listen to the voice of Wisdom, to savour his delights and possess his treasures.
For myself, I know of no better way of establishing the kingdom of God, Eternal Wisdom, than to unite vocal and mental prayer by saying the holy Rosary and meditating on its fifteen mysteries.
Praise for the book
What others are saying.
“This book is so powerful, it leaves a crater when it lands in the soul.”
Dr. Scott Hahn
“This book is a practical, heartfelt guide for walking the same path today.”
Timothy Cardinal Dolan
“Greg Willits has given the Church a great gift with this book. I pray that it will inspire and encourage many hearts!”
Bishop Robert Reed
“This is a book that will challenge you, encourage you, and open your eyes to the ways God has been pursuing you all along.”
Danielle Bean
God’s love has not given up on you