I'm on the same page as you Woman Clothed With the Sun. A number of years ago, our family celebrated the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in our home. Each morning we recite a prayer of renewal and also a prayer of consecration to Our Lady. The importance of our faithfulness to the Two Hearts is immeasurable. Geralyn and I hope that a more formal renewal of our consecration on May 13th will allow the Holy Spirit to instruct us and sanctify us even more deeply! It is love far more than duty that impels us to do so! Safe in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary!
Day 3: Father Gaitley highlights the first part of St. Louis' prayer of Consecration. The renewal of baptismal promises I can handle. It's the carrying of the Cross which makes me shudder. I'm such a wimp. There's a prayer of consecration to Our Lady that I sometimes use which includes the request: Make me like Jesus on the Cross, obedient to the Father, trusting in humility and in love. Double shudder!!! Dear Lady, give me the joy you find in the Cross! Safe in the Father's Arms!
Our Lady will grant us the graces to bear our crosses. If we only understood the value of the cross,..we would be embracing it . Our Lady likes to make good use of wimps like us.
I am so proud of you all. This will be my 3rd year making this consecration, but hubby and I begin in June to finish on the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Last year we married on the Feast day of St. Louis Marie de Montfort. We chose that date because he is such a special saint to us since making our consecration the first time together 2 years ago. So many graces we received because of it. Do not give up. I will pray for you all during your 33 days. God's blessings to you all. ~Rae
Thank you for giving me your 2 cents,...my prayer is similar. Oh my Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer thee all my prayers, works ,joys, and sufferings of this day,.in union with all the Masses said throughout the world today, for our Holy Father the Pope, the poor souls in purgatory, the conversion of sinners, and the reign of the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary throughout the world. I understand it doesn't take much time to say but I feel as though after the total consecration it may not be necessary. Believe me when I say I have plenty of rosaries, chaplets and Hours to keep me from growing cold,..we now more than ever need to do all we can,..right. Also every mornig when I wake and before I retire I am committed to say 3 Hail Marys and the Memorare for the conversion of sinners, and for the Third Order Marists. I will be professed into the Third Order on May 19th at Our Lady of Victory Church in Boston during a Mass that celebrates the 150 years since Marists came to America,...I'm really excited about that. Maybe some on this forum doing the consecration might think about looking into the Third Order. I have a blue cord which ties me to Our Lady,..and a blue and white garment for when I die. I think you make a good point about keeping the prayer,... I especially like the ending, in praying for the reign of the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart because I think it will happen after the purification. Whether or not we live to see the Thriumph we can be confident to have put ourselves into the hands of the one who once held our Savior.
33 Day Thought of the Day Come Holy Spirit, living in Mary...Give me the grace to reject satan and follow Christ more closely. The above seems to be the crux of our baptismal vows...the main take-away. It's a simple statement...but hard to implement in our lives. I'm like you Mario...I hate the cross...I'm a wimp when it comes to suffering. But right now my life seems to be a cross with my unemployment situation. I have my days where I cooperate with grace, and carry it well by having productive job search days. But I also have my days where I don't carry the cross and reject the grace that I know is there because my mind is swimming with thoughts of why bother sending out resumes...nothing has worked so far...so I try to change my resume to produce a better result and the negative thoughts multiply again leaving me anxious, unsure of what do to, and hopeless. Those are the days where satan need only tempt me a little bit that the situation is hopeless and in my weakness I fall and do not carry this cross. So, in terms of how to implement this consecration in my life I must be determined to carry this cross every day by cooperating with the grace that God gives me to carry it. I must reject the negative thoughts from satan that this situation is hopeless and will never end. For by carrying this cross, I will grow closer to Jesus. When I carry the cross, I am doing an action that is pleasing to Mary and is God's will for my life. It is much easier to have an unproductive day...which is my will. I must remember to offer this up to Mary for her to do with it what she will. That's my plan anyway! Lord, give me strength to carry this out!
I keep a log/journal of my spiritual activities as this serves as a way to keep on track and keep moving forward, which I think will be important after the consecration. whether it's attending daily mass, adoration, spiritual reading, a rosary, DM chaplet, etc. My goal is to make sure I'm doing something daily, however small, to continue to climb the hill. I've also added a note about whether it was a good day or bad day in terms of cooperation with grace. Are my hands empty today, or do I have something to offer Mary? It's funny when I bought this journal last September, it was out of frustration that my spiritual life was just up and down and all over the map. I went into the store looking for the perfect type of journal...I wanted to see 1 week at a time with enough space to write my spiritual activities for each day, with other areas to write notes, etc. I flipped through a bunch of them, and finally bought one with "Daily Planner" on the cover that I thought was geared toward a business person's calendar for meetings, etc. When I really looked at it at home, I realized it was actually a daily planner for prayer!! There is a column on the left area titled "prayer priorities" and a thoughts for the week note section. There are inspiring bible quotations for each week, and at the end is a list of bible readings for different life situations you might be facing (stress, health issues, etc.). there are lots of blank pages at the end where I put Medj messages, etc. How I found this perfect spiritual journal at Walmart is beyond me!!!
Just a quick note. My beautiful 18-yr-old daughter, Therese, arrived back in RI this week from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land! We just finished skyping with her and hearing of all the great blessings! Wouldn't you know it, one of her companions completed the 33 Days to Morning Glory while there. Guess where this friend celebrated her consecration day- in Nazareth at the Church of the Annunciation! I know when I came back from Medjugorje, we brought some small rocks from the Hill of Apparitions. In Jerusalem, one of the Friars cut off a small piece of bark from a 2000 yr-old olive tree in Gethsemane and gave it to my daughter! Perhaps Our Lord gazed upon in. But then, in the Eucharist, He touches each one of us! Alleluia! Safe in the Flames of the Sacred Heart!
I say the Schoenstatt consecration prayer every morning as follows: My queen, my mother, I give myself entirely to you and to show my devotion to you, I consecrate to you this day, my eyes, my ears, my mouth my entire self without reserve. As I am your own my good mother, guaurd me and defend me as you property and possesion. Amen.
I like your version too. Actually I'm adapting mine incorporating the mention of the Holy Father and the Reign of the Two Hearts. Thank you!
This is great, Sunburst, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROFESSION on the Third Order Marists!!! Is this the Marists Brothers of St. Marcelin Champagnat?
Thank you WCWTS, but I won't be professed until May 19th which will fall on Pentacost Sunday, it will be a special day and many will come. Hopefully by then we will have some good weather,..it has been unseasonally cold. In 1836, the Vatican gave its approval for the priest branch of the Society of Mary. Jean Claude Colin was soon elected unanimously as its first Superior General,..and is our founder. Meanwhile the Marist Brothers, founded by Marcellin Champagnat, and the Marist Sisters, founded by Marie Chavoin, continued to exist as Diocesan Congregations. The founding Marists firmly believed that Mary wanted a Society that would bear her name. Her Society would include priests, sisters, brothers ( thanks to the quick addition by Marcellin Champagnat, who soon founded the Marist Brothers) , but especially lay people - all committed to the work of the Blessed Virgin in the world. It would be a veritable army of people inspired and nourished by the presense and spirit of theMother of our Lord. The Mother of Jesus wanted to exclude no one from her Society. The goal is to live as closely as one can in imitation of the Blessed Mother, in hiddeness , humility, self denial, mercy, and prayer..ect. I still have a whole lot to work on.
Give me the grace to reject satan and follow Christ more closely I would like to work on the Gospel advice of "seeing the beam in my own eye before the speck in others ." Living in California, my husband and I joke that it is the redwood tree in our eyes rather than the speck in other's eye. The mom in me is always assessing my children's behavior, responses, choices, and prayerlife. It is easy to get caught up in evaluating others rather than noting my shortcomings. That and the perpetual thing that always holds me back, trusting enough that whatever happens, Jesus will see me through the event(s) to His safe harbor. Jesus, I trust in You! Jesus, I trust in You! Jesus, I trust in You!
This is neat, I didn't see this thread until now. I JUST consecrated myself on my own on the Feast of the Annunciation (which was 2 dates this year, so I did something on both days! March 25 and April 8). I did the 33 day consecration through Lent, which was perfect for me. I made my March 25 consecration at Marytown (my favorite retreat place). This is also the St. Maximillion Kolbe shrine, and he started the Militia Immaculata, another consecration to Mary and perpetuation of the Miraculous Medal, and in a way, a continuation of St. Loius' consecration. It has a 9 day prep time. I had a long talk with a sister staying there who is an IM, and decided to add this consecration also. So I made this consecration on the second date of April 8. Technically, you do not have to do the 9 day consecration if you have already done St. Loius' 33 day consecration, but I did it anyway. The Morning Offering is what I do, I have a static cling of it on my bathroom mirror. I think I am also going to add the mighty three (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be for the intentions of the Pope) every morning first thing too. I do it sometimes, and when I pray a rosary, but have not gotten into the habit of doing it each morning. Congratulations to those of you getting ready to make your consecration!!!. It feels so good when you make it the final day...continuing is the hardest part, to keep it going and going. Don't forget to enroll yourself on the MAry Queen of all Hearts website when you are finished. http://www.queenofallhearts.org/Enrollment.html If you want to learn about the Militia Immaculata, you can go here, and also enroll in it if you wish. https://www.marytown.com/default.aspx?id=60 http://www.consecration.com/
You can't say that enough...Jesus, I trust in You!! I as well, lack trust...perpetual is a good way to describe it
wow, MomCalling - you have been away but very busy!! Congrats on the consecration May our Lady continue to enrich your spiritual journey!! Do check in to see how we are doing!
