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I felt the need to rekindle my consecration to Jesus through Mary so I thought of doing a 33-day preparation for it, and lo and behold I found that this weekend is the perfect day for it! That is why I thought of sharing it with you all.
If I start on Sunday, August 2, then the day of consecration would be on September 4. September 4 is the Augustinian feast of Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture, as well as the feast day of Our Lady of Haut.
From augustinians.net/index.php?page=consolation_en:
The title of Our Mother of Consolation has been the principal devotion to Mary within the Order at least since the 17th Century. Its origin among the Augustinians is directly tied to the life of Saints Monica and Augustine who are commonly depicted together with the figures of Mary and the Child Jesus in renditions of the image. The other title of the devotion is Our Lady of the Cincture. According to tradition, Monica, immersed in sorrow because of the death of her husband and the waywardness of her son, was granted a vision of Mary and the Child Jesus, who sought to offer her comfort or consolation. Mary handed her a leather cincture which she asked Monica to wear as a continual reminder of her presence and thus, a visible sign of encouragement. From that moment Monica wore the cincture and, after his conversion, recommended it also to her son as an indication of Mary’s abiding protection. Thus, by this same tradition, it became historically, the principal and common symbol for all who follow Augustine’s Rule.
I always have had a soft spot for St Monica and St Augustine, and last week I was pleasantly surprised to find first class relics of both St Monica and St Augustine in one of the churches here in the Philippines. Also, Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture is one of the patrons of the Philippines. Her feast on September 4 is not like in the United States where it is a moveable feast (the Saturday after the feast of St Augustine on August 28).
Our Lady of Haut in Hainault, France, has had numerous miracles attributed to her. Probably the most famous is that of 1428, where a baby dead for three days miraculously became alive again for enough time for him to be baptized. For me this miracle is very significant as it stressed the importance of our baptism. St. Louis de Montfort had said that the True Devotion is meant to be “the perfect renewal of the vows and promises of holy baptism.”
I felt the need to rekindle my consecration to Jesus through Mary so I thought of doing a 33-day preparation for it, and lo and behold I found that this weekend is the perfect day for it! That is why I thought of sharing it with you all.
If I start on Sunday, August 2, then the day of consecration would be on September 4. September 4 is the Augustinian feast of Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture, as well as the feast day of Our Lady of Haut.
From augustinians.net/index.php?page=consolation_en:
The title of Our Mother of Consolation has been the principal devotion to Mary within the Order at least since the 17th Century. Its origin among the Augustinians is directly tied to the life of Saints Monica and Augustine who are commonly depicted together with the figures of Mary and the Child Jesus in renditions of the image. The other title of the devotion is Our Lady of the Cincture. According to tradition, Monica, immersed in sorrow because of the death of her husband and the waywardness of her son, was granted a vision of Mary and the Child Jesus, who sought to offer her comfort or consolation. Mary handed her a leather cincture which she asked Monica to wear as a continual reminder of her presence and thus, a visible sign of encouragement. From that moment Monica wore the cincture and, after his conversion, recommended it also to her son as an indication of Mary’s abiding protection. Thus, by this same tradition, it became historically, the principal and common symbol for all who follow Augustine’s Rule.
I always have had a soft spot for St Monica and St Augustine, and last week I was pleasantly surprised to find first class relics of both St Monica and St Augustine in one of the churches here in the Philippines. Also, Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture is one of the patrons of the Philippines. Her feast on September 4 is not like in the United States where it is a moveable feast (the Saturday after the feast of St Augustine on August 28).
Our Lady of Haut in Hainault, France, has had numerous miracles attributed to her. Probably the most famous is that of 1428, where a baby dead for three days miraculously became alive again for enough time for him to be baptized. For me this miracle is very significant as it stressed the importance of our baptism. St. Louis de Montfort had said that the True Devotion is meant to be “the perfect renewal of the vows and promises of holy baptism.”
