Consecration questions

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I’m curious about total Consecration to The Sacred Heart of Mary. what does it require and what are the daily duties of such a commitment. In the past I blindly Committed to it but didn’t follow through on the devotions (I’m horrible at reciting devotions) and asked to have it “communicated” or removed until I could do it again, when I was ready to commit to it.
How see one love a life dedicated to mary?
Any particular sacrifices, like closing off the Vocation to Marriage or choosing a particular Vocation?
 
First, it’s the Immaculate Heart of Mary, not the Sacred Heart (the Sacred Heart is Jesus’s heart)

I highly suggest that you purchase a copy of 33 Days to Morning Glory from Fr. Michael Gaitley, MIC.

You can buy it here: lighthousecatholicmedia.org/store/title/33-days-to-morning-glory-premium-edition?promoCode=104368

Fr. Gaitley’s book makes Marian Consecration very easy and explains it well. After reading the book you can easily decide whether to consecrate or not. And it’s an easy read… you only read a few pages each day, reading for 33 days. The book also provides a calendar so you know when to start reading so you can finish on a Marian Feast Day.

God Bless
 
Phil,

I’m in the final week of 33 Days to Morning Glory and while I like the idea of total consecration to Jesus through Mary, I still have a lot of practical/logistical questions about it. It seems like a solemn oath in which I bind myself to certain duties (and rights), but I don’t have a clear notion of either.

For instance, does asking Mary to ‘allot’ the spiritual benefits we accrue through prayer, fasting, etc mean that we can’t pray for Aunt Bessie’s health or whatever? That doesn’t seem right.

Or does total reliance on Mary’s intercession on our behalf preclude asking other saints for theirs? That wouldn’t seem right, either.

I was hoping to have a clearer idea of how to live it out by now, other than asking alternately to have and to be inside Mary’s Immaculate Heart. I’m still planning to make the consecration because the wording of the vow is simple enough and I suspect that this is like a lot of things where the graces and understanding come more fully later. What do you think?
 
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Phil,

I’m in the final week of 33 Days to Morning Glory and while I like the idea of total consecration to Jesus through Mary, I still have a lot of practical/logistical questions about it. It seems like a solemn oath in which I bind myself to certain duties (and rights), but I don’t have a clear notion of either.

For instance, does asking Mary to ‘allot’ the spiritual benefits we accrue through prayer, fasting, etc mean that we can’t pray for Aunt Bessie’s health or whatever? That doesn’t seem right.

Or does total reliance on Mary’s intercession on our behalf preclude asking other saints for theirs?
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Dear brother, Cicero,

I’m familar with 33 Days to Morning Glory as well as True Devotion to Mary, and have used both for my total consecration, which has played a crucial role in saving my life and giving me joy.

It’s important to note that the Papacy has repeatedly approved total consecration to Jesus through Mary in general, and St. Louis’s teaching in particular. For example, JPII.

Fr. Gaitley in 33 Days to Morning Glory responds to those concerns in days 5 and 6 (pages 40 to 44 I believe).

I understand that there is a difficulty in understanding the great mystery of consecration to Jesus through Mary.

But this is due to its mystical simplicity, not to any complexity or legalism.

It is the mystery of giving everything one is and has to Jesus and Mary, so that one can be as close to them as possible.

As St. Louis says on page 43, “as the consecrated person is all Mary’s, so Mary is all his.”

So yes, you can pray for Aunt Bessie’s health, etc, and your prayers will have far more power for her, and for the whole world, because they are prayed to Jesus through the Maternal Mediatrix, who makes them far more powerful.

And yes, you can definitely pray to other saints. They are our brothers and sisters.

One of my prayers to the saints–especially to St. Joseph–is to love Mary as much as I possibly can, so that through I can love Jesus was much as I possibly can.

Peace of Jesus Christ,

Pat
 
patricius79 said:
Dear brother, Cicero,

It’s important to note that the Papacy has repeatedly approved total consecration to Jesus through Mary in general, and St. Louis’s teaching in particular. For example, JPII.

Fr. Gaitley in 33 Days to Morning Glory responds to those concerns in days 5 and 6 (pages 40 to 44 I believe).

I understand that there is a difficulty in understanding the great mystery of consecration to Jesus through Mary.

But this is due to its mystical simplicity, not to any complexity or legalism.

It is the mystery of giving everything one is and has to Jesus and Mary, so that one can be as close to them as possible.
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Pat,

Thank you for the reminder about those days. Somehow I had forgotten that beautiful image of the queen presenting a lowly gift to the king.

I am planning to make the consecration this weekend, ultimately because I trust the Church and Mary (and let’s face it, you really can’t argue with the saints featured in 33 Days). I think I was getting caught up in some of the weeds because I was looking for the checklist of how to “do” the consecration, but I suspect the whole point is that it isn’t a thing you do so much as an interior disposition and relationship. I guess you can’t really do it “wrong” and the graces and understanding come afterwards like in so many other things.

Thanks again! Vivat Iesus!
 
Note too that one does not need to follow a particular “way”.

One can be simple and entrust yourself to her.

Something like Mary you are my mother and I entrust myself to your Immaculate Heart.
 
Cicero_NOLA said:
Phil,

I’m in the final week of 33 Days to Morning Glory and while I like the idea of total consecration to Jesus through Mary, I still have a lot of practical/logistical questions about it. It seems like a solemn oath in which I bind myself to certain duties (and rights), but I don’t have a clear notion of either.

For instance, does asking Mary to ‘allot’ the spiritual benefits we accrue through prayer, fasting, etc mean that we can’t pray for Aunt Bessie’s health or whatever? That doesn’t seem right.

Or does total reliance on Mary’s intercession on our behalf preclude asking other saints for theirs? That wouldn’t seem right, either.

I was hoping to have a clearer idea of how to live it out by now, other than asking alternately to have and to be inside Mary’s Immaculate Heart. I’m still planning to make the consecration because the wording of the vow is simple enough and I suspect that this is like a lot of things where the graces and understanding come more fully later. What do you think?
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I addition to what Pat has stated, the videos Father Gaitley filmed for 33 Days to Morning Glory help out a lot. While one can simply read the book and do the Consecration, watching the videos is VERY HELPFUL

If you don’t have access to the DVDs, I suggest watching them on FORMED.org. If your parish doesn’t have a subscription to FORMED.org, you can sign up for a free, personal 7 day trial subscription.

The 33 Days to Morning Glory videos are under the “Programs” section on FORMED. There are 6 videos; 1 for each saint, an orientation video and a conclusion video.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to post again.

God Bless!
 
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