Having Problems with the 33 Days to Morning Glory

[Ironmanowar]

Hello.
My issue is that I got to the part where St. Louis de Montfort teaches that you should give up your rewards to Mary. It seems honorable and sacrificial, but it seems like its contrary to scripture, like:

27Peter answered him, “We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?” 28Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. 30But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.

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6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

If any of you figured this out let me know, I’m having trouble getting my head around why its biblical to give up eternal rewards. Scriptures showing a servant of God giving up eternal rewards would be most helpful to me, thanks.

 

[patricius79]

Ironman,

The idea is that if we give Mary all our merits, she gives us all of hers (33 Days, page 42).

She makes sure that we reach the highest degree of glory possible in Heaven (page 42)

We give her our whole self, and she gives us her whole self (42) !

In True Devotion to Mary, St Louis also explains how we are foolish and proud if we think that we can hold on to our merits through our own strength.

He explains that we need to be humble, and acknowledge that without our Mother’s help, we will lose them all.

But with Mary’s help… well, as St. Maximilian Kolbe said, prayer is powerful without limits when we turn to the Immaculata!

 

[SimpleRosarian]

If any of you figured this out let me know, I’m having trouble getting my head around why its biblical to give up eternal rewards. Scriptures showing a servant of God giving up eternal rewards would be most helpful to me, thanks.

Let’s look at what St. Luis de Montfort wrote in True Devotion:

(Part of) 122. We give [the Holy Virgin] our merits, graces and virtues,** not that she might give them to others, for they are, strictly speaking, not transferable**, because Jesus alone, in making himself our surety with his Father, had the power to impart his merits to us. But we give them to her that she may keep, increase and embellish them for us, as we shall explain later, and we give her our acts of atonement that she may apply them where she pleases for God’s greater glory.

1. The Blessed Virgin, mother of gentleness and mercy, never allows herself to be surpassed in love and generosity. When she sees someone giving himself entirely to her in order to honour and serve her, and depriving himself of what he prizes most in order to adorn her, she gives herself completely in a wondrous manner to him. She engulfs him in the ocean of her graces, adorns him with her merits, supports him with her power, enlightens him with her light, and fills him with her love. She shares her virtues with him - her humility, faith, purity, etc. She makes up for his failings and becomes his representative with Jesus. Just as one who is consecrated belongs entirely to Mary, so Mary belongs entirely to him. We can truthfully say of this perfect servant and child of Mary what St. John in his gospel says of himself, “He took her for his own.”

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So you see, St. Louis isn’t really teaching that we’re giving up something at all. But even if he were, the Biblical passages you quote don’t negate that idea. The fact that we are promised rewards for following Christ and for obeying God by no means implies that we can’t give those rewards away. We have to be careful to read texts and to communicate what they are saying rather than going beyond their words and drifting off into conclusions that aren’t warranted.

 

[Ironmanowar]

Both responses, thank you for the timely replies, they both have great wisdom. SimpRosarian, your response was super helpful, and gives me peace to continue with the consecration, I’m a Reformed Baptist convert to the RCC, so it has been a struggle to say the least. Thanks to both of you, for being available to our Mother’s heart.
To Jesus, through Mary.

 

[coco2]

I have tried to do the consecration twice, now, and always hesitate, after the readings from St. Louis de Montfort, for similar reasons, so I understand.