From personal experience, I learned the meaning of those words. In my younger days, I prayed the rosary, not because of devotion to Mary, but only because it was the “Catholic” thing to do. I had no real interior disposition of love toward her and after associating with movements “more modern” I eventually gave up any intent of giving her honor through prayer.
Purely from grace and discernment and something that was brought to my attention, I had a conversion of heart and an urge to turn toward the more traditional treasures of the church. Oddly enough, one of my best friends was given this same grace and together we explored the riches we had previously discarded. What a wealth we discovered after taking a second look at Theotokos. A Marian prayer group was started and I was asked to cross stitch a prayer cloth which was to be laid out at each cenacle. It took me months to do and with each rose stitched with metallic “gold” thread something began to happen deep within. As I would put on music to listen to while I stitched, they would often be Marian hymns and the words began to carry new meaning for me. Mary moved from an abstraction in my mind directly to my heart - that part of the soul that with grace can recognize the spiritual. It truly was a new experience and a great gift from God Himself. It then leads one to offer themselves to Mary through consecration - giving her disposal of all the good we do throughout the day in order that she herself may best give them to her Son.
