Total Consecration to Mary prayer

[ACanthony]

Hello all! I usually am not very scrupulous, and in this matter I am not sure if I am or not, but please help regardless.

I began the Total Consecration to Mary prayer (the one prescribed by St. Louis Montfort) without realizing that I was supposed to begin on a day that ended on a Marian feast day. I finished the 33 day prayer today and said the Consecration today. The Consecration lasts for one year so I suppose I am supposed to finish on the same day each year. I would like to do it the right way. Would you recommend I say the Consecration itself for the next 6 days and then stop on July 16th which is a Marian Feast Day (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel), or just next year do it the right way and end on July 16th? Probably sounds like a small matter but I am taking the Consecration very seriously. Thanks for the help and God Bless!

 

[TimothyH]

I took 45 days to go through the preparation. I didn’t want to rush it.

There is no rule about sticking to an exact formula.

You could just continute to pray and prepare, and repeate consecration on the 16th, or even go through the material real slowly again, and do it on August 15th.

I don’t think there are any hard and fast rules.

-Tim-

 

[Dorothy]

I took 45 days to go through the preparation. I didn’t want to rush it.

There is no rule about sticking to an exact formula.

You could just continute to pray and prepare, and repeate consecration on the 16th, or even go through the material real slowly again, and do it on August 15th.

I don’t think there are any hard and fast rules.

-Tim-

You are correct. There are no hard and fast rules.

 

[Lifesong]

Hello all! I usually am not very scrupulous, and in this matter I am not sure if I am or not, but please help regardless.

I began the Total Consecration to Mary prayer (the one prescribed by St. Louis Montfort) without realizing that I was supposed to begin on a day that ended on a Marian feast day. I finished the 33 day prayer today and said the Consecration today. The Consecration lasts for one year so I suppose I am supposed to finish on the same day each year. I would like to do it the right way. Would you recommend I say the Consecration itself for the next 6 days and then stop on July 16th which is a Marian Feast Day (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel), or just next year do it the right way and end on July 16th? Probably sounds like a small matter but I am taking the Consecration very seriously. Thanks for the help and God Bless!

Doing mine on Monday- it has been an amazing journey- God Bless no matter which day you pick!

Blessings,

Val