What does Marian Consecration Look Like in Practice?

  • Thread starter Thread starter GraceUnderFire
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
G

GraceUnderFire

Guest
I did the Marian Consecration on the Feast of the Assumption using Fr. Gaitley’s wonderful book. However, I’m not sure what Marian Consecration is supposed to look like in practice. Something should be different, no? 🤷 I already wear a MM. I say prayers to Mary pretty much every day. Am I supposed to be doing something else? Please help, thanks!
 
I keep asking that question, too, and I think there’s no single, simple answer. It takes time, and it’s dependent on you as a unique individual. 😃

I made the Consecration this past Christmas and I can give you a few ideas that I have either tried or have been told to try:

I became enrolled in the Brown Scapular, and as a part of this devotion began to pray 5 decades of the rosary daily, which I had never thought would be possible.

I purchased a book of Marian prayers including the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin, but I haven’t gotten around to using it.

Go to Confession regularly, once a month or more. A daily examination of conscience might be a good practice too.

Try improving your life in little ways daily; it might seem like nothing is happening for a while, but then, months later, you might see changes. For example, I hate talking on the phone, and I procrastinate when it’s time to return a call; the fact that the call is usually business-related is even worse. I’m trying to call people when I know it’s time to call them, and not put it off. I also tend to stall and be purposefully late when I have to go somewhere I don’t want to be. When I fail to be prompt, I confess it.

Some have suggested abstinence and/or fasting on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Tell Jesus every day that you love Him will all your heart, and ask for love to love Him with.

Go to Mass during the week if possible.

You could wear a little blessed chain as a symbol of your consecration (the Montfort Fathers count the necklace chain for their medals as a “Little Chain.”)
 
Thanks, I’m very interested in responses here!
I pray with the booklet Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin every night, plus try to say the rosary daily and do you have that prayer she gave to Sr. Immaculata?

Totus Tuus
(Totally Yours)

Immaculate Conception, Mary my Mother, Live in me, Act in me, Speak in me and through me, Think your thoughts in my mind, Love through my heart, Give me your dispositions and feelings, Teach, lead me and guide me to Jesus, Correct, enlighten and expand my thoughts and behavior, Possess my soul, Take over my entire personality and life, replace it with Yourself, Incline me to constant adoration, Pray in me and through me, Let me live in you and keep me in this union always.

© 1956, Mother Immaculata, OCD

I usually can’t remember prayers by heart but honestly somehow I mastered this one in a few days and now I say it every day.

Also, try this website: www.marytv.tv as they are totally devoted to the Blessed Mother, to Jesus through Mary.

Best wishes on your consecration. :- )
 
Thanks for your responses. It sounds like there isn’t a specific way and my relationship with the blessed mother will evolve in a unique way. I will continue to pray for guidance. I look forward to seeing what others do to live out their consecration!
 
In one of her letters, St. Teresa of the Andes, a Carmelite saint, tells her friends to imitate Mary in a specific way by these 3 virtues: By humility, by recollection, and by faithfulness to the grace of the moment. She expounds a little on this in her letter, but I don’t have the book in front of me. I find this to be a simple and excellent way to live a consecration to Mary.
 
In one of her letters, St. Teresa of the Andes, a Carmelite saint, tells her friends to imitate Mary in a specific way by these 3 virtues: By humility, by recollection, and by faithfulness to the grace of the moment. She expounds a little on this in her letter, but I don’t have the book in front of me. I find this to be a simple and excellent way to live a consecration to Mary.
That is interesting, could you offer an example of what this is like? For example, by “recollection,” do you mean that you keep a journal, or is it more of a silent, brief contemplation during the day?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top