Day 1: 9 Day Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary and St. Joseph - In Union with our Bishops!

9 Day Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary and St. Joseph

April 23 - May 1st 2020 

Today is 9 days before our bishopsand the bishops of Canada re-consecrate our countries to Mary, Mother of the Church.

May we join them!

May each of us use this time to consecrate ourselves to Mary with the help of St. Joseph in order to live fully for Jesus as they did. Many of us fear that besides the sickness and death this Wuhan virus is bringing, it is also bringing another even more insidious virus of communism – as our rights, which we voluntary offered for the good of all, are now being demanded and even stripped of us in greater and greater ways.

With this in mind, it is comforting to consider that St. Joseph the Worker’s feast day, on May 1^st (the day of our country’s re-consecration), was instituted, in part, to combat the spread of communism.  The Pope looked to St. Joseph, who had guarded Jesus and Mary so diligently, to guard the Church and its people from this satanic threat.

Also, it is exciting to realize that this first day of the novena is the feast of St. George, the dragon slayer!

Let us remember we have the intercession of St. George and all of the saints and angels on our side as we enter this battle with the evil one that is trying to destroy not only our health, but our Church and our right to worship and our country (countries) as well.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith. For the sake of the joy that lay before him he endured the cross, despising its shame, and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of God. Consider how he endured such opposition from sinners, in order that you may not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood. You have also forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons:

“My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord

or lose heart when reproved by him;

for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines;

he scourges every son he acknowledges.”

Endure your trials as “discipline”; God treats you as sons. For what “son” is there whom his father does not discipline? Hebrews 12: 1- 7

Remember also that we have the Rosary as our spiritual weapon!

“I am quite sure that we don’t believe enough in the power of the Rosary.

As you know priests and religious make a retreat every year. The second day of the retreat I attended this year (2002) was led by Fr Gabriele Amorth, the exorcist for the diocese of Rome. He told us that once when he was performing an exorcism the demon said to him, “every Hail Mary is another blow on my head. If Christians knew the power of the Rosary my power would be finished.”

So in that sense we could say that every Hail Mary of the Rosary is a rose being given to Our Lady. If we knew the power of the Rosary, the power of Satan would be finished. David conquered Goliath with a slingshot. We can conquer evil through the Rosary. When the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima one entire household in Hiroshima survived. How? They claimed afterwards that it was due to their praying the Rosary. I think God allows events like the salvation of that household to occur in order to teach us if we have eyes to see and ears to hear.”

So, please join me in answering Mary's call to Pray, pray, pray! I'm putting together this novena of prayers today to join with the American bishops in consecrating or (re-consecrating) ourselves to Jesus through Mary on St. Joseph's feast day! 

Nothing transforms society and the world around us better than holiness, humility and prayer. We must hold fast to the belief that with the Rosary even seemingly impossible situations can change. Our Lady has given us the answer through her messages!

To be confirmed in the power of these messages, watch this talk by Jesse Romero, who speaks on these 5 stones Our Lady has given us in Medjugorje: the Rosary, Scripture, Eucharist, Fasting and Confession!
It's awesome! Be inspired and ignited to live Our Mother's call now more than ever and understand more than ever these are spiritual weapons against satan.
Start at 2:50:11:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHIBuHhgp0w&t=2s

The actual Novena prayers I'm suggesting are simple:

For the next 9 days, read these short articles I'll be putting out to help grow in understanding of Consecration and living complete entrustment to God.

Also, please pray during the 3 O'clock hour if possible:

•  an act of contrition (in place of or in addition to confession)
• an act of spiritual communion (in place of or in addition to going to Mass and receiving communion;
• the Divine Mercy Chaplet
• the Rosary

Lastly, let us consider:

1. What is Total Consecration?
It is giving ourselves – entrusting ourselves – completely to God in and through and with Mary.

2. Why should we make our total consecration?
Because, it’s the most important thing we can do
to know and love Jesus more deeply,
to fully become the saints whom God created us to be,
and because it is God’s will for us to do so in order to save the world. To remind us, Sister Lucia said:

“World war or world peace depends on the practice of ... consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary… most of all because that is Our Lord’s will and also our dearest Heavenly Mother’s."

3. Things to Consider:
Because Consecration brings about such grace,
is such a powerful means to greater union with God and
because it’s so vitally important not only for us but for the whole world,
know that you will be greatly tempted not to begin this consecration or to stop once you’ve started.
Satan will tempt you with a million excuses for you not to do it or for why you can’t continue.
There will be thoughts that come to you against this devotion.
There will be thoughts against making it again as you’ve done it before… and to what use?
There will be thoughts against Mary
or thoughts against ourselves because satan tells us we are unable or unworthy or too sinful,
or thoughts against each other regarding the same…
There will be things, activities, commitments that come up – you may miss days – but I encourage you:
Do not let any of this, or anything stop you!
No other plans are more important.
And once you’ve begun, if you miss a day, don’t give into the temptation to stop.
Begin again… catch up.

God will meet us where we are!
None of us can or will do this perfectly.
This is not about perfection, but growing in faith and trust.
It is not a test, but a journey with and in the School of Our Lady.
It is a time to draw closer to God and to Truth - in and through His Mother -who is our secret weapon against satan, who is absolutely crushed by Mary's humility as Genesis foretells us:  

“and she will crush your head” Gen. 3:15.

During this time know, remember we are consecrating ourselves to Holy Family - to the big three - Jesus, Mary and Joseph! 

Jesus who has conquered satan, sin and death forever on the Cross! He has already won the victory!

Mary who is the head crusher of satan!

And Joseph, the Terror of Demons!

So we can pray with confidence, entrusting ourselves completely to them, without fear!

Remembering the power of Consecration to change the world! 

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you! Save souls!

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