Day 26: God Alone - With, In and through Mary - 33 Days to Total Consecration

"I am all yours, and all that I have is yours, O most loving Jesus, through Mary, your most holy Mother"(True Devotion, 233).

 

DAY 26 of 33: 
SECTION 3:  Entering into the Transforming Power of Consecration to Jesus through Mary  
with Mary and St. Louis de Montfort as our guides.

Action:
1. Resolve to pray a complete set of mysteries of the Rosary every day - as an act of love to God and in fulfillment of Mary's requests to us. 
So, therefore, PRAY the Joyful mysteries of the Rosary today and every day - see day 8 for instructions/ guidance on how to fit this into your day.
2. Skim through the accompanying pictures and the extraordinary wisdom of St. Louis de Montfort and read through as much (below) as possible. 

3. Continue to choose to enter more deeply into the daily prayer program (below) at least in this way: 

Ponder and pray The Nicene Creed today and the accompanying Scripture texts as you meditate and 
PRAY THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES, 
THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES and 
THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY   
 - while praying for the grace to listen, to hear and respond to God as Mary does.


And to pray for the grace to surrender whatever is keeping us from responding fully to God  - in and through and with Mary’s love and help. 

4. Begin to take steps to make the Mass the center of your life. 

  

ENTERING INTO MYSTERY OF OUR TRANSFORMATION IN AND THROUGH MARY 

- a heart that always draws us closer to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Today I share with you an amazing conversion story. 
A story of a completely redeemed life. 
A story of great hope and joy and wonder 
brought about simply by the giving of oneself to Mary and listening and following her inspirations. 
It is a story of a transformed life, a transformed marriage, a transformed family...
May it be a great grace to you. 
May it embolden you with greater faith in God and in the power of this consecration. 
May it spur us to greater love and joy and trust in Jesus and Mary.
We ask this is Jesus' Name, Amen. 
See full testimony of Patrick Latta's conversion here:   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOSpKcttFhA&t=1006s

Let us begin by praying the Nicene Creed - with all of these mysteries in mind:  

Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Daily Prayer Program for these 33 Days:

It is important to make a commitment to strive to pray more deeply, more intensely and with more of your heart during these days of preparation. Here are some guidelines and suggestions for how to live these days. Pray about how you can grow in each of these areas listed below and while living out this prayer program it is especially important to 

Trust in the Truth and Supernatural Reality of God’s Presence within each of them

1. Sacraments

    •            LIVE Grace and Renew our Baptism - renounce sin and Satan

    •            Mass and the Eucharist the Center of our lives

    •            Confession frequently

2. Scripture - Pray and Internalize it daily

    •           To Jelena: “I’m going to reveal a spiritual secret to you: if you want to be stronger than evil, make yourself a plan of personal prayer. Take a certain time in the morning, read a text from Holy Scripture, anchor the Divine word in your heart, and strive to live it during the day, particularly during the moment of trials. In this way, you will be stronger than evil.” (Our Lady of Medjugorje, April 19, 1984)

    •           Rosary – With and in Mary, contemplating Scripture and the mysteries of God

3. Fill mind with wisdom of Mary and the Saints

    •            God is sending Mary to earth for she is the Crusher of Satan. Listen to her words.

    •            St. John Paul II – example of life given over – Totus Tuus

    •            St. Maximilian Kolbe – Militia Immaculata every soul consecrated to Mary will save the world

    •            St. Louis de Montfort – Mary will form the greatest saints who ever lived – easiest shortest most sure way to sanctity

    •            St. Mother Teresa and many more

Part 2: Day 26 Readings and Prayers for St. Louis de Montfort's 33 Day of Consecration to Jesus through Mary - An Online Guide

Readings and Prayers for St. Louis-Marie de Montfort's Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary

PART 3: A taste of Fr. Gaitley's 33 Days to Morning Glory if you have time:

“Come, Holy Spirit, living in Mary. Thank you for the GIFT of my loving mother, Mary.”

CLICK HERE for Day 26 Podcast

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Jakov's Testimony on Medjugorje - "Dear Children, It is Enough to Open your Heart and I Will Do the Rest."

Help for fasting on this Wednesday of the sixth week of Lent

Today, I wanted to share a talk given by the Visionary Jakov Colo. He was only 10 years old when the apparitions began. In this talk, he speaks about what he believes is most important for us to know and live. It is refreshing to hear his wisdom and to place Our Lady's call to fast on this day within the context of her entire coming.
Let us, as always, pray for each other - asking for the grace to be able to place ourselves into the hands of Our Lady and God, allowing them to do the rest.

I pray you enjoy Jakov's talk:

http://www.orthodoxmedjugorje.com/jakovs-talk/

I've tried to write a few notes from his beautiful and inspiring talk:
The most important part is Our Lady's messages
Live the messages as a child...
It is difficult to describe the love Our Lady has for us
How much you feel loved and protected
There are not enough words to describe it
...to have the joy and peace that I never felt before.

New life began for me
First question, how is it possible to live this new life?
Our Lady said:
"Dear Children,
It is enough to open your heart and I will do the rest."
I realized at that moment, I could put my life into Mary's hands, my heart into God's hands and my new life started.
...
Through Our Lady I met Jesus.
This is the real reason Our Lady has come to bring us to Jesus
...
Don't ask why.  God knows why. It is God's plan.
We need to say something else, we need to say thanks.
We need to say thanks for all he gives to us and for giving Mary to us for so long.
You will understand that Mary is mother and she loves her children.
She wants to lead her to peace and joy - which is Jesus Christ.

Her messages are about how to recognize Him...
She invites us to pray.
Repeating, pray, pray, pray.
Pray with your heart. Feel the peace and joy in your heart.
Prayer is supposed to be our daily food.
Prayer is the answer to everything we ask for.

People come with many questions and ask us for answers.
If you open your heart and have a strong faith and prayer and God will do the rest.
Prayer should be the first place in our families.
Our Lady said, "Nothing can unite a family as praying together..."

So many people need us, but we don't see them.
To be Christian we have to show in our faith.
Smile I believe each Christian has to show joy of being with God.
Our Lady asks us to be her witnesses...
so we have to have the joy on our faces.

You parents are the ones that have to put the roots of faith in your children. And one day if they go away they will come back, because they have the roots of faith in their heart.

At 13:15 he begins to talk about fasting:
Why to fast?
Many decide it's difficult before they even start to fast.
"Dear Children, with prayer and fasting you can stop anything - even stop wars."
That is why we fast.
We are looking for many answers, searching...
We know what we are to do, but we don't do it.
To live in God is our strength.
And it is the answer to everything we are asking for.
Fasting is a very small sacrifice
How many people die because they're hungry?

You do many things... without blessing.
Many times we are asking without God's blessing
Then everything that we have is nothing....

Visiting Medjugorje:
The visionaries ordinary - we all want to be holy
There are signs all around us, we just don't recognize them.
Each person here is a sign of God, but many times we don't see them.
Conversion to change our life.
New life with God.
Even more important, is to bring that gift of conversion back home.

There is no coincidence.
The real pilgrimage starts when you come back home.
We have to be witnesses with our lives.
When others recognize God in us, it is the real example.
So many don't believe in God. We can help them by our example and prayers.

Pray for peace in our hearts.
This world needs peace.
War - war isn't only when you use a weapon.
How many young people are destroyed today?
How many abortions?
With our example and with prayer and fasting we can stop wars.

There is only one thing for us to do.
Open our heart to God and pray. The rest God will do.

Vicka and I pray for sick people.
I first pray for healing of hearts.
Sickness can be plan from God for us.
We can say, "God it might be your will."
Our God is our Father. Who knows better than Him what we need?
We just need to place ourselves in God's hands and let Him do the rest.

Open your heart to Our Lady.
"Dear Children,
If you knew how much I loved you, you would cry for you."
How much do I love Our Lady?

Think about her thanking us at the end of each message...
we are supposed to be thanking her and God for all the graces they give to us.

Lastly, a wanted to share a video of one of Jakov's annual Christmas apparitions:

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