Saturday, September 5, 2009

Complete Consecration to Mary IV


"It follows then: that by this devotion we give to Jesus all we can possibly give him,and in the most perfect manner, that is, through Mary's hands. Indeed we give him far more than we do by other devotions which require us to give only part of our time, some of our good works or acts of atonement and penances. In this devotion everything is given and consecrated, even the right to dispose freely of one's spiritual goods and the satisfactions earned by daily good works. This is not done even in religious orders. Members of religious orders give God their earthly goods by the vow of poverty, the goods of the body by the vow of chastity, their free will by the vow of obedience, and sometimes their freedom of movement by the vow of enclosure. But they do not give him by these vows the liberty and right to dispose of the value of their good works. They do not despoil themselves of what a Christian considers most precious and most dear - his merits and satisfactions.
124. (2) It follows then that anyone who in this way consecrates and sacrifices himself voluntarily to Jesus through Mary may no longer dispose of the value of any of his good actions. All his sufferings, all his thoughts, words, and deeds belong to Mary. She can then dispose of them in accordance with the will of her Son and for his greater glory. This dependence, however, is without detriment to the duties of a person's present and future state of life. One such duty, for example, would be that of a priest who, by virtue of his office or otherwise, must apply the satisfactory or prayer value of the Holy Mass to a particular person. For this consecration can only be made in accordance with the order established by God and in keeping with the duties of one's state of life.
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Source: St. Louis de Montfort from True Devotion to Mary

2 comments:

Paul Anthony Melanson said...

Thanks for posting this Sanctus Belle. I made Montfort's 33 day total consecration to Our Lady years ago. And I recommend it to everyone.

Every time you honor Our Lady by promoting devotion to her, the angels place another rose in the crown which will one day be yours.

You are a beautiful person.

:)

Sanctus Belle said...

What a beautiful think to say Paul, thank you. I pray that any reward the Lord wishes to grant me will be ALL in heaven. Here let my lot be hiddeness.