Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today was easily one of the best days of my life.  Yesterday I finished my 33-day preparation for my second annual renewal of my consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  I also took some time to myself to pray the 33 meditations (short prayers to the Immaculate Heart of Mary) all over again, though I [...]

Consecration Renewal

I am approaching the second anniversary of my consecration to Mary on the Feast of the Assumption on August 15th.  I have been doing my original 33-day consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in preparation [please see the links in the sidebar re the day-to-day consecration posts if you are interested in taking this [...]

A Consecration Prayer

For those of you who are making your Consecration to Mary tomorrow, on the Feast of the Annunciation, or renewing your consecration of one year ago or more, I wish you a blessed and peaceful day in the company of our Mother.  I offer up a prayer now that all the external circumstances will come to pass that [...]

Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Today is a very special day, as we celebrate here both the Visitation and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Although Marian feasts are broken down into Solemnities, Feastdays, Memorials, “other” feasts and “local” feasts according to the liturgical calendar, they will all be treated as Feastdays in my “Categories”, because that is what they are [...]

Feastday of Our Lady of Fatima

The paragraph in blue, as well as the quote from Pope Paul VI, has been excerpted from “Dictionary of Mary”, from the section entitled, Fatima and the Popes:
Call for Renewal of Personal Consecration
On May 13, 1967, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Apparitions of Our Lady at the Cova da Iria, Paul VI went [...]

EWTN Special

I’m sorry I didn’t see the announcement in time to post this earlier (so the Saturday and Sunday showings have gone by already), but EWTN will be reprising a 90 minute program on St. Louis de Montfort called, “Jesus Living in Mary” on Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern time/10:00 a.m. U.S. Pacific time.
Don’t forget, [...]

Our Consecration Requirements; Our Lady’s Promises

When we give ourselves to Mary in the Act of Consecration on the 34th Day, there are requirements which we promise to fulfill, as well as promises which Mary makes to us. In the Consecration Preparation for the Triumphant Victory of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we see that what is required of us is to:

Pray the [...]

One Day at a Time

In a recent post I expressed the hope that no one would feel overwhelmed by the content of the daily preparation prayers and reflections.  It is very natural in our busy lives to feel that we cannot possibly squeeze one more thing in, so I thought I might just share with you a little bit of my [...]

Let The Faithful See To It

Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  In the words of Pope Pius XII, “let the faithful see to it.”

The Immaculate Conception

I am happy to be ”officially” starting this blog today, a very special Marian feastday.  Blessings upon any of you who may have just finished your 33-day consecration preparation, and whose Consecration Day is today, the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
I will be starting off here with posts concerning the “why” and “how” of consecration to Mary, but for today, for this [...]