DAY – 10
Message of Blessed Virgin Mary
Dear Children,
Remember this fact: True devotion to my Immaculate Heart is interior, not external. It springs from your heart and is cultivated in the soul. When the consecration becomes perfect, you will develop a childlike confidence in me, your mother. With simplicity and tenderness, you can trustingly come to my Immaculate Heart and make your requests to me. In all your doubts, ask for clear light. When you go astray, you can depend on me for reaching the right path, and in your temptations for support. In your weakness you may ask for strength and in every fall, for uplift. When you are discouraged, I may console you. In your toils and tribulations, and when you carry a cross on your shoulders, you can get a hug from me to accept and endure it with courage.
I nurture a deep love for you and from it everything follows. Amass as much grace as possible from heavens. Open your heart so that the Holy Spirit may envelop and penetrate you fully. Stretch out your hands so that your heart is open to the Will of God.
The Way Forward
The purpose of the consecration is to grant redemption to your soul. The Mother of God is an active participant—co-redeemer. The Holy Spirit is the true unifier of the hearts of Jesus and Mary. Your heart is already joined with the heart of Mary. Thus your heart is united with the heart of Jesus.
Consecration prepares the heart to receive Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit. The Divine Mother also participates in the redemptive work.
Action Plan
The redemption can be easily had when the heart focuses on God and on nothing else. This is called the solitude of the heart. It expels all other affections from the heart. The sole purpose of life is to please His Sacred Heart. It remains detached from all other things. Thus, the human soul will find Him and it will reflect Him and Him only. The soul that wishes to unite itself with God will retire into an open heart which is focused only on Him. The soul is in solitude.
Prayer
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, guide me to find God in all things and above all things and be with Him in solitude. May I find His peace and solitude through consecration. I pray that the Holy Spirit burn to ashes my worldly affections. O Mary, my mother and refuge, obtain for me the grace of solitude.
Word of God
“But when you pray, go to your private room, shut yourself in, and so pray to your Father.” (Matthew 6:6).
2. Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen.
3. Daily Consecration
Holy Mary, my queen and my mother, I offer myself totally to you. I offer very specially my eyes, ears, tongue and my heart, for your special protection. From now onwards, you are mother to me as I am yours. Guard me forever. Amen.
4. The Angelus
V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
R. Be it done unto me according to thy word.
Hail Mary…
V. And the Word was made flesh.
R. And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary…
V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
V. Let us pray.
R. Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and Cross be brought to the Glory of His resurrection through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
5. Prayer for the Seven Cardinal Virtues
The Companion Prayers (To be repeated after each virtue below):
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a. Our Father: Our Father in heaven, holy be your name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
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b. Glory Be: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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c. Holy Spirit Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, enlighten my heart to see divine matters. Come, Holy Spirit, enlighten my mind to understand divine matters. Come, Holy Spirit, radiate your light on my soul that I may belong solely to God. Come, Holy Spirit, sanctify my thoughts, words, and deeds, for the Glory of God.
The Virtues:
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Faith: Holy Mother of God, bless me so that the virtue of faith may be formed in me, and that it may grow and proliferate and bear fruits.
(Repeat Companion Prayers a, b, and c)
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Hope: Holy Mother of God, bless me so that the virtue of hope may be formed in my heart, and that it may grow, proliferate, and bear fruits.
(Repeat Companion Prayers a, b, and c)
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Love: Holy Mother of God, bless me so that the virtue of love may be formed in my heart, and that it may grow, proliferate, and bear fruits.
(Repeat Companion Prayers a, b, and c)
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Humility: Holy Mother of God, bless me so that the virtue of humility may be formed in my heart, and that it may grow, proliferate, and bear fruits.
(Repeat Companion Prayers a, b, and c)
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Patience: Holy Mary, Mother of God, bless me so that the virtue of patience may be formed in my heart, and that it may grow, proliferate, and bear fruits.
(Repeat Companion Prayers a, b, and c)
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Perseverance: Holy Mary, Mother of God, bless me so that the virtue of perseverance may be formed in my heart, and that it may grow, proliferate, and bear fruits.
(Repeat Companion Prayers a, b, and c)
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Obedience: Holy Mary, Mother of God, bless me so that the virtue of obedience may be formed in my heart, and that it may grow, proliferate, and bear fruits.
(Repeat Companion Prayers a, b, and c)
6. Hymn to Mary
O Virgin Mother, fashion my heart like unto yours,
Enfold it with a wreath of sanctity studded with virtues.
Transform my heart like the consecrated heart of yours,
Accept and offer it to God as my gift given for God’s glory through you.
Make me an instrument of yours,
And thus let the world know more about your heart’s glory.
7. Pentecost Prayer
Spirit of Christ, enliven me.
Spirit of Christ, move me.
Spirit of Christ, permeate me.
Spirit of Christ, stamp your seal on me.
Father in heaven, stamp on my soul your divine Will.
Father in heaven, create in me a fountain of virtues.
Father in heaven, transform my soul so that it may reflect You,
And let it be a light unto the whole world.
