- Message of Blessed Virgin Mary
‘Dear Children,
I have this wish to give you my greatest gift which is my heart in exchange of your heart. This is the surest way to give you my love. On your part, you have to make the act of consecration to my Immaculate Heart. Thus you shall partake in my ultimate triumph. But you can choose to accept or reject my wish.’
The way forward
The message of Our Lady has a single purpose. One part of it is to sanctify you. The other is to collect all souls for sanctification. The sanctification is the only way to be in God. Consecration to the Immaculate Heart puts the soul in her possession and all her possessions are God’s, for she is the Spouse of the Holy Spirit.
By divine grace, in the act of consecration, the hearts are exchanged, spiritually. Our Lady gives up her heart to us and she takes our heart. Thus our hearts are purified through the reconciliation with God. Mary’s heart in us creates a great desire to imitate Mary. This desire is the end for which hearts are exchanged. Thus the received heart in us creates a spiritual atmosphere, as in the heart of Mary, fit for Union with Jesus. The three hearts are joined together—your heart, Our Lady’s heart and the Heart of Jesus.
Action Plan
Our Lady reminds us that we are not aware of the great power of prayer. Prayer holds the key to peace in this world. We can pray to Jesus, which means that our hearts can communicate with the heart of Jesus. Remember that through consecration, our hearts are united. This intimate relationship can secure fulfillment of all our needs.
So we must put aside some time for the relationship to grow. This is to say that more time is to be given for prayer. The prayer is a two-way traffic. We say what we want to say. But we must listen to Jesus and hear Him. He has a design created for us. We must learn of it from Jesus. Be alone with God, be in solitude, so that we can listen to and learn from Jesus whispering in our hearts. Heaven will reveal its mysteries through prayer.
Prayer
O Immaculate Heart of Virgin Mother, help me to pray for the fire in my heart to explode into a blaze, necessary for the exchange of our hearts. I pray that I may be enabled to make my consecration to you. Enable me, dear mother, to imitate you. Give me power to do everything to please God, with all my heart, and all my strength.
I wish to be near you for all eternity. Present me to your Son, in a state of perfection, and filled with love for my divine Master, the Holy Trinity.
Word of God
“And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children or land for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much, and also inherit eternal life.”
(Matthew 19:29)
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.
