DAY – 24
Message of Blessed Virgin Mary
My dear children,
The best gift you can give me is your consecration to the Immaculate Heart. Only when you make a gift of yourselves can I gift you to my Son Jesus. To be able to say ‘yes’ to God is the answer to all your prayers. This is how it is. Human nature always asks why to every command. When you seek how you may or when you may obey the order, God will reveal the solution to all your problems.
If you imitate my Immaculate Heart, you will wish to follow all the wishes of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Thus, you will be in a state of purity, filled with grace, and shall practice virtues. Give me your heart fully; I shall give it all the graces given to me. The consecrated heart is left in my care eternally. So renew your consecration daily. I invite everyone to receive an eternal union with me.
The Way Forward
Let us leave our hearts in the care of our Mother. We have not comprehended the depth and width of her Triumph. Anyway, it is a cause of celebration in heaven. We are invited to it. The unity of human hearts with the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a cause of great happiness. Surely, this involves much responsibility too. Participating hearts have to make big contributions also. The Mother demands it. We have to obey in all things asked for by the Father. Never ask why, but always ask how it may be done. We have left the right to ask why in the consecration itself. When the depth of our commitment increases, we will be able to discern the Will of God in clearer details. Finally, our hearts will reflect the Will of God. God’s will becomes all in all for us.
Action Plan
Receive with pleasure all trials arising out of consecration. These are your crosses. Carry them with patience. When the glory awaiting us in heaven is considered, the price we pay here in terms of sufferings is negligible. A single moment in heaven is worth all sufferings on earth. The Heavenly Father sends to us difficulties and worries with a reason. Our rewards in heaven will be great if we receive the crosses with a happy heart.
Virtues exist only in actions. Those who are insulted have a chance to practice humility. Blessed is the soul who receives afflictions in peace. The crown of glory is theirs. The triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary warrants merits in heaven for all sufferings.
Prayer
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, I pray for strength to take with a smile all sufferings from God. I understand that they are tests from heaven. May I burn with a desire for heaven. Send your angels to protect this consecrated heart. I abandon myself in your loving care. I am your child and wish you to keep me covered under your mantle. Bless me so that I shall have recourse to you always and find refuge in you.
Word of God
“All that we suffer in the present time is nothing in comparison with the glory which is destined to be disclosed for us.” (Romans 8:18).
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.
