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33 Day Marian Consecration
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Consecration - December 8
You may make your consecration to Our Blessed Mother with a group at either the 7am or 7pm Mass. Bring your booklet with you. Here's how the ritual will come together.
If you are consecrating at the 7pm Mass, please arrive by 6:30 if you would like to say a rosary with the group before Mass begins.
1. We ask that you sit in the front 4 or 5 pews. Candles will be available. Please take one.
2. When Mass is complete, but before dismissal, Father will invite all participants to stand between the pews and the Communion rail. Have your book and candle with you.
3. He will then ask two participants to light their candles from the Paschal Candle. They will pass the flame to others who will also do the same so that everyone's candle is lit.
4. Everyone will sing Salve Regina.
5. Father will lead everyone in reciting the Consecration Prayer (found on page 73 of your booklet).
6. To honor Our Lady, then each participant will take a rose from the vases near the Communion Rail and place in the vase near Our Lady's altar.
7. Father will bless everyone with Holy Water.
8. Father will dismiss everyone from Mass.
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Join us as we begin a 33-day preparation for Marian Consecration. Individual daily preparation will begin on Monday, November 6. Our consecration will take place on Friday, December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Our formal preparation will consist of an initial meeting on Monday, November 6, a mid-session question and answer meeting on Monday, November 27, and our Consecration on Friday, December 8. Participants will read daily from, “Preparation for Total Consecration to the Immaculate” according to Saint Maximilian M. Kolbe and have the opportunity to join a GroupMe chat in order to share observations, reflections and build a community during this time of preparation. Families and groups of friends are encouraged to participate together.
All participants will receive a beautiful certificate to commemorate their consecration. There is no cost to participate in the program - booklets are donated by a generous donor.
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Additional Details:
Monday, November 6, 7:30pm - 8pm (kick-off) – St. James Church. You will be able to ask any initial questions you have about Marian Consecration and our program at St. James. We will also have booklets ready to pass out. Attendance is not mandatory, and booklets can also be picked up in the back of church on Sunday, November 5.
Monday, November 27, 7:30pm - 8pm (check-in) – St. James Church. Informal question and answer session. Bring any questions that may have come up during the daily reading. Attendance is not mandatory.Friday, December 8, 7pm (Consecration) – St. James Church. Consecration will take place during the Mass on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Register using this link (so that we can communicate with you and send important reminders):
Register Here
Join our GroupMe chat (in order to interact with other participants and build a community during your preparation):
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Why is Marian Consecration useful and beneficial?
Roman Catholics believe that it is important to have Jesus in our lives. Through Marian Consecration we open our lives to Jesus in a total and comprehensive manner. It is through Mary that we learn truly what, “Do whatever He tells you” means. It is through Mary that we learn to live in God’s Will for us rather than our own. It is Mary who teaches us: “Let it be done to me according to your word”. Marian Consecration helps us to walk the “road that is straight” and enter through, “the door that is narrow” to enjoy eternal life with the Holy Trinity, with Mary and Joseph, and with all of the angels and saints. Marian Consecration helps us to make sense of our lives.
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