Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary

1 1 33-Day Total Consecration Preparation Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary According to Saint Louis Marie de Montfort Mater Misericordiae Mission Phoenix, AZ November 18 December 20, 2012 Consecration to be held on the evening of the visitation of Our Lady s Image to our mission parish December 21, 2012 2 33-Day Total Consecration Preparation Schedule for Consecration There are readings and prayers for each day. Days 1 12: Spirit of the World Day 1: November 18 Day 2: November 19 Day 3: November 20 Day 4: November 21 Day 5: November 22 Day 6: November 23 Day 7: November 24 Day 8: November 25 Day 9: November 26 Day 10: November 27 Day 11: November 28 Day 12: November 29 Days 13 19: Knowledge of Self Day 10: November 30 Day 11: December 1 Day 12: December 2 Day 10: December 3 Day 11: December 4 Day 12: December 5 Day 10: December 6 Days 20 26: Knowledge of the Blessed Virgin Day 11: December 7 Day 12: December 8 Day 11: December 9 Day 12: December 10 Day 11: December 11 Day 12: December 12 Day 12: December 13 Days 27 33: Knowledge of Jesus Christ Day 11: December 14 Day 12: December 15 Day 11: December 16 Day 12.

2 December 17 Day 11: December 18 Day 12: December 19 Day 12: December 20 Consecration Day: December 21 3 33-Day Total Consecration Preparation Prayers for Each of the First 12 Days Veni Creator Come, O Creator Spirit blest! And in our souls take up thy rest; Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid, To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. Great Paraclete! To Thee we cry, O highest gift of God most high! O font of life! O fire of love! And sweet anointing from above. Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts art known, The finger of God's hand we own; The promise of the Father, Thou! Who dost the tongue with power endow. Kindle our senses from above, And make our hearts o'erflow with love; Far from us drive the foe we dread, And grant us Thy true peace instead; So shall we not, with Thee for guide, Turn from the path of life aside.

3 Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow The Father and the Son to know; And Thee through endless times confessed, Of both the eternal Spirit blest. All glory while the ages run Be to the Father and the Son Who rose from death; the same to Thee, O Holy Ghost, eternally. Amen. With patience firm and virtue high The weakness of our flesh supply. Ave Maris Stella Hail, bright star of ocean, God's own Mother blest, Ever sinless Virgin, Gate of heavenly rest. Taking that sweet Ave, Which from Gabriel came, Peace confirm within us, Changing Eva's name. Break the captives' fetters, Light on blindness pour, All our ills expelling, Every bliss implore. Show thyself a Mother, May the Word Divine, Born for us thy Infant, Hear our prayers through thine.

4 Virgin all excelling, Mildest of the mild, Freed from guilt, preserve us, Pure and undefiled. Keep our life all spotless, Make our way secure, Till we find in Jesus Joy forevermore. through the highest heaven To the Almighty Three, Father, Son and Spirit, One same glory be. 33-Day Total Consecration Preparation Magnificat My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Because He hath regarded the humility of His handmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Because He that is mighty hath done great things to me; and holy is His name. And His mercy is from generation to generations, to them that fear Him. He hath showed might in His arm; He hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. He hath put down the mighty from their seat; and hath exalted the humble.

5 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. He hath received Israel His servant, being mindful of His mercy. As He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever. Amen. Gloria Patri Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Theme for the Twelve Preliminary Days: Spirit of the World Examine your conscience, pray, practice renouncement of your own will, mortification, and purity of heart. This purity is the indispensable condition for contemplating God in heaven, to see Him on earth and to know Him by the light of faith. The first part of the Preparation should be employed in casting off the spirit of the world which is contrary to that of Jesus Christ.

6 The spirit of the world consists essentially in the denial of the supreme dominion of God, a denial which is manifested in practice by sin and disobedience; thus it is principally opposed to the spirit of Christ, which is also that of Mary. It manifests itself by the concupiscence of the flesh, by the concupiscence of the eyes and by the pride of life. By disobedience to God's laws and the abuse of created things. Its works are: sin in all forms, then all else by which the devil leads to sin, works which bring error and darkness to the mind, and seduction and corruption to the will. Its pomps are the splendor and the charms employed by the devil to render sin alluring in persons, places and things. 5 33-Day Total Consecration Preparation Day 1 Matthew 5:1-19 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him.

7 And opening his mouth, he taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

8 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men. You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven.

9 But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Day 2 Matthew 5:48, 6:1-15 Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven. Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth. That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee. And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

10 But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee. And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard. Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him. Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. 6 33-Day Total Consecration Preparation Amen. For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences.