This is the final stretch of the 33-day retreat.
To wrap-up on Louis de Montfort's consecration principles, Fr. Michael sums it up in 3 Words: (1) Passion; (2) Baptism; and (3) Gift.
PASSION
St. Louis inherited his father's temper -"unholy anger", which Mary transformed into a "holy fire" (This is properly channeled passion. They say passionate people are people who possess an excess of energy) through the grace of the Holy Spirit. According to him, when the Holy Spirit finds a soul united to Mary, "He flies there. He enters there in His fullness; He communicates Himself to that soul abundantly and to the full extent to which it makes room for His spouse."
BAPTISM
Fr. Michael says:
"At Baptism, we are transformed into members of the Body of Christ, made into "other Christs".
Baptism also has to do with the Holy Spirit ... because it was the Holy Spirit who first formed Christ, and it is the Holy Spirit who continues to form other Christs - the members of Christ's Body - at every Baptism.
Baptism isn't the end; it's a marvelous beginning, a gloriously new morning.
Mary's whole goal is to lead us to Christ and to bring us to the point where we can say with St. Paul, "It is no longer I that live but Christ." (Galatians 2:20). The whole goal of true devotion to Mary is our ongoing, post-baptismal transformation in Christ."
GIFT
Once we are able to give ourselves completely to Mary, then the consecration is transformed into its full form - as a GIFT.
"We give her our sinful selves, and she gives us her Immaculate Heart. We give her our own meager merits, and she not only augments and purifies them with her perfect love but gives us her infinitely greater merits and graces. We become empty after having given her all, and she fills us with the Spirit of God. She cares for our family, friends and loved ones on our behalf - even better than we ourselves can. She anticipates our needs and orders every detail of our lives for the greater glory of God. The path of holiness with her is 'a path of roses and honey' compared to walking it without being consecrated to her."
To wrap-up on Louis de Montfort's consecration principles, Fr. Michael sums it up in 3 Words: (1) Passion; (2) Baptism; and (3) Gift.
PASSION
St. Louis inherited his father's temper -"unholy anger", which Mary transformed into a "holy fire" (This is properly channeled passion. They say passionate people are people who possess an excess of energy) through the grace of the Holy Spirit. According to him, when the Holy Spirit finds a soul united to Mary, "He flies there. He enters there in His fullness; He communicates Himself to that soul abundantly and to the full extent to which it makes room for His spouse."
BAPTISM
Fr. Michael says:
"At Baptism, we are transformed into members of the Body of Christ, made into "other Christs".
Baptism also has to do with the Holy Spirit ... because it was the Holy Spirit who first formed Christ, and it is the Holy Spirit who continues to form other Christs - the members of Christ's Body - at every Baptism.
Baptism isn't the end; it's a marvelous beginning, a gloriously new morning.
Mary's whole goal is to lead us to Christ and to bring us to the point where we can say with St. Paul, "It is no longer I that live but Christ." (Galatians 2:20). The whole goal of true devotion to Mary is our ongoing, post-baptismal transformation in Christ."
GIFT
Once we are able to give ourselves completely to Mary, then the consecration is transformed into its full form - as a GIFT.
"We give her our sinful selves, and she gives us her Immaculate Heart. We give her our own meager merits, and she not only augments and purifies them with her perfect love but gives us her infinitely greater merits and graces. We become empty after having given her all, and she fills us with the Spirit of God. She cares for our family, friends and loved ones on our behalf - even better than we ourselves can. She anticipates our needs and orders every detail of our lives for the greater glory of God. The path of holiness with her is 'a path of roses and honey' compared to walking it without being consecrated to her."
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