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Sheltered within Her Heart: 33 Days of Preparation for Deeper Entrustment to Mary
On this page I will be sharing daily reflections to help prepare for consecration (or renewal of consecration) to Jesus through Mary. This is, as will be explained in much greater detail in the reflections below, simply an act of trusting surrender to the Son of God through the hands of his Mother, giving them both permission to work in one’s life and to do the beautiful thing that they so deeply thirst to do.
The reflections will deliberately be short enough for you to pray and reflect upon them, becoming acquainted with the main themes that they bring forth and trying to interiorize them in the presence of God. Gradually they will build on one another, day after day, hopefully opening the way to a deeper interior vision of Mary’s intimate relationship with us, and the “Marian” character of our relationship with God. There will also be some reflection questions after each day, to prompt deeper thought and prayer. Nonetheless, these reflections are very rich, so feel free to take longer than 33 days, if you feel that this would be more fruitful for you.
An Invitation to Marian Consecration
Introduction: Loving Entrustment to Mary
WEEK I – CRADLED IN THE ARMS OF LOVE
Day 4: Re-opening to the Gift of Love
Day 5: To Give Myself Away in Love
Day 6: In the Bosom of Perfect Love
WEEK II – DAUGHTER, BRIDE, AND MOTHER
Day 8: God’s Beloved Daughter and Precious Spouse
Day 9: Virgin Bride and Fruitful Mother
Day 10: Prayer – Proximity to the Hearth of Healing Love
Day 11: Authentic Fruitfulness – Contemplative Receptivity
Day 12: A Home for the Trinity
Day 13: Abiding at the Source of Unity
Day 14: A Home Within Her “Yes”
WEEK III – THE GREATEST GIFT: COMMUNION
Day 15: The Unique and Universal Mother
Day 16: Unifying All the Lines of Contradiction
Day 18: A Spirituality of Communion
Day 19: Holiness in the Bosom of the Church
Day 21: At the Heart of the Paschal Mystery
WEEK IV – THE ROSE THAT HEALS OUR FROM OUR THORNS
Day 22: The Inner Openness of Love
Day 24: Knitted Together in Her Womb
Day 25: Simply to Live in Love
Day 26: Because You Hold Me, I Can Open Myself to You
Day 27: Surrendered to the Mystery
Day 28: The Victory of Eternal Love
FINAL DAYS
Day 29: Transparent to His Light
Day 30: Sheltered Within Her “Yes”
Day 31: To Feel with the Heart of the Church