Devotion to Jesus through Mary

Total Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary

To more perfectly live our Baptismal vocation as children of God from which springs our call to religious life, we consecrate ourselves completely to Mary Immaculate, God's Mother and ours.   We take her as our model and our "way" to Jesus.  Since the Incarnate Word chose to come into the world through Mary, we know of no better way to approach Him than to follow His example of loving dependence upon Her.

St. Louis Marie de Montfort writes in his beautiful treatise:
True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary:  "If Mary, who is the tree of life, is well cultivated in our soul by fidelity to the practices of this devotion, she will bear her fruit in her own time, and her fruit is none other than Jesus Christ." Mary always leads us to her Divine Son.

Cultivation of Mary's virtues

In all we do and say we endeavor to be Mary's image in the world--her loving heart, her face, her hands and voice, to all our brothers and sisters in Christ.  

This striving to live always in "the spirit of Mary" is beautifully expressed in a prayer composed by Pope John Paul II:

"Mary, my Mother,
Live in me, act in me,
Speak in and through me,
Think your thoughts in my mind,
Love through my heart,
Give me your dispositions and feelings.
Teach, lead and guide me to Jesus.
Correct, enlighten and expand my thoughts and behavior.
Possess my soul.
Take over my entire personality and life,
Replace it with yourself,
Incline me to constant adoration and thanksgiving.
Pray in me and through me,
Let me live in you, and keep me in this union always."