1.  What is Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary?  Initially, this idea may seem strange to some. Why consecration? And why consecration through Mary? What does that even mean?

2. The basic premise set forth by St. Louis Marie de Montfort is simply: IF YOU WANT TO GO UP TO GOD AND BE UNITED WITH HIM, WE MUST USE THE SAME MEANS HE USED TO COME DOWN TO US, AND BE MADE MAN AND IMPART HIS GRACE TO US, THAT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A TRUE DEVOTION TO MARY

3.  Through this principle of Total Consecration we increase our spirituality and ability to truly serve our Lord Jesus Christ.  AND

4. Consecration means to set aside for a sacred purpose. Mary’s life was set aside for the sole purpose of serving our Lord. By following her example, we, too, can completely give ourselves to Christ in a fundamental way that consecrates us to Him. We give our lives to Him in service and love.

5.  33 day preparation The 33-day preparation includes  a preliminary period of twelve days during which we endeavor “to free ourselves from the spirit of the world.”  followed by a period devoted to the knowledge of ourselves,  the second to that of the Blessed Virgin and  the third to that of Jesus Christ.

6.  Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary – Part II  THEME: KNOWLEDGE OF SELF  Prayers, examinations, reflection, acts of renouncement of our own will, of contrition for our sins, of contempt of self, all performed at the feet of Mary, for it is from her that we hope for light to know ourselves. It is near her, that we shall be able to measure the abyss of our miseries without despairing.  We should employ all our pious actions in asking for a knowledge of ourselves and contrition of our sins: and we should do this in a spirit of piety.. But how attain this without a knowledge of ourselves’?

7.  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary – Part III  THEME: KNOWLEDGE OF MARY  Acts of love, pious affection for the Blessed Virgin, imitation of her virtues, especially her profound humility, her lively faith, her blind obedience, her continual mental prayer, her mortification in all things, her surpassing purity, her ardent charity, her heroic patience, her angelic sweetness, and her divine wisdom: “there being,” as St. Louis De Montfort says, “the ten principal virtues of the Blessed Virgin.”  We must unite ourselves to Jesus through Mary – this is the characteristic of our devotion; therefore, Saint Louis De Montfort asks that we employ ourselves in acquiring a knowledge of the Blessed Virgin.

8.  Part I – Twelve Preliminary Days  THEME: SPIRIT OF THE WORLD  Examine your conscience, pray, practice renouncement of your own will; mortification, 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. 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.

9.  Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary – Part IV  THEME: KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST  During this period we shall apply ourselves to the study of Jesus Christ. What is to be studied in Christ?  First the God-Man, His grace and glory; then His rights to sovereign dominion over us; since, after having renounced Satan and the world, we have taken Jesus Christ for our Lord.  Second, His interior life; namely, the virtues and acts of His Sacred Heart;

10. Part I - (12 Days): Spirit of the World 1st Day Dec 31Feb 20Mar 26Apr 28Jul 13Nov 5 Listen to prayer audio: 2nd Day Jan 1Feb 21Mar 22Apr 29Jul 14Nov 6 Listen to prayer audio: 3rd Day Jan 2Feb 22Mar 28Apr 30Jul 15Nov 7 Listen to prayer audio: 4th Day Jan 3Feb 23Mar 29May 1Jul 16Nov 8 Listen to prayer audio: 5th Day Jan 4Feb 24Mar 30May 2Jul 17Nov 9 Listen to prayer audio: 6th Day Jan 5Feb 25Mar 31May 3Jul 18Nov 10 Listen to prayer audio: 7th Day Jan 6Feb 26Apr 1May 4Jul 19Nov 11 Listen to prayer audio: 8th Day Jan 7Feb 27Apr 2May 4Jul 20Nov 12 Listen to prayer audio: 9th Day Jan 8Feb 28Apr 3May 5Jul 21Nov 13 Listen to prayer audio: 10th Day Jan 9Mar 1Apr 4May 6Jul 22Nov 14 Listen to prayer audio: 11th Day Jan 10Mar 2Apr 5May 7Jul 23Nov 15 Listen to prayer audio: 12th Day Jan 11Mar 3Apr 6May 8Jul 24Nov 16 Listen to prayer audio:

11. Part II: (1st Week) Knowledge of Self 13th DayJan 12Mar 4 Apr 7May 9Jul 25Nov 17 Listen to prayer audio: 14th DayJan 13Mar 5 Apr 8May 10Jul 26Nov 18 Listen to prayer audio: 15th DayJan 14Mar 6 Apr 9May 11Jul 27Nov 19 Listen to prayer audio: 16th DayJan 15Mar 7 Apr 10May 12Jul 28Nov 20 Listen to prayer audio: 17th DayJan 16Mar 8 Apr 11May 13Jul 29Nov 21 Listen to prayer audio: 18th DayJan 17Mar 9 Apr 12May 14Jul 30Nov 22 Listen to prayer audio: 19th DayJan 18Mar 10 Apr 13May 15Jul 31Nov 23 Listen to prayer audio:

12. Part III: (2nd Week) Knowledge of Our Lady 20th DayJan 19Mar 11Apr 14May 16Aug 1Nov 24 Listen to prayer audio: 21st DayJan 20Mar 12Apr 15May 17Aug 2Nov 25 Listen to prayer audio: 22nd DayJan 21Mar 13Apr 16May 18Aug 3Nov 26 Listen to prayer audio: 23rd DayJan 22Mar 14Apr 17May 19Aug 4Nov 27 Listen to prayer audio: 24th DayJan 23Mar 15Apr 18May 20Aug 5Nov 28 Listen to prayer audio: 25th DayJan 24Mar 16Apr 19May 21Aug 6Nov 29 Listen to prayer audio: 26th DayJan 25Mar 17Apr 20May 22Aug 7Nov 30 Listen to prayer audio:

13. Part IV: (3rd Week) Knowledge of Christ 27th DayJan 26Mar 18Apr 21May 23Aug 8Dec 1 Listen to prayer audio: 28th DayJan 27Mar 19Apr 22May 24Aug 9Dec 2 Listen to prayer audio: 29th DayJan 28Mar 20Apr 23May 25Aug 10Dec 3 Listen to prayer audio: 30th DayJan 29Mar 21Apr 24May 26Aug 11Dec 4 Listen to prayer audio: 31st DayJan 30Mar 22Apr 25May 27Aug 12Dec 5 Listen to prayer audio: 32nd DayJan 31Mar 23Apr 26May 28Aug 13Dec 6 Listen to prayer audio: 33rd DayFeb 1Mar 24Apr 27May 29Aug 14Dec 7 Listen to prayer audio: Consecration Day Feb 2Mar 25Apr 28May 31Aug 15Dec 8 Listen to prayer audio:

14.  At the end of these three weeks (that is on Aug. 15, if you start on 13 July) they should go to confession and Holy Communion with the intention of consecrating themselves to Jesus through Mary as slaves of love. When receiving Holy Communion they could follow the method given later on. Then recite the ACT OF CONSECRATION.