Praise God for last year! It consisted of moments of joy and peace with a fair share of hardship and trials. But at the end of it all, I can look back at this being the best year of my life! I have experienced the fruits of living each day for the Lord. I have witnessed first hand what happens when I say no to God and yes to my selfish wants – emptiness and restlessness – and when I say yes to God and no to my selfish wants – peace, love, and joy.
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God as well as the beginning of a new year. Mama Mary was instrumental in receiving all of those blessings and graces in 2013. She brought me to the Lord and she prepared me to receive Him. Our Mother helps us align our will with the Lord’s will. When we do what the Lord wants us to do, our life is filled with purpose and it is better than we had hoped or dreamed of. Together, let us consecrate this year and ourselves to Mary the Mother of God! She will help us live a life worth living!
I, (name) , a repentant sinner, renew and ratify today in your hands, O Immaculate Mother, the vows of my Baptism. I renounce Satan and resolve to follow Jesus Christ even more closely than before. Mary, I give you my heart. Please set it on fire with love for Jesus. Make it always attentive to His burning thirst for love and for souls. Keep my heart in your most pure Heart that I may love Jesus and the members of His Body with your own perfect love. Mary, I entrust myself totally to you: my body and soul, my goods, both interior and exterior, and even the value of all my good actions. Please make of me, of all that I am and have, whatever most pleases you. Let me be a fit instrument in your immaculate and merciful hands for bringing the greatest possible glory to God. If I fall, please lead me back to Jesus. Wash me in the blood and water that flow from his pierced side, and help me never to lose my trust in this fountain of love and mercy. With you, O Immaculate Mother – you who always do the will of God – I unite myself to the perfect consecration of Jesus as He offers himself in the Spirit to the Father for the life of the world. Amen.
(33 Days to Morning Glory Consecration Prayer)
Praise God for your wisdom, this message uplifts my spirit.