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TotusTuus
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| First Name: | Mark | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | Cradle Catholic (thanks Mom and Dad!) |
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 03:27 am |
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I just stumbled across this first prayer and thought it was quite good. The second prayer I remember praying as a teenager about 25 years ago, and I just rediscovered it. To me it is like a perfect prayer. I believe it was written by Fr. George Kosicki, but I can't confirm that:
Pope John Paul II’s Consecration Prayer:
Immaculate Conception, Mary my Mother, live in me, act in me, speak in me 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 and 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. Amen By thy Immaculate Conception, O Mary, make my body pure and my soul holy.
An Act of Consecration to Mary:
Mary, Mother of Jesus and Mother of Mercy, since Jesus from the Cross gave you to me, I take you as my own. And since Jesus gave me to you, take me as your own. Make me docile like Jesus on the Cross, obedient to the Father and trusting in humility and in love.
Mary, my Mother, in imitation of the Father, who gave his Son to you, I too
give my all to you, to you I entrust all that I am, all that I have and all that I do.
Help me to surrender ever more fully to the Spirit. Lead me deeper into the Mystery of the Cross, the Cenacle and the fullness of the Church. As you formed the heart of Jesus by the Spirit, form my heart to be the throne of Jesus in his glorious coming.
Last edited on Wed Mar 26th, 2008 03:29 am by TotusTuus
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Kayla
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Posted: Thu Mar 27th, 2008 01:35 am |
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Another prayer of consecration written by St. Maximillian Koble.
O Immaculata, Queen of Heaven and earth, refuge of sinners and our most loving Mother, God has willed to entrust the entire order of mercy to you. I, (name), a repentant sinner, cast myself at your feet, humbly imploring you to take me with all that I am and have, wholly to yourself as your possession and property. Please make of me, of all my powers of soul and body, of my whole life, death and eternity, whatever most pleases you.
If it pleases you, use all that I am and have without reserve, wholly to accomplish what was said of you: "She will crush your head," and "You alone have destroyed all heresies in the whole world. " Let me be a fit instrument in your immaculate and merciful hands for introducing and increasing your glory to the maximum in all the many strayed and indifferent souls, and thus help extend as far as possible the blessed kingdom of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus. For wherever you enter you obtain the grace of conversion and growth in holiness, since it is through your hands that all graces come to us from the most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
V. Allow me to praise you, O sacred Virgin
R. Give me strength against your enemies
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I believe, Lord, help my unbelief.
Jesus, I trust in You!
There's not a lot of job security for us after death. I suppose that's one advantage of being a philosopher. - Peter Kreeft
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setapart
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Posted: Thu Mar 27th, 2008 02:33 am |
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I have been praying the prayer that Kayla quoted. I been venturing in this direction little by little asking the Blessed Mother and the Lord to help me to trust more and more. I find this an amazing turn around for me - here's a little bit of my history with my journey toward honoring our Blessed Mother as she does indeed deserve (Honor your father and mother):
Back in the mid-80's I was at the National Fire Academy there at Emmitsburg. At the time I was an on-fire Charismatic Evangelical who spent almost all of his spare time after classes and on weekends in reading the Word, going on long walks and bike rides-talking to the Lord, attending Fellowship of Christian Firefighter meetings (by the way, the sign up book is still there on campus from those days with my name signed in there) being held on campus and seeking His will and spending much time in prayer.
While there I read about prayer meetings being held by the nuns at the Seton Shrine right next door. I decided to attend in spite of my anti-Catholic disposition. I brought with me a Mormon friend whom I met there at the Academy. (My intention was to wake him up to the truth of Jesus' real identity of being truly deivine and Lord of all creation). I was pleasantly welcomed by the nuns and we had a beautiful prayer time together, the Holy Spirit was truly present in our midst. I felt very comfortable being there. I had the opportunity to share with some of the nuns my present church affiliation and my Catholic Church background of my youth. At the end of the prayer meeting, one of the nuns approached me with said to me that Mary was my Mother and that I should pray that she would reveal herself to me as my Mother. I was polite to her in my lack of a verbal response with just a nod of my head.
On my way back to the NFA campus just next door, I felt spooked to the depths of my soul. After all, I was in the midst of "Maryland" with a huge statue of Mary just a couple of miles away. I tried shaking this revolting suggestion away my my conscious thoughts. During this time my Mormon friend invited me to his room, so I went with him there. I thought to myself now is my chance to get him back to the true road to Salvation and talk him out of the Mormon church. After arriving to his room, he starting sharing with me how he was converted to Mormonism by asking God to reveal to him the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. He then challenged me to read it for myself. Well this was way too much for me to handle being still being spooked by the audacity of seeking Mary to be my Mother. So I boldly told him that he is not going to get me to read those "doctrines of demons". Needless to say this ended our conversation, the visit to his room and unfortunately afterward our friendship.
Last year I had the opportunity to return to the NFA again. This time I had a wonderful time walking, praying talking to God and our Blessed Mother as a Catholic. I visited the Grotto Shrine and the St. Elizabeth Seton Basilica. I also got to visit the cemetary where some of her children and many nuns are buried. I had a wonderful time there.
Now over 20 years later I can hear this sweet nun's voice ringing in my ears: "Ask the Blessed Mother to reveal herself to you". Although I have been praying the rosary for several years nows and asking many times for her to reveal herself to me, I am little by little sensing her very presense being manifested within my heart. I found that by stepping out in faith and being very hungry for a closer walk with Jesus, I am being more open to the consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I am amazed by the wonderful ways of God as He directs my life in spite of my hard heartedness and ignorance.
By the way I am looking forward to returning back to the NFA this August for more "holy walks".
God Bless,
Bill
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But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture. Mal 4:2
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