Reflection: All for Jesus through Mary

Behold, your Mother.  John 19:27

The way to be close to Jesus and Mary is by consecrating our lives to them and by praying and meditating on the Mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary.

I will espouse you to me forever: I will espouse you in right and justice, in love and mercy; I will espouse you in fidelity, and you shall know the Lord.  Hosea 2:21-22

We will know the Lord by drawing close to Mary in prayer through the Rosary.  How do we get close to Jesus?  Mary, our beautiful Mother will draw us close to her Beloved Son.

We can make a Consecration to Jesus through Mary and place ourselves totally in her hands.  When you do, you give her permission to form you, discipline you, and mold you into a true follower of Christ.  Do not be afraid, as Saint John Paul II always said.  She loves you and will always take care of you.  Always remember her words to Saint Juan Diego in Guadalupe, Mexico:

"Hear and let it penetrate your heart, my dear little son; let nothing discourage you, nothing depress you; let nothing alter your heart or your countenance.  Also do not fear any illness or vexation, anxiety or pain.  Am I not hear who am your Mother?  Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not your fountain of life?  Are you not in the folds of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms?  Is there anything else that you need?"

Through Saint Louis de Montfort and the Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary, we surrender ourselves as a slave to Mary, and to Jesus through her.  Then we perform all our actions with Mary, through Mary and for Mary.  When I made the Consecration to Jesus through Mary, I had no idea what a profound and beautiful impact it would have on my life.  I renew my Consecration every year at the Feast Day of the Assumption of Mary.  Sometimes I renew it more than once a year, on another Marian Feast Day.  Totus Tuus, Totally Yours!



Caryll Houselander, British mystic, poet and spiritual teacher
"Mary never resisted the Holy Spirit by whom she had conceived Jesus because she was passionately devoted to the Will of God and because she loved the world. Her values were his values. Their own miracle went on, and it went on as mysteriously as a pure, bright stream running underground. Just as Christ received God's love from Mary in his infancy, He did God's Will in the little acts of obedience that filled the loveliness of their lives in the loss in the Temple and the temptation in the wilderness. That which had been the secret of her strength from the beginning is the secret of the communion between them."

Blessed Mother Mary, hear our prayers and petitions for these little ones and families. We entrust them to you and ask that you intercede and bring their needs to Jesus. We offer our Rosaries and Memorares in His Holy Name.