St. Roch Church

This book was written for one main reason: Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary (Marian consecration) truly is “the surest, easiest, shortest, and the most perfect means” to becoming a saint, and there should be an easy and updated way to dive into such a blessing.

Every week of this four-week retreat (plus five days for review), we’ll read about how one of our four giants of Marian consecration lived out his or her consecration to Jesus through Mary. The goal will be not just to read about them and their teaching but, like Mary, to ponder their message in our hearts. So, for 33 days, we won’t be going through a long list of prayers. Rather, we’ll do our best to spend all day, each day, pondering the day’s teaching. (Or, if we do our reading in the evenings, we can spend the day pondering the previous day’s teaching.) As we know from Sacred Scripture, this heart-pondering attitude is specifically Marian (see Luke 2:19, 51), and it’s something we can do no matter how busy we are. Moreover, I’ve included a short prayer to go with each day’s reading to help us ponder the day’s lesson. And because our goal during these 33 days is to remain in an atmosphere of heart-pondering prayer, I’ve called this time not just a preparation but a retreat.

The group will do their daily consecration preparation work from home. Once a week, the group will meet in the Saint Ann Center in RM 3 and 4 to do the Wednesday Consecration Prep together, and encourage each other through prayer and community. These meetings will be at 6:30pm.