33 Days - Consecration to Jesus Through Mary

On May 13, 2018 - Fr. Dat consecrated our parish to Jesus through Mary, and we have seen so many fruits from this consecration in this last year. For those who have not done this consecration before, we want to invite you to join us our next 33 Days to Morning Glory program which will end on Saturday, June 29 with the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. People's lives today are often busy and challenging. This program offers individuals a quick and easy way to withdraw from the demands of daily life and enter into a peaceful interior reflection on their relationship with Christ in the context of Marian devotion. We begin with the Immaculate Heart because Mary leads us to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The end result is that, by learning to entrust ourselves to the Mother of Our Lord, we can discover a transforming trust in Jesus himself.

This program centers around the book "33 Days to Morning Glory" which will need to be purchased (available on Amazon, or at https://www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org/) and comes in either English or Spanish. The 33 Days to Morning Glory Group Retreat consists of Reading, Pondering and Meeting. There will be short, daily reflections for you to read and ponder as an individual. The meeting portion can take place at your home (with your family) or with your Small Christian Community,. 

We want to invite you to begin with our next parish group retreat starting the week of May 26 with the consecration taking place on Saturday, June 29 (Immaculate Heart of Mary) at the Vigil Mass.

Please register for this program (on the left side of the screen), so we can contact you with updates and other information as our first group retreat gets underway.

Videos used for Meetings (and additional materials/resources) can be found through Formed. If you have not previously registered, please do so by going to https://saintfaustinachurch.formed.org and entering your email address.

Program Begins - The Week of May 26
Orientation and Introduction (watch before you begin)
Week 1 - St. Louis de Montfort (recommended use during the week of 6/2-6/8)
Week 2 - St. Maximilian Kolbe  (recommended use during the week of 6/9-6/15)
Week 3 - St. Teresa of Calcutta (recommended use during the week of 6/17-6/22)
Week 4 - St. John Paul II (recommended use during the week leading up to the Consecration)
Review (use as a review in the final few days leading up to the June 29 Consecration)

This weekend, Fr. Dat will be consecrating our parish to Jesus through Mary at each of our Masses. Congratulations to those  who have been faithfully preparing yourself for the last 33 days. Here are the recommendations for these final days of preparation:
1. Make a good confession - but if you do not have time to do so before the Consecration, then from your heart tell the Lord you're sorry for your sins and make a resolution to get to Confession as soon as possible.
2. Get a miraculous medal to wear around your neck as a sign of your consecration - or at least keep in your purse or wallet. There will be some medals available this weekend, but we highly recommend to get your own from a local Catholic store to ensure you have a medal.

The Consecration Prayer is below, and will be prayed after Communion.

I, ___________________________  , 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.