I would love for you to consider joining me on this journey. If you prefer Saint Louis de Montfort's Total Consecration, perhaps we can discuss encouraging one another on that journey later in the year. I have done it many times with my household sisters at the Franciscan University of Steubenville and it is incredible and deep. Both are similar (de Montfort is affiliated with both, after all), but have their own unique aspects as well. At first I was going to say choose either/or, but in contemplating the depth of each, I thought it would be best to tackle one at a time so that we can encourage one another and focus on one goal. And since I have never yet done the 33 Days to Morning Glory consecration, I figured I'd start with it. If this works out, we can move to the other consecration perhaps at the end of 2014.
33 Days to Morning Glory combines some of the thoughts of 4 great Catholic heroes of mine: St. Louis de Montfort, Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and Blessed (soon to be Saint!) John Paul II. I am so excited to begin.
The idea with these consecrations is to end on a Marian feast day.
I have already approached one of my sisters-in-law about doing a consecration and suggested twopossible Marian feast end dates near the end of May. She preferred The Visitation (May 31), so let's go with that.
This means we will begin on April 28th (which just so happens to be Louis de Montfort's feast day, so that is a nice way to begin a devotion of his). It is also the day AFTER Divine Mercy Sunday.
That gives you a little bit less than a month to pick up a copy of the book at your local Catholic bookstore or online find it here on Amazon! Don't worry; I don't have mine yet either. I can send out a few reminders about that as well. Let's commit and set a goal for ourselves to try to purchase and/or order our books by the end of this week to make sure we have them.
If you would like to support me and allow me to support you in this journey please email me at mamalaurarose@gmail.com or comment with your name and email address.
The idea is to bring us all together to encourage one another as we read and pray this book individually. I can't wait to pray with all of you!
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Are you in?
And now...your chance to win a copy of the 33 Days to Morning Glory book! Already have a copy? Win one for a friend or to give as a gift!
Here's what you do:
1. Like my Roses for Mommy page on Facebook here 1 entry point
2. Invite a friend to join us in this wonderful journey. Simply leave a comment "introducing" me to your friend ("Laura, this is Jane, my friend who will be joining us in the Consecration..."etc). When your friend sends me their email address to join our support group I will add your entry. 2 entry points per friend invited
3. Leave a comment on this post telling us your favorite Saint and why. 2 entry points
4. Share this blog post on Facebook to spread the word to others who might be interested in joining us. 1 entry point
Giveaway ends on Monday April 7, 2014 (at midnight PST), so that I have plenty of time to mail out the book before the Consecration begins and you have time to order one still if you haven't already.
