Table of content
- What is consecration?
- What is the Consecration to the Immaculata in the M.I?
- How to do one’s consecration?
1. What is consecration?
Total Consecration can be understood in two ways. There are many sort of “consecration to Mary” that consist of a request rather than an act of submission. Catholics consecrate a child to the Mother of God, or consecrate themselves to Our Lady on the occasion of their First Holy Communion, etc. This is to make a request of her, that she might take me completely under her protection and make me entirely her own. This sort of devotion is legitimate, but it is not a donatio, a giving of self in the strict sense.
2. What is the Consecration to the Immaculata in the M.I?
The Knight of the Immaculata enters the Militia Immaculatæ through Total Consecration to Mary, a solemn answer to the Immaculata’s call to fight under her banner. The individual has recognized the greatness and importance of the Mother of God as a lifeline in these difficult times and wishes to respond.
True consecratio, complete submission, consists in giving oneself to Mary in such a way that the Knight of the Immaculata regards himself in every respect as no longer being the owner and master of what he has, what he is, and what he does, but rather considers that all of this belongs completely and irrevocably to Mary.
Hence from now on he will dispose of his material goods only according to Mary’s intentions; he will make use of his body only according to Mary’s wishes. He will, of course, accept no thoughts, ideas, attachments or deliberate decisions except those that Mary would agree to.
3. How to do one’s consecration?
Before making this commitment, it is recommended to prepare by good readings, times of meditation and why not, if possible, a recollection or a small Marian retreat.
To obtain reading on the subject of the consecration to Marie, we especially recommend two books: “Consecration to Mary” according to Father Maximilien Kolbe, and “The Immaculata our ideal”, by Father Stehlin, international director of the M.I. These two books are especially for preparation.
Then contact us by email info@militia-immaculatae.org and we will give you the concrete means to organize the ceremony.
Finally, choose a beautiful feast of Our Lady to do this important act in your life and do not forget that this consecration is only the beginning of your personal and privileged relationship with the Immaculata.
