Consecration and Entrustment to Mary
For centuries, Marian devotions among Roman Catholics have included many examples of personal or collective acts of consecration and entrustment to the Blessed Virgin Mary, with the Latin terms oblatio, servitus, commendatio, and dedicatio having used in this context.
Consecration is an act by which a person is dedicated to a sacred service, or an act which separates an object, location or region from a common and profane mode to one of sacred use.
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments clarifies that in this context, "It should be recalled, however, that the term 'consecration' is used here in a broad and non-technical sense: the expression is use of 'consecrating children to Our Lady,' by which is intended placing children under her protection and asking her maternal protection for them."
Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary by Roman Catholics has taken place in three perspectives: personal, societal, regional, and a number of different titles: the Immaculate Conception, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, or more recently to Mary, Mother of the Church.
Early in the 20th century, St Maximilian Kolbe called the 'Apostle of Consecration to Mary,' began a rigorous program of promoting consecration to the Immaculata. In Catholic teachings, consecration to Mary does not diminish or substitute the love of God, but enhances it, for all consecration is ultimately made to God. Theologian Garrigou-Lagrange designated personal consecration to Mary as the highest level among Marian devotions.
Pope St John Paul II's motto Totus Tuus (totally yours), reflected his personal consecration to Mary. He consecrated the entire world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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Consecration is an act by which a person is dedicated to a sacred service, or an act which separates an object, location or region from a common and profane mode to one of sacred use.
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments clarifies that in this context, "It should be recalled, however, that the term 'consecration' is used here in a broad and non-technical sense: the expression is use of 'consecrating children to Our Lady,' by which is intended placing children under her protection and asking her maternal protection for them."
Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary by Roman Catholics has taken place in three perspectives: personal, societal, regional, and a number of different titles: the Immaculate Conception, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, or more recently to Mary, Mother of the Church.
Early in the 20th century, St Maximilian Kolbe called the 'Apostle of Consecration to Mary,' began a rigorous program of promoting consecration to the Immaculata. In Catholic teachings, consecration to Mary does not diminish or substitute the love of God, but enhances it, for all consecration is ultimately made to God. Theologian Garrigou-Lagrange designated personal consecration to Mary as the highest level among Marian devotions.
Pope St John Paul II's motto Totus Tuus (totally yours), reflected his personal consecration to Mary. He consecrated the entire world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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