{"product_id":"1758055380-46b735cf","title":"Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus Christ Through Mary: According to St. Louis DeMontfort","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eO Virgin most faithful!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMake me in all things so perfect\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ea disciple, imitator and slave of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eincarnate Wisdom, Jesus Christ, your Son,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ethat I may come, through your intercession and your example,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eto the fullness of his age on earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand of his glory in heaven.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese words from St. Louis de Montfort’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAct of Total Consecration\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egive beautiful expression to the fundamental thrust of his spirituality: Christianity that is fully alive is nothing less than a radical act of total self-surrender and self-gift to the Lord Jesus Christ who, in his redemptive Incarnation, has first given himself totally over to us, and for us.\u003cbr\u003eRecognizing that the Lord has first consecrated, completely given, himself to us, Fr. de Montfort rightly recognizes that one truly receives this gift in its fullness only by fully giving, that is consecrating, himself to its saving power. The great Apostle of Our Lady proposed in his masterwork, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrue Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an outline of a process by means of which one might prepare himself to make just such a total self-gift to Jesus through Mary.\u003cbr\u003eThis book, which has been prepared by the Company of Mary, the religious community founded by Fr. de Montfort himself, is both an introduction to his spirituality of total consecration and a guide for those who would prepare themselves to make his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAct of Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It is also the fruit of this same \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAct of Total Consecration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e lived out in years of missionary service of Our Lord and Our Lady in the Roman Catholic Church which we joyfully make available to the people of God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heavenly Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43590262128709,"sku":"9780910984072","price":8.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/6398\/7781\/files\/Screenshot2025-10-15140820.png?v=1760555315","url":"https:\/\/heavenlygiftsonline.com\/products\/1758055380-46b735cf","provider":"Heavenly Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}