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We would like to again use the 33 days to Morning Glory written by Fr. Gaitley to guide our Consecration. The book has daily reflections with a short prayer. The first week contains reflections from writings of St. Louis de Montfort. The second week has excerpts from St. Maximilian Kolbe; the third St. Teresa of Calcutta and the fourth St. John Paul II. It spends more time in reflection and less on vocal prayers of litanies. It was well received last year by many members of the Children's Rosary who joined together for the journey. We even had wonderful reports of children who loved the readings each night, too. While I am recommending we use the 33 Days to Morning Glory, if you would prefer using a different format this would be fine. I myself used the traditional St. Louis de Montfort Consecration prayers but also enjoy this contemplative approach.
The 33 Day Consecration prayers traditionally precede a Marian Feast and the Feast that we will be saying our Consecration on is January 1st - the Feast of Mary Mother of God. Therefore we will begin our prayers on November 29th.
Last year many members of the Children's Rosary participated in this 33 day Consecration. It is always a wonderful practice to renew ones Consecration yearly. So we again invite those of you who participated last year to join together again.
An organization called My Consecration is offering booklets at a discounted price but only ships in the US and Canada. The link to order the 33 Days to Morning Glory booklet click HERE.
For those unable to obtain the 33 Days to Morning Glory book there is an online version of the St. Louis de Monfort 33 Day Consecration which is a wonderful alternative.
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