2.
ANGELUS/REGINA CAELI! Traditionally this prayer is prayed at noon,
but it came be prayed at any y time. Why not pray it three times a day—at 9:00-
a.m., 12 noon and 6:00 p.m. By doing this we will be sanctifying the morning
hours, the afternoon hours, and the evening hours through the holy and sweet presence of Mary. These Marian prayers call to mind Mary’s key
presence in the Mysteries of our salvation—The Incarnation, Passion, death and
Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! The Cure of Ars, St. John
Vianney reminds us of the constant presence and action of Mary in our lives: “Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get
any rest; from now until then, she is too busy with her children. To serve the Queen of Heaven is to reign
there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern.”
3.
CONSECRATE HOME AND FAMILY TO THE
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY AND SACRED HEART OF JESUS. Prepare for the consecration by a nine-day
novena of Rosaries and prayers and culminate with the priest blessing the image
as well as the home and family members. From this blessing and consecration God
the Father will shower a deluge of blessings upon you and every member in your
family.

4.
CONSECRATION OF YOUR SELF! Go through the formal process of consecration
of your whole begin of Jesus through Mary.
You can choose various forms: Kolbe, or St. Louis de Montfort, or the
modern one done by Father Michael Gaitely—”33 days to the morning glory”. This consecration could change dramatically
your whole life. If you have already
done it then you can renew the consecration every year and go deeper into the
infinite reservoir of the love of God brought to us through the intercession of
Mary! Mary has power over us in ways that go way beyond our wildest
imagination. St. Louis de Montfort reminds us: “For God, having given power over his only-begotten and natural Son,
also gave power over his adopted children—not only what concerns the body which
would be of little account—but also in what concerns the soul.”

5.
IMITATE MARY!
If we truly love somebody, then we want to get to know them better,
follow them more closely and finally to imitate their good qualities that we
call virtues. St. Louis de Montfort in his classic “True Devotion to Mary” gives us a list of the ten principal virtues
of Mary. Imitate them and you will be on the Highway to holiness! Here they
are! Her deep humility, lively faith, blind obedience, unceasing prayer,
constant self-denial, surpassing purity, ardent love, heroic patience, angelic
kindness, and heavenly wisdom! (True Devotion to Mary, St. Louis de Montfort, #
108) St. Louis teaches us: “The greatest saints, those richest in grace
and virtue will be the most assiduous in praying to the most Blessed Virgin,
looking up to her as the perfect model to imitate and as a powerful helper to
assist them.”
6.
TEMPTATIONS: CALL ON MARY! Our life is a constant combat zone, until
death! We should not fight alone against
the devil, the flesh and the world. Rather, in the heat of temptation, when all
seems to be lost call upon the Holy Name of Mary; pray the Hail Mary! If done all the powers of hell will be
vanquished. Mary is the “General in the army”. At her command the enemies—the
evil spirits—take to flight, vanish, and are defeated! St. Francis de Sales was tempted to despair
and through the prayer to Mary, “Memorare”
(attributed to St. Bernard) the temptation was conquered. St. Anthony Mary Claret was tempted fiercely
to give in to a temptation against purity. It was through his fervent prayers
to Mary that the devil of impurity was expelled and young Anthony was given
special graces to live chastity, to found a Religious Order, preach constantly
and write many books that did immense good! As St. Bonaventure asserts: “Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as
the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary.”
7.
MARY AND THE LIGURGICAL YEAR. Get to know the powerful presence of Mary in
the Mystical Body of Christ which is the Church. Especially get to know Mary’s
presence in the Liturgical Year—the Masses.
The end purpose of Holy Mass is to praise and worship God the Father,
through the offering of God the Son and through the power of the Holy Spirit.
However Mary has a special place in the Liturgical Year. Mary is the Mother of
God, the Mother of the Church and she is our Mother in the order of grace! Read and meditate attentively the Apostolic
Letter of Pope Paul VI “Marialis Cultus”, which clearly explains the presence
of Mary in the Liturgical calendar. This is a spiritual masterpiece. It is a MUST
for your reading!
8.
READING ON MARY! For a well-formed and integral Mariology we
should cultivate both DOCTRINE and DEVOTION.
Doctrine without devotion can be arid and dry. Whereas, devotion without
doctrine can easily degenerate into mere sentimentalism! Why not read the Apostolic Letter of Saint
John Paul II “Blessed Virgin Mary and the
Rosary”. This spiritual gem
combines both solid catholic doctrine (Mariology) with a tender love and
devotion to Mary. The saintly Pope
exhorts the entire world to contemplate
the face of Jesus through the eyes and heart of Mary!” Mary is the quickest, shortest, easiest and
most efficacious path to Jesus.

9.
MARIAN APOSTLE! Become an ardent and fervent and passionate
Apostle of Mary. One of the most famous
modern Marian saints is Saint Maximilian Kolbe. His love for Mary could not be
contained. One of the apostolic methods that Kolbe used was to spread devotion
to the Immaculata by means of the
Miraculous Medal (Medal of the Immaculate Conception). Any opportunity that
would arise, St Maximilian would give free of charge the medal to the person.
He called these “spiritual bullets”.
Then he would explain the Marian, catechetical meaning of this explosive medal.
The medal is called “Miraculous” for
the simple reason that many miracles have been attributed to those who use it
with great faith and love and trust in the intercession of Mary. Why not become
a modern Marian apostle today, following in the footsteps of Kolbe??? This great Marian saint asserted with
conviction: “The Immaculate alone has
from God the promise of victory over Satan. She seeks souls that will
consecrate themselves entirely to her, that will become in her hands forceful
instruments for the defeat of Satan and the spread of God’s kingdom.”

10. MOST HOLY ROSARY! In Fatima Our Lady appeared six times to the
Shepherd children—Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco.
In each and every apparition Our Lady insisted upon the praying of the
most Holy Rosary. Six times!!!! St. John
Paul II in his document on the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Rosary insisted,
pleaded, that the whole world pray the Holy Rosary for the salvation of the
family and for world peace. The famous Rosary priest, Father Patrick Peyton put
it concisely: “The family that prays together stays together”… and “A world at prayer
is a world at peace.” Why not obey
the new saint--- Saint John Paul II? Why not obey the Mother of God, Our Lady
of Fatima’s requests? If done the family will be saved and there will be peace
that the human heart so longs for!