The 33-Day Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary (According to St. Louis Marie de Montfort) is a personal devotion in which a person prepares himself/herself spiritually to become consecrated to Jesus through Mary. Participants spend 33 days prior to the Consecration preparing themselves interiorly through spiritual readings from the Bible and other Catholic resources (such as True Devotion, Imitation of Christ, etc.) and praying a series of prayers.
When we consecrate ourselves to Mary, we surrender ourselves to the loving guidance of our Blessed Mother, which is aligned with the will of God. Just as Jesus entrusted Himself to the care of the Blessed Virgin, we too can place ourselves under her maternal protection. By so doing, we allow Mary to nurture our growth in discipleship and conform us more closely to the image of Christ.
Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary
(According to St. Louis de Montfort)
Before beginning the 33 Day Preparation for the Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary, you will need to first pick a Marian feast day on which you will make your consecration. Once you have picked the date of your consecration, count backwards 33 days on the calendar = This will be the date that you will begin the Preparation. For your convenience, we have a list of Marian feast days (with start dates) below.
January 1 – Solemnity of Mary (begin preparation on November 29th)
February 2 – Presentation of the Lord (begin preparation on December 31st)
February 11 – Our Lady of Lourdes (begin preparation on January 9th)
March 25 – The Annunciation (begin preparation on February 20th)
May 13 – Our Lady of Fatima (begin preparation on April 10th)
May 31 – The Visitation (begin preparation on April 28th)
July 16 – Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (begin preparation on June 13th)
August 15 – The Assumption (begin preparation on July 13th)
August 22 – Queenship of Mary (begin preparation on July 20th)
September 8 – Nativity of Mary (begin preparation on August 6th)
September 12 – Holy Name of Mary (begin preparation on August 10th)
September 15 – Our Lady of Sorrows (begin preparation on August 13th)
October 7 – Our Lady of the Rosary (begin preparation on September 4th)
November 21 – Presentation of Mary (begin preparation on October 19th)
December 8 – Immaculate Conception (begin preparation on November 5th)
December 12 – Our Lady of Guadalupe (begin preparation on November 9th)
** Immaculate Heart – The Feast Day is the Saturday after Corpus Christi (begin the preparation on the Saturday after the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
33-Day Preparation
