Singapore – Total Consecration to Jesus Christ through Mary 2022
- By: Dionigi Taffarello
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St Louis de Montfort recognized that at its very foundation Christian life is nothing less than a total sharing and a profound participation in the life of Jesus Christ. Fr de Montfort’s great desire was to produce a stable, deep, profound devotion to Our Lady in the heart of the Christian faithful. Because through that, he recognized that Christian life itself will be renewed and this is the key to the renewal of the Church. In the words of Fr de Montfort, no one can truly be a child of God the Father without also being a child of Mary.
Many of us come to the idea of consecration in various ways. We recall “The Heart of Living” seminar organized by the Montfortian Associates on 2 October 2021. 90 people attended the seminar and listened to Brother Dominic Yeo-Koh’s sharing on how Mary gave her consent for God’s will to be done. During the seminar, Brother Dominic also invited participants to reflect whether they have given their ‘yes’ to God.
This year as we celebrate the 180th anniversary of the discovery of True Devotion, Montfortian Associates Singapore embarked on the 5th batch of the Total Consecration to Jesus Christ through Mary (TCM) Journey. Upon attending “The Heart of Living” seminar, 57 participants were inspired to begin to learn the True Devotion and embark on this journey to make an act of consecration to Our Lady and endeavor to live the consecration.
Participants are divided into 6 groups and 12 Montfortian Associates from previous batches are involved in this journey as facilitators. The TCM journey will take about 9 months.
The Preparation for Total Consecration involves the following movements:
- Introduction and Renunciation of the world – 12 days, started on 22 January 2022
- Knowledge of self – week 1 (7 days)
- Knowledge of Mary – week 2 (7 days)
- Knowledge of Jesus – week 3 (7 days)
- Total Consecration Retreat on 7-9 October 2022
The first session was introduction and renunciation of the world; it was conducted online on Saturday, 22 January morning. Participants had the chance to get to know each other and to get to know the facilitators before sharing the reflection question. There will also be face-to-face sessions at Montfort Centre at the beginning of each movement.
We pray for God’s graces and protection over all participants and all people involved in this TCM journey. May Almighty God grant us His graces to surrender ourselves fully into the care of the great Mother of God in the same way that the Lord himself has done for us and for our salvation.
By Livia Soetedjo, Secretary of the Montfortian Gabrielite Associates