I’m Consecrated to Our Lady… What’s Next?

05/12/2024
|By Fr. Timothy Joseph Ring, EP

Summary of the Module

 

After a month long preparation, we all made our Consecration to Jesus through Mary as slaves of love. It was a beautiful journey… But, the Consecration was just the beginning! We now begin our lives as slaves of Jesus and Mary.

However, how does this new dimension of our spiritual life influence our daily activities? How do we live the Consecration to Mary in our lives at home, with our families, in our prayer-life, in our life of participation at the Eucharist, in our life as members of the Catholic Church, in our lives as consecrated religious, or as priests?

In this new course called “I’m Consecrated to Our Lady… What’s Next?” Fr. Timothy Ring will explain how the Holy Slavery to Mary deeply influences not only all that we do, but even what we are! Don’t miss out on this course that is an indispensable companion to your Consecration to Mary.

 

Fr. Timothy Joseph Ring, EP Fr. Timothy Joseph Ring, EP

Fr. Timothy Joseph Ring is originally from St. Louis, Missouri. From a deeply religious and Catholic family, he began his vocational journey at the relatively young age of 16, when he consecrated himself to Jesus through Mary, following the method of St. Louis de Montfort. After 20 years as a consecrated layman in the Heralds of the Gospel, he was ordained as a priest in 2006. He has served the community in missions in different parts of the globe: in North and South America, as well as in Europe. His native language is English, but he also speaks Italian, Spanish and Portuguese fluently.

Course Lessons

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Lesson 1: I’m Consecrated to Our Lady… What’s Next?

In this introductory lesson of the Consecration follow-up course Fr. Timothy Ring gives us a model, a guide, and a patroness for our new spiritual journey as slaves of Mary…
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Lesson 2: Caro Christi Caro Mariae – The Eucharistic Life of a Slave of Mary

The “source and summit of the Christian life” is the Eucharist, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us. In this lesson, Fr. Timothy explains…
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Lesson 3: Behold the Handmaid of the Lord – The Prayer Life of a Slave of Mary I

In this lesson, Fr. Timothy talks about the most important activity of our lives: prayer, without which no adult Christian can be saved, as the saints tell us…
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Lesson 4: Be it done to me according to Your Word – The Prayer Life of a Slave of Mary II

The perfect prayer is that of Mary: Be it done to me according to Your Word! In this second lesson on prayer, Fr. Timothy gives some common objections and…
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Lesson 5: Love is repaid only with love – The Purgative Life of a Slave of Mary

Suffering is the opportunity God gives us to repay love with love. Suffering could almost be considered as an eighth Sacrament, since it obtains so many graces from God…
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Lesson 6: Sine Macula et Ruga  – Ecclesial Life of a Slave of Mary

To understand a nature that is superior to us seems an impossible mental game. But, what we believe must have at least some foundation in reason…
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Lesson 7: Holy Service – The Family Life of a Slave of Mary

In this lesson, Fr. Timothy focuses on family life and the way to practice the Holy Slavery at home. He first shows how God loves the family, because God is Himself a family!…
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Lesson 8: An Elevator for “Little Souls” – The Way of Life of a Slave of Mary

In this concluding lesson, Fr. Timothy gives us a very consoling message about the great love God has for us, in having chosen us to be loving slaves of His Holy Mother…

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