Consecration to Our Lady Course

10/20/2020
|By Fr. Michael Joseph Carlson, EP

Summary of the Course

In Fatima, Our Lady promised, “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph!” In anticipation of the coming of this reign, we contemplate an increasingly chaotic world devastated by crises of all kinds. Above all, a spiritual crisis in which people have lost the meaning of life. In this sad situation, there is nothing better than to look for the solution in the arms of Our Lady.

St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, in his Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, affirms that it was through the Blessed Virgin that Jesus Christ came into the world and that it is also through Her that He must reign in the world. The Heralds of the Gospel are dedicated to bringing you the opportunity to know St. Louis de Montfort’s method of consecration by which we become slaves of love to Jesus Christ through the hands of Mary. There is no surer way to reach the heart of the Son than to be guided by the hands of the Mother.

Taught by Fr. Michael Joseph Carlson, EP, the course consists of 33 daily classes. After the classes, we will have a solemn Consecration to the Virgin Mary. Each class covers a number of topics from the Treatise, with material that will greatly deepen our knowledge of the Blessed Virgin and help us grow in a more perfect devotion to Her. This course will lead us to love Our Lady more and more, moved by the blazing fire of the Holy Spirit, through interior and exterior practices taught by St. Louis de Montfort. The classes are enriched with illustrative examples from the lives of the Saints, experiences, and miracles, which highlight the importance of giving ourselves to this devotion, learning to do everything with Mary, through Mary, in Mary, and for Mary. Thus we will find the inner peace we seek so much!

Fr. Michael Joseph Carlson, EP Fr. Michael Joseph Carlson, EP

Fr. Michael Joseph Carlson consecrated himself to Our Lady in his youth through the method of St. Louis Marie Grignion de Monfort. He has a deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and has made his life a constant search for men and women who live the same dedication to Jesus through Mary's hands. As a good religious, always cheerful and good natured, Fr. Michael has been assigned by his superiors to carry out his apostolate in various places, beginning in the United States, his native land, and in several countries in Central America, South America, and Europe. His native language is English, but he speaks Spanish and Portuguese fluently. He frequently comments on the daily liturgy on the Heralds of the Gospel YouTube Channel.

Course Lessons

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Introduction – True Devotion to Mary

Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary according to the method of St. Louis de Montfort, means that we are going to consecrate everything! We consecrate ourselves to Our Lord Jesus Christ, through the intercession of Our Lady.
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Lesson 01 (TD 1-13) – Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin

Learn from the first lessons of “A Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin.” This valuable book teaches us, “It was through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Jesus Christ came into the world, and it is also through Her that He must reign in the world.”
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Lesson 02 (TD 14-21) – God Wanted to Make Use of Mary Most Holy

In this second class, learn why, even though God did not need help, He wanted to begin and end His greatest works through the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Lesson 03 (TD 22-36) – Our Lady Mediator of Divine Graces

God willed that all divine graces be given to us through the hands of Our Lady. In this class we will get to know the importance of the Virgin Mary in the granting of divine graces and the sanctification of our souls.
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Lesson 04 (TD 37-48) – Mary Most Holy, Queen of our Hearts

God wanted to form His elect through Our Lady. It is through Her that He protects His people, works wonders in our souls, and reigns in our hearts. In this class, we will see how being truly devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary is a clear sign of divine predestination.
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Lesson 05 (TD 49-59) – The Necessity of Marian Devotion for the Latter Times

Our Lady is the way by which Our Lord Jesus Christ first came into the world and the way by which He will come to us the second time, though not in the same manner. Understand the importance and necessity of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary for the latter times.
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Lesson 06 (TD 60-67) – Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Purpose of Marian Devotion

Understand the first fundamental truth of Marian devotion: Our Lord Jesus Christ is the ultimate end of our devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
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Lesson 07 (TD 68-77) – We Belong to Jesus Christ and Mary as Slaves

“Before Baptism, every human being is a slave of the devil, and belongs to him” says St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort. After Baptism, we are slaves of Jesus Christ. Learn in this class the most perfect way to be a slave of love of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Lesson 08 (TD 83-89) – The Necessity of Mediation

Learn why we need Our Lady so we can be more intimately united to Our Lord Jesus Christ, and how She can help us maintain the graces and treasures that we receive from God.
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Lesson 09 (TD 90-96) – The False Devotees of Our Lady

Get to know the seven false devotions to Our Lady and discover how to distance yourself from the vices of these erroneous devotions.
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Lesson 10 (TD 97-104) – The Presumption, Inconstancy, Hypocrisy and Interests of the False Devotees

Continue learning about false devotions to Our Lady and discover other mistakes made by false devotees of the Mother of God.
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Lesson 11 (TD 105-114) – The True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin

Understand in this class why true devotion to the Blessed Virgin is an interior, tender, holy, steadfast, and disinterested devotion, and why it is feared by the devil.