{"id":47087,"date":"2025-08-16T15:25:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T21:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=47087"},"modified":"2025-08-16T23:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T05:40:25","slug":"how-do-you-consecrate-something-to-our-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2025\/08\/how-do-you-consecrate-something-to-our-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"How do You Consecrate Something to Our Lady?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_37475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37475\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/254\/2020\/07\/472px-Immaculate_Heart_of_Mary.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37475\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/254\/2020\/07\/472px-Immaculate_Heart_of_Mary-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immaculate Heart of Mary. Source: Wikimedia Commons https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Diana_Ringo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p><strong><i>O Lord my God, you have made your servant king although I am but a little child \u2026 Give your servant<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?<\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>I wrote yesterday that I am going to consecrate my \u201cwork\u201d to save America\u2019s democracy to Our Lady.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That sounds high-falutin\u2019 \u2026 but what does it mean and how do you do such a thing?<\/p>\n<p>I could direct you to a plethora of on-line sources explaining all about it. I could also direct you to a ton of prayers of consecration that you could use.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But, to be honest, I don\u2019t think any of that is really necessary. I think these things make it too complicated. I\u2019m basing that claim on my personal experience.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>My first experience with consecration came along before I knew any such thing existed. I guess you could say I accidentally consecrated my activities to Jesus through Mary without knowing I was doing it.<\/p>\n<p>I was first elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives way back in 1980. A few years later, I got married. A couple of years after that, I learned I was going to have my first baby.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>My husband and I believed that the best gift we could give our children was a full-time mother. So I gave up my seat in the House of Representatives and stayed home and raised my kids.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sixteen years later, I ran for the same house seat in the same house district and was re-elected. I still remember how joyful the people in that house district were to see me again. One lady told me she had been praying I would come back, and then she looked up and I was walking up to her house to ask for her vote.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re me, that matters a lot. I wanted to do the best I could for these wonderful people.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, after the election, I read the Scripture where King Solomon tells God that he is overwhelmed by the awesome responsibility of governing God\u2019s people. Solomon asked God for a \u201cdiscerning heart to govern your people, and to distinguish right from wrong.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I prayed a 54-day Rosary Novena, and, every day, I prayed Solomon\u2019s prayer along with it. I asked God to use me however He chose to do good for the people whose lives he had entrusted to me.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t know it at the time, but looking back on it now, I realize that I was consecrating my time in office to Jesus through Mary by means of the Rosary. The Rosary is a powerful way to pray to Jesus through Mary.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Years later, I authored a bill that I felt had deep moral significance. I knew it would be tough to get that bill into law, for a lot of ugly political reasons. I didn\u2019t know what I was doing, but I\u2019d heard about consecrating things to Our Lady, so I prayed and told her I was consecrating that bill to her.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>My experiences during my time in office and with that bill in particular turned out to be a deep learning experience as to what it means to place yourself in God\u2019s hands.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If what happened to me is typical, then I would guess that it often leads you into conflict with the evil of this world. It also asks you to do things that a smart person who was looking out for number one would never do.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I used to call it \u201cbeing a fool for Jesus.\u201d I was smart enough to know that a lot of what I was going was politically stupid. I got in a lot of hot water that, as I said, I was plenty smart enough to know I was being stupid to get into. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But God used me in ways that I never foresaw or imagined. There were times when I felt like a ball player that the coach told \u201cYou go stand over there,\u201d and it was a stupid command that made no sense, but I went and stood over there, because he told me too. Then, out of nowhere, the ball would come straight to me.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That, in my very small experience, is what it\u2019s like to consecrate something to Mary. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>About \u2026 I dunno \u2026 14 years ago, I read St Louis de Montfort\u2019s booklet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Preparation-Total-Consecration-According-Montfort\/dp\/0910984077\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=398OUJ8BPXG57&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1UxHzLD_NyAyjRdmttFe8BGr9GS7t2VraRXzv92XD8ybltIICg68wSvJGQHUxDmh7JyTBuXT7KvyqHrKMagNrxiwMO5WJQ87VvjvQIzVH1ax-VgvzkNvofIlCnTj5uvhDRBCzvD8USxviOMDUG_NI2vgDUJ3QY_qGU21ptG4oDPiiznqYIstD93q8wVL7rmXM1GSeYKtV4oHi-uND0ZmY8414wU42F1wDedOyLh3_Dk.9ItcP_S9EG3gtdMTNLG2gcQvBWmlDDflpb6162aPfB0&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=Total+Consecration+of+Jesus+Through+Mary&amp;qid=1755379163&amp;sprefix=total+consecration+of+jesus+through+mary,aps,177&amp;sr=8-1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i> It intrigued me, but I didn\u2019t follow through at that time.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then, I read a book called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thriftbooks.com\/w\/33-days-to-morning-glory_fr-michael-gaitley-mic\/278631\/item\/5407048\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=us_shopping_zombies_hvfl_2155271854&amp;utm_adgroup=&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=719329521330&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21855271854&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADwY45ju2DdtafDBvhJ-XeKumnV9K&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw2IDFBhDCARIsABDKOJ4Wbjq2Bc3vQwap7u2GFiAXRfRpSRdOMPhPzvKFvkmPqD7lGm257ZgaAk_5EALw_wcB#idiq=5407048&amp;edition=6529714\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat In Preparation for Marian Consecration<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I followed that book like a cooking recipe. On September 22, which is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, I knelt down in my home office and prayed a prayer of consecration to Mary that I wrote myself.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t hear any bells ring, and there wasn\u2019t any change in my life that I could see. I didn\u2019t know for sure that it actually \u201ctook\u201d until a few years later when I picked up a book about consecration to St Michael the Archangel. I immediately knew that wasn\u2019t for me. I was and I am already consecrated to Jesus through Our Lady.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When my mother died, I prayed and told Mary, \u201cI need you to mother me now.\u201d Again, I didn\u2019t feel much of anything. But I know she\u2019s there.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>My experience \u2014 and there\u2019s a lot more than I can squeeze into a blog post \u2014 is that Mary is actually tougher on you than Jesus. Praying that 54-day Novena brought me face to face with my worst sins in a scalding and painful way that I truly believe was God, giving me part of my Purgatory now, in this life. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The experience changed me profoundly. I think it was Mother Mary who interceded with her Son to give me that awful grace.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So what does it mean to consecrate your work to save America\u2019s democracy to Our Lady? It means that you are entrusting your efforts to Jesus\u2019 mother to guide and shepherd you and to intercede with her Son on your behalf to keep you and what you do within God\u2019s will.<\/p>\n<p>It means you are placing yourself in the same position as the chief steward at the wedding at Cana who went to Mary and told her, <i>we\u2019ve run out of wine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>She took the steward\u2019s problem to Jesus, and Jesus would not refuse to do as His mother asked. He helped the steward.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our Lady is not a soft, my-baby-is-always-right kind of mother. She raised a son Who went to the cross, and she knew from the beginning what she was doing.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She will get you to heaven, but she\u2019ll do it by bringing you face to face with your sins and scouring you clean of them. True repentance is a grace and a gift. But it is not painless or easy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I know I am a totally insignificant player in our national drama. I have as much chance of doing something that will save our democracy as I have of throwing a rock and hitting the moon.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019m an American citizen, and I do have a voice and a vote. I can\u2019t change things by \u00a0myself, but I can do my part.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I know that if I do my part in accordance with the will of God, that my actions will become pieces of the significant whole of His will. And His will is power beyond any reckoning of power. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not smart enough, or good enough or wise enough to know God\u2019s will all the time about everything. I can delude myself and convince myself that the wrong thing is the right thing just as much as any brainwashed MAGA.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to drive the bus. I don\u2019t want to be in control. I just want to do what God wants me to do.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no better driver of the bus, no better help in times of great moral peril, than the woman who raised Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>She stands beside her Son in heaven today, right now. She can \u2014and she will \u2014 mother us the same way she mothered Him.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So. How do you consecrate your work to save our democracy to Mary?<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think it\u2019s complicated. Just pray and do it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then, get up every day and pray some more. Pray the Rosary. 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