To Imitate Me, Give Yourself to My Mother without Reserve

Jesus

By becoming the Son of Mary, I gave Myself entirely to her.  Creator and Sovereign Master of all things, I willed, out of love, to belong to Mary and to depend upon her. I willed to belong to her by the most intimate ties there are, the ties of blood, which nothing can dissolve. From all eternity I chose this filial dependence on Mary and, from the first instant of My Incarnation in the bosom of Mary, I ratified with My human will that decree of My eternal love and took ineffable delight in it.

As the Son of a Virgin, I belonged to My Mother as no other child ever belonged to his; and, as no other child could possibly do, I willed to perpetuate this state of total dependence. I did not leave My Mother as do those sons who go to found a family; I stayed with her until the moment appointed for the accomplishment of My public mission. And even afterwards, up to the very moment of My supreme sacrifice, I remained in perfect conformity with My Mother’s will, because she never had any other will than that of My Eternal Father.  More than that: in heaven itself I keep in mind and will always keep in mind that I am her Son. And, although it is I who reign and command there, I will always yield to all her maternal desires with perfect filial love.

2. Following My example, give yourself as a well-beloved child to My Mother entirely, unreservedly, and forever.  Give her your body and its manifold activities, your soul and all its powers.  Give her all your possessions, material and spiritual, natural and supernatural.  Give her all that you are and all that you will be, all that you have and all that you will have, all that you do and all that you will do. Let there be no interior or exterior possession of yours which does not belong to her.

3. Do not be satisfied with giving yourself to Mary just to become her property. She wants to use you, not as an inert object, but as a beloved son who assists his mother. For, as she will reveal to you later, I have confided to her a great mission in the world; and, to accomplish this mission, she wishes to depend upon you.

4. Give yourself without any idea of recompense. Not out of personal interest, nor with a view to receiving more in return, nor for the consolation you experience in thus giving yourself; but out of pure filial love, just as I have given Myself to her.
You will have consolations, but you will also experience trials: be not anxious about either, for your Mother will take care of them. Your role is merely to think of giving yourself totally and lovingly.

5. Give yourself forever.  There are many who, in a moment of fervor, have professed to give all to My Mother, but there are almost as many who, after giving all in a general way, have taken everything back little by little. In the hour of trial, when their total donation demanded sacrifices, they said, “This is a hard saying, and who can hear it?” And they ceased walking in the way of their entire consecration. Will you do as they? It requires heroism sometimes to live up to your total consecration to Mary, for you must climb with My Mother even to the summit of Calvary. Do you feel yourself capable of such heroism?

6. Acquire the habit of frequently renewing your consecration to your heavenly Mother.  Renew it at your waking hour so that your whole day may belong to her. Renew it when you receive Me in Holy Communion. At that moment when you are but one with Me, give yourself anew to My Mother as her well-beloved child. Renew it at three o’clock in the afternoon in memory of that solemn hour when Mary offered Me as a sacrifice to God and thus gave birth to you and heard Me proclaim: “Woman, behold thy son.”  Renew it before your principal actions, in order to recall to mind that it is not for yourself that you ought to act but solely for her.  Renew it especially in the trials of life. Say to her then, “O Mother, when I gave myself wholly to you in the enthusiasm of my filial love, I did not foresee this sacrifice. But I did intend to give myself entirely, and I do not want to retract my donation. Whatever you wish, because you wish it, cost what it may!”

7. Do you want to become generous enough always to live your donation to the very limit? Do not stop to consider the sacrifice. Just consider Myself and My Mother. Love will stimulate you and My grace will sustain you. And if you feel your courage weakening, pray. Will not your Mother always come to the aid of her child when you call on her to keep you faithful? Will not your Elder Brother give you the strength to tend toward the ideal to which He Himself has called you?

The Faithful Soul:
I am all thine, dear Mother,
And all I have belongs to thee!(1)
1 See Appendix for a method of consecration to Mary.