Consecration to the Immaculata: A Way to Holiness, in the Footsteps of Mary, the Attentive Virgin in Prayer

The great dream of St. Maximilian was: “To conquer the whole world for Christ through the Immaculata.”

This ideal starts from the “total and limitless” belonging to the Immaculata and widens toward the passionate search for the heart of man, of all men, of all the billions of hearts beating on earth beyond Poland and Japan (cf. KW 647). We see how this ideal made him a missionary, caused him to implement pioneering apostolic projects for those days through the mass media, made him the spiritual father of a movement of spirituality and mission in the Church, the Militia of the Immaculata, and led him to give his life for a brother.

What does it mean to live in the footsteps of Mary?

It means to live a Gospel life, as Kolbe did, a life for God and for others, in obedience to God and in service to others.

We can find the concrete tracks of this “walking with Mary” in the attitudes of the Virgin suggested by Pope Paul VI’s document Marialis Cultus (MC), from chapter 16 forward:

- The Attentive Virgin

- The Virgin in prayer

- The Virgin Mother

- The Virgin presenting offerings

Fr. Maximilian obviously did not know this document, but from his experience we can see a perfect harmony between his way of living his total consecration to the Immaculata and those attitudes of the Virgin indicated by MC. They appear to be a concrete expression of his desire “to become her” (cf. KW 556, 991 Q).

Closing Prayer

Hail Mary… 

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you, and for all those who do not have recourse to you, especially the enemies of Holy Church and all those recommended to you.

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