In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
In this video we want to share in a clear and simple way some Catholic devotions that
have been approved by the Catholic Church, such as the devotion of the first five Saturdays
and the first nine Fridays of the month.
These recommendations will help many who wish to know the truth of our Catholic faith by
encouraging us to grow each day more in love and holiness; since, the more holy we strive
to become, the happier we will be in this world and in the next for all eternity.
All Catholics must take them seriously and practice them in order to guarantee their
eternal salvation, which is the most important matter in life.
"What, then, will anyone gain by winning the whole world and forfeiting his life?
Or what can anyone offer in exchange for his life?" - Matthew 16:26.
There are several legitimate and approved devotions by the Catholic Church to ensure
salvation.
For example, the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, also known as the Brown Scapular.
Our Mother the Virgin Mary appeared in England on July 16th, 1251 to Saint Simon Stock, early
Prior of the Carmelite religious order, and our mother the Virgin Mary gave him the brown
scapular as a sign of protection, saying: "Receive, my beloved son, the scapular of
your Order, a privilege for you and for all Carmelites.
Who dies wearing it, will not suffer the fire of hell".
Clearly, our mother the Virgin Mary told him that whoever dies wearing the Brown Scapular
with devotion will go to heaven.
And this devotion of the brown scapular has been promoted, since then, by all the Popes,
for example Pope Pius XII said that the scapular should be a sign of our consecration to our
mother the Virgin Mary.
Another important way for eternal salvation is the Consecration to our mother the Virgin Mary.
To consecrate oneself to our mother the Virgin Mary is to put oneself under her mantle so
she protects us and defends us from the evil one itself and from all power of the evil one.
It is putting ourselves in her hands, as a child confidently places himself in the arms
of his mother, allowing ourselves to be carried away by our mother the Virgin Mary without fear.
It is like a permanent way of living in the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary and being
well cared for and protected by Her.
It is beneficial that we live this total dependence on our mother the Virgin Mary, renewing our
consecration every day with a small prayer to better assimilate it and live it more fully.
A simple prayer, which we can repeat constantly, could be:
Or we can say this other well-known prayer:
On the other hand, the consecration of the family to our sweet Jesus through the Virgin
Mary is also very valuable, enthroning the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ in the home.
Enthronement means placing an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as on a throne, in
the most honorable place in the house; so that Jesus Christ visibly reigns in the home.
It is also to recognize that Jesus is the King of the family and that everyone is at
His service and disposition.
To make the enthronement in a solemn way, you can go as a family one day to Mass, bringing
a beautiful image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and another image of the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary.
The whole family goes to confession and receives communion and, after Mass, they have the images
blessed by the priest and take them home.
If the priest cannot visit the home to do the enthronement, the mother of the family
can read a prayer of consecration to the Virgin Mary and, after, the father of the family
can read the consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Virgin Mary.
The act of consecration could be with these prayers or similar words:
Then the rest of the family repeats:
And then everyone in the family repeats:
All of you can be sure that God will bless your home, give you strength in difficult
times, and give you much joy and peace at all times.
God is not outdone in generosity.
For this reason, it would be very good for everyone if you can pray as a family every
day, because the family that prays together stays together.
Likewise, pray before meals and teach children to pray when getting up and going to bed,
without forgetting our devotion to the Guardian Angel, our great friend and companion for life.
From our childhood, we must invoke him, saying the Guardian Angel prayer: My guardian angel,
sweet company, do not abandon me by night or by day.
Do not leave me alone that I would lose myself, assist me in my last agony until I rest in
the arms of our sweet Jesus, Saint Joseph and our mother the Virgin Mary.
It is also recommended that parents, when their children are born, consecrate them to
our Lord Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of our Mother the Virgin Mary.
It is a devotion that can be practiced before an image of the Virgin Mary, to obtain abundant
blessings for them.
It is like giving our children to the Virgin Mary as her children, so the Virgin Mary can
give them and consecrate them to our Lord Jesus.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.