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IMPRIMI POTEST 
 
 L. J. Schaffhauser, S.V. D. 
 
 Provincial 
 
 December 8, 1951 
 
 NIHIL OBSTAT 
 
 Malachy Foley 
 Censor 
 
 IMPRIMATUR 
 
 Hf* Samuel Cardinal Stritch 
 Archbishop of Chicago 
 
 January 11, 1952 
 
 SECOND PRINTING 
 
 Scripture quotations are according to the 
 translation of R. Knox (Sheed and Ward) 
 
 Printed in U.S.A. 
 
Remodel If am *i¥ome 
 
 It's Time 
 
 It's time to remodel your home. Our 
 Blessed Mother wants it. Not the home 
 in which you are living; that may be 
 beautiful enough. You are proud of it 
 and you have a right to be. But what 
 about your home in which God is living, 
 the home of your heart? 
 
 "Do you not understand that you are 
 God's temple, and that God's Spirit 
 has His dwelling in you? 
 
 If anybody desecrates the temple of God, 
 God will bring him to ruin. 
 
 It is a holy thing, this temple of God 
 which is nothing other than your- 
 selves." (1 Corinthians 3, 16-17) 
 
 Do I realize it? My heart is a home 
 for God, His temple. It is a holy thing, 
 this temple of God. If anyone dese- 
 crates God's temple, God will bring him 
 to ruin! 
 
 These are the inspired words of Holy 
 Scripture. How precious must the Tem- 
 ple of my heart be in God's sight! 
 
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Homes Destroyed 
 
 "God driven out. Satan welcomed." 
 This is the sign over the entrance of 
 many homes today. They have driven 
 God from His home. They have let 
 their heart be the camping ground of 
 God's enemy. They have helped the 
 enemy to destroy God's home and God's 
 image within them. 
 
 "What is there in common between 
 light and darkness? 
 
 What harmony between Christ and 
 Belial? 
 
 How can a believer throw in his lot 
 with an infidel? 
 
 How can the temple of God have any 
 commerce with idols? 
 
 And you are the temple of the living 
 God!" (2 Corinthians 6, 15-16) 
 
 Yes, how can a man be so ungrateful 
 to his Lord and his God as to join sides 
 with the enemy? How can a human 
 heart turn traitor to the Savior? 
 
 Weigh it well! If anyone has de- 
 stroyed the home of God in his heart, 
 "God will bring him to ruin" (1 Cor. 3, 
 16). Eternal frustration, eternal ruin, 
 such is the lot of the sinner. "It is a 
 fearful thing to fall into the hands of 
 the living God" (Hebrews 10, 31). 
 
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A Vision of Hell 
 
 A horrible vision of Hell, that is what 
 Mary showed the three children of 
 Fatima. 
 
 "The Blessed Virgin opened her hands. 
 The beam of light that was projected 
 from them seemed to penetrate the 
 earth. We saw, as it were, a great sea 
 of flame into which were plunged, black 
 and charred, devils and souls in human 
 form, all having the appearance of 
 glowing coals. They shrieked and howled 
 with pain and despair, so as to strike 
 terror and trembling into our hearts." 
 The children never forgot the scene. 
 
 "You have had a view of Hell" said 
 the Blessed Mother, "That is where the 
 souls of many poor sinners go." . . . 
 "More souls go to Hell because of sins 
 of the flesh than for any other reason." 
 
 ". . . the unquenchable fire of Hell! 
 The worm which eats them there never 
 dies, 
 
 The fire is never quenched." 
 
 (Mark 9, 44-45) 
 
 "Go far from me, you that are accursed, 
 into that eternal fire . . . 
 
 Prepared for the devil and his angels." 
 
 (Matt. 25, 41) 
 
 They have spurned the voice of the 
 Good Shepherd whilst on earth, they 
 have followed the suggestions of Satan. 
 Nov 1 they are his slaves forever. 
 
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Impurity, the Royal Road to Hell 
 
 "More souls go to Hell because of the 
 sins of the flesh than for any other 
 reason." Mary's own word. It should 
 impress us. 
 
 Sins of the flesh! Infidelity, divorce, 
 adultery: marriage vows thrown to the 
 winds! Birth control, the cancer eating 
 its way into thousands of homes: mar- 
 riage ideals trampled underfoot. "I will 
 not serve" on their lips, the very words 
 of Satan. 
 
 Sins of the flesh! Youth enmeshed in 
 the habits of sin! Ridiculed is the up- 
 right and clean heart, despised is the 
 lad who refuses to follow the crowd. 
 Teen-agers drinking in vice out of 
 filthy books and magazines; in shows 
 and hang-outs. 
 
 "Make no mistake about it; it is not 
 the debauched, the adulterous, the 
 effeminate, the sinners against na- 
 ture, the drunkards that will inherit 
 the kingdom of God." (1 Cor. 6, 10) 
 
 Sins of the flesh! Children seduced 
 and taught the abominable habits of 
 lust at an early age by godless, lustful 
 adults. 
 
 This is the stench that cries to Heav- 
 en and mightily provokes the wrath of 
 God Almighty, All Holy. 
 
 Listen then to the agonizing appeal 
 of Mary, the Mother of all these un- 
 fortunates, an appeal to sons and 
 daughters who are speeding toward the 
 abyss. 
 
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Mary to the Rescue 
 
 4< In order to save these sinners, God 
 wishes that devotion to my Immaculate 
 Heart be established throughout the 
 world. " 
 
 That is Mary's last effort to prevent 
 souls from rushing headlong into Hell. 
 
 When children are in need they go at 
 once to their mother. But when chil- 
 dren are in imminent danger them- 
 selves, and seem not to heed it, it is 
 the mother who comes speedily to their 
 rescue. That is what has happened! 
 
 Mary has come down to earth. She 
 has shown us the horrors of Hell. She 
 begs us to think of her Heart, that 
 maternal Heart that bore us, and that 
 loves us as no mother can ever hope 
 to do. 
 
 "Listen to me, you that are my sons. . . . 
 Listen to the teaching that makes you 
 wise 
 
 Blessed are they who listen to me. . . . 
 The man who wins me . . . drinks deep 
 
 of the Lord's favor. 
 Who fails, fails at his own bitter cost; 
 To be my enemy is to be in love with 
 
 death." (Proverbs 8, 32-36) 
 
 What child of God will refuse to listen 
 to this Blessed Mother and to the re- 
 quest of her Heart? What sinner will 
 turn away? It is a mother's request. 
 It cannot be refused. 
 
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Our Mother's Request 
 
 "Establish devotion to my Immacu- 
 late Heart." "I ask for the consecration 
 of the whole world to my Immaculate 
 Heart." 
 
 This is Our Mother's request. It is 
 God's offer of the century to the sinner 
 and to the world at large. It carries 
 with it promises of eternal security and 
 of global proportions: "Many souls will 
 be saved." "There shall be peace in the 
 world." 
 
 Has this request of our Blessed Moth- 
 er been faithfully carried out? This 
 question is meant for you. 
 
 "Do the reckless still court their own 
 ruin? 
 
 Rash fools, will you never learn? . . . 
 Fools, that grew weary of instruction, 
 And would not fear the Lord. 
 Well for them, if they had followed my 
 counsel, 
 
 If they had not spurned all the warn- 
 ings I gave! 
 Now they must eat of the harvest 
 their own wickedness has reaped. . . . 
 But let a man give heed to me, 
 Peace undisturbed shall be his." 
 
 (Prov. 1, 22-23, 29-33) 
 
 Is it too late? No, it is never too late. 
 God is always the God of mercy. And 
 even should He chastise us, it is the 
 Divine Physician who wounds only in 
 order to heal. The greatest of earthly 
 chastisements are well worth the saving 
 of our immortal souls! 
 
Our Holy Father Takes the 
 Initiative 
 
 Already in 1942 our Holy Father Pius 
 XII consecrated the Church, the world, 
 the human race to the Immaculate 
 Heart : 
 
 "To you, to your Immaculate Heart, 
 in this tragic hour of our history, we 
 consign, we entrust, we consecrate Holy 
 Church, the Mystical Body of your Son, 
 Jesus, which is suffering and bleeding 
 in so many places and afflicted in so 
 many ways. And not only the Church, 
 but all the world, rent asunder by 
 deadly discord, aflame with the fires of 
 hate, victim of its own iniquities. " 
 
 Six years later on May 1, 1948, the 
 same Holy Father broadcast this plea to 
 the entire world: "It is our will that 
 wherever the opportunity presents it- 
 self, this consecration be made in vari- 
 ous dioceses as well as in each parish 
 and family. " 
 
 "My son, give me the gift of thy heart, 
 Scan closely the path I show thee." 
 
 (Prov. 23, 26) 
 
 Every parish! Every family! Every 
 individual! That is the goal. And you 
 are the individual Mary also has in 
 mind. Have you done so? 
 
 "What Christian heart, no matter 
 how lukewarm and thoughtless, could 
 resist the voice of Mary?" (Pius XII) 
 
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The Challenge 
 
 Are we ashamed of openly practising 
 devotion to Mary? Is it too much for 
 pride, human respect or our "good fel- 
 low" reputation? What man is ashamed 
 of his mother? And we are in all truth 
 born spiritually of the Virgin Mother! 
 Hear what the Lord says of those who 
 are ashamed of Him: 
 
 "Whoever acknowledges me before men, 
 I too will acknowledge him before my 
 
 Father who is in heaven; 
 And whoever disowns me before men, 
 Before my Father in heaven I too will 
 
 disown him." (Matt. 10, 32-33) 
 
 On the contrary, let us be proud of 
 our parentage. This then is the chal- 
 lenge: See to it that our Mother's wish 
 be carried out. Exert your influence 
 that the consecration be made by your 
 family, your relatives and friends, and 
 push this project wherever you can. 
 Think of the consequences for you and 
 for all mankind. 
 
 In the words of our Holy Father: 
 "Now is the time to take decisive steps 
 and shake off this fatal lethargy" (Feb. 
 10, 1952). If you have not done any- 
 thing in this line until now, do it today. 
 Start now. If you have done something, 
 do more. We will never overcome a 
 habit of sin by a weak-hearted practice 
 of religion. Mary wants nothing less 
 than a consecration. 
 
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Genuine Consecration 
 
 But what is a consecration? Merely 
 the reading off of a formula of prayer, 
 the reciting of some set phrases? 
 
 Genuine consecration goes much 
 deeper. When a man consecrates him- 
 self to something, he dedicates himself 
 wholly to it. It absorbs his interest and 
 his attention. He spends his energy on 
 it and he belongs to that project whole- 
 heartedly. Gradually it will bring about 
 a transformation in him. It is like an 
 interior remodeling of his heart. 
 
 The living of such an ideal influences 
 our entire surroundings. The Commu- 
 nists are dedicated to an ideal. They 
 wield influence everywhere. They have 
 changed half the world. 
 
 Is the mighty Mother of God less 
 powerful to influence the world? Will 
 she not change and transform it, if we 
 cooperate with her project of an all-out 
 consecration to that Immaculate Heart? 
 But a world transformation will only 
 come about when millions of individuals 
 are aflame with this ideal. 
 
 I am the Mother of fair Love, 
 
 "It is I that give birth to all noble 
 living . . . 
 
 From me comes all promise of life and 
 vigor. . . . 
 
 He who listens to me will never be dis- 
 appointed, 
 
 He who lives by me will do no wrong." 
 
 (Ecclus. 24, 24-31) 
 
 I must remodel my heart! 
 
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Remodeling 
 
 Genuine consecration to the Immacu- 
 late Heart of Mary includes a change 
 of life, a remodeling of your heart and 
 your interior after the Immaculate 
 Heart of Mary. 
 
 If I am genuinely devoted and dedi- 
 cated to the Immaculate Heart, the 
 great soul of Mary will gradually influ- 
 ence my thoughts, my desires, my way 
 of thinking and acting, my inclinations 
 and my habits. 
 
 You see, there is bound to be a good 
 influence, even a powerful influence of 
 the Woman who is the sworn enemy of 
 Satan, the Woman whose Son, Jesus, 
 has come to earth to undo what the 
 devil has done. 
 
 "The man who lives sinfully takes his 
 
 character from the devil; 
 The devil was a sinner from the first. . . . 
 If a man is born of God, he does not live 
 
 sinfully, he is true to his parentage ; 
 He cannot be a sinner, if he is born of 
 
 God." (1 John 3, 8-9) 
 
 As sons of God we are born of the 
 Immaculate Mother of Jesus. We must 
 be true to our parentage. We will not 
 brook sin in our heart. O Mary, con- 
 ceived without sin, pray for us who 
 have recourse to thee! 
 
 I must remodel my heart. That is the 
 true meaning of consecration. Mary 
 will be satisfied with nothing less. 
 
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Model Home 
 
 Mary's Immaculate Heart is the 
 Model Home for God on which I will 
 remodel my home for God, the home of 
 my heart. The Son of God prepared 
 and beautified that Heart as only a Son 
 can. He made it unique. By its un- 
 selfish cooperation with Divine Love it 
 won His wholehearted approval. It is 
 truly the Model Home for all the sons 
 of God. 
 
 "Behold thy Mother" (John 19, 26). 
 With these words Jesus Himself directs 
 our gaze towards His holy Mother. He 
 has given her to us as a Mother. In 
 directing the gaze of the sons of God 
 upon their Mother, Jesus shows us the 
 simplest and yet the most sublime pat- 
 tern of holiness: the Immaculate Heart 
 of Mary. 
 
 It is not difficult to remodel the home 
 of my heart, when I can look upon the 
 Heart of my own Blessed Mother as the 
 Model Home, and copy the traits that 
 make it so. 
 
 "My son, do not undervalue the correc- 
 tions the Lord sends thee, 
 
 Do not be unmanned when He reproves 
 thy faults; 
 
 It is where He loves that He bestows 
 correction, 
 
 Like a Father whose son is dear to Him." 
 
 (Prov. 3, 11-12) 
 
 By remodeling my home, I repair it 
 along the lines of Mary's. That is the 
 "reparation" Mary wants from me. 
 
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Blueprints for the Model Home 
 
 Our Blessed Mother doesn't do things 
 by halves. To remodel we need blue- 
 prints. But even the blueprints Mary 
 has unfolded before us in this one word: 
 
 "Pray the Rosary devoutly every day." 
 That is Mary's simple plan for us. But 
 how can that be the blueprints? The 
 Rosary prayed properly brings before 
 the mind the most sacred scenes that 
 earth has ever known. Those scenes 
 show us the Immaculate Heart in action, 
 with Christ as the center of its aspira- 
 tions. Those scenes are the blueprints! 
 
 "Hail! Thou who art full of grace; 
 
 The Lord is with thee; 
 
 Blessed art thou among women. 
 
 And blessed is the Fruit of thy womb." 
 
 (Luke 1, 28; 42) 
 
 Three baneful tendencies are wide- 
 spread today. First, distaste for a sim- 
 ple life of labor. Second, repugnance to 
 suffering of any kind. Third, forgetful- 
 ness of the future life. 
 
 The first of these evils is offset by the 
 fidelity and diligence of Jesus and Mary 
 to the ordinary duties of life (Joyful 
 Mysteries). The second is offset by the 
 love and endurance of Jesus and Mary 
 in bearing the greatest sufferings for 
 our sakes (Sorrowful Mysteries). The 
 third is offset by the constant reminder 
 of Jesus and Mary in the glory of the 
 life to come (Glorious Mysteries). 
 
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Daily Rosary Devoutly 
 
 If our Blessed Mother found no better 
 remedy to offer the world than those 
 three short words, we will not presume 
 to discard them thoughtlessly. 
 
 Do you say the Rosary daily? Many 
 say the Rosary as they commute to work 
 and back. Others make it a habit at the 
 noon hour. Try it for yourself. Some 
 groups say it in common in several fac- 
 tories throughout the country. Others 
 boost the Family Rosary or the Block 
 Rosary. Football teams are known to 
 say the Rosary before a game. Where 
 there is a will, there is a way. 
 
 Do you say the Rosary properly? Do 
 
 you let those sacred scenes influence 
 your life? Stop for a moment before 
 each decade and gather your thoughts. 
 This is serious business. The peace of 
 the world depends upon it. My own 
 eternal security may be bound up with 
 it. It may mean the grace for me to 
 avoid a definite occasion of sin. It's 
 remodel or ruin. 
 
 Holy Mary, great Mother of God, 
 Pray for us, sinners, 
 
 Pray now, O Mother, and at the 
 hour of our death. Amen. 
 
 By daily gazing on these blueprints, 
 we learn how to build for eternity, to 
 beautify with virtue that has real value 
 in God's eyes, to decorate with the gold 
 of divine and everlasting charity. Then 
 our hearts are remodeled on Mary's own 
 Heart. 
 
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Home Remodeled 
 
 One thing above all is learned from 
 the Immaculate Heart of Mary: to avoid 
 sin and abhor it. This is the cleansing 
 of the home of our hearts. Mary is 
 without sin. We are sinners, weak and 
 changeable, prone to evil inclinations. 
 But an honest effort to remodel after 
 the Model Home will bring results. Mary 
 will obtain the grace for us to turn 
 away from sinful habits, and also the 
 wonderful grace of constant love of her 
 Divine Son, which keeps the interior of 
 our home purified. 
 
 Yet that is only the first step. The 
 home must also be adorned. Mary's 
 great faith must blossom in our heart; 
 her submission to God's will in all the 
 details of an ordinary life, her compas- 
 sionate suffering with the Savior; her 
 love of prayer, her unquenchable char- 
 ity that fed upon sacrifice. Each one of 
 us can find the pattern he needs. 
 
 Such a heart, remodeled on Mary's 
 Immaculate Heart, becomes a great 
 power-house for good on earth, amid 
 the sorrows and joys of daily life. Of 
 such is the Legion that Mary is gather- 
 ing around her to fight the great 
 Dragon. Said God to Satan: 
 
 "She shall crush thy head 
 
 And thou shalt lie in wait for her heel." 
 
 (Gen. 3, 15) 
 
 What is there to fear from the side 
 of hell and Satan, from persecution and 
 death itself, if we are one with the great 
 Mother of God, Mary, most holy? 
 
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Influence Your Surroundings 
 
 A prominent business man in a large 
 manufacturing company makes the fol- 
 lowing avowal: "Throughout the 25 
 years of my business career, our Lord 
 and His Blessed Mother were in the 
 midst of our daily activities. I took the 
 words of the Master to heart: 'Without 
 Me you can do nothing/ He made no 
 exceptions. Business was included too. 
 So I made religion the basic solution for 
 the manifold difficulties that turned up 
 every other day. 
 
 "To one of the managers given to 
 drink, I counselled a return to his reli- 
 gious convictions, promising that I 
 would pray to our Blessed Mother for 
 him. To a discouraged bookkeeper, on 
 the verge of giving up her job, I briefly 
 explained the Lord's Passion and the 
 purpose of suffering. The results in 
 both cases have proved the correctness 
 of the procedure. 
 
 "Regularly I passed out Catholic 
 papers and magazines to those in- 
 terested. On Good Friday I granted a 
 half-day to all employees who wanted 
 to attend church services. In a hundred 
 different ways, without ostentation, the 
 hearts of our fellowmen can be directed 
 towards Christ and His Mother. " 
 
 "You are the salt of the earth. 
 If the salt loses its taste, 
 What is there left to give taste to it? . . . 
 You are the light of the world. 
 A city cannot be hidden if it is built on 
 a mountain top." (Matthew 5, 13-14) 
 
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You Can Change the World 
 
 Back in 1870 a little district in Italy 
 had no parish priest. Ten mothers made 
 up their minds to get together once a 
 month to pray that God would give His 
 Church more priests and religious. Only 
 after they had kept that up for eleven 
 years did they get their own parish 
 priest. Did they stop praying then? 
 
 No, just the opposite took place. They 
 kept on praying and got all the mothers 
 of the district to join in. The result? 
 Over 500 youths have gone forth from 
 that little district as priests, brothers, 
 sisters. What a transformation! How 
 did it happen? 
 
 The secret is this: these mothers be- 
 gan to realize that if they wanted 
 priests, they had to begin right by re- 
 modeling their own homes. Their lives 
 became more like Mary's life, the at- 
 mosphere of their homes more like the 
 atmosphere of Nazareth, and their chil- 
 dren more like Mary's Son, Jesus. 
 
 That was the atmosphere in which 
 ideal vocations sprouted. The children 
 learned to appreciate real and lasting 
 values. They wanted to become some- 
 thing worth while in life, something 
 noble, godlike. They became priests, 
 they became brothers, nuns; they be- 
 came ideal Catholic parents who in turn 
 planted the seed of vocation in their 
 own children's hearts. 
 
 That is what happens when you have 
 begun to remodel your heart after that 
 of the Immaculate Heart. A change 
 
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comes over you. You see how foul sin 
 really is, how valuable is virtue. You 
 begin to live your ideal of a son of God 
 and a son of the Blessed Mother. 
 
 Now if that happens in a hundred 
 souls, think of the influence on the sur- 
 roundings. What if it happens in a 
 thousand hearts scattered over the 
 country? In a million? In 400,000,000 
 Catholics all over the world? 
 
 Hearken, then, to the recent plea of 
 our Holy Father: "The root of modern 
 evils ... is lethargy of the spirit, weak- 
 ness of the will and coldness of the 
 heart. . . . 
 
 "Your Shepherd and Father charges 
 you today to launch a mighty re-awak- 
 ening of thought and action. This re- 
 awakening is a duty for everyone with- 
 out exception — clergy and people, 
 those in authority, families, groups, in- 
 dividuals — along the entire front of 
 the complete renewal of Christian life. 
 
 "Having had recourse once again to 
 the goodness of God and the mercy of 
 Mary, each one of the faithful and 
 every man of good will must re-examine 
 with a courage worthy of the great mo- 
 ments of human history, what he can 
 and must do personally as his own con- 
 tribution to the saving power of God, in 
 order to help a world which is started 
 on the road to ruin. 
 
 "We sincerely hope . . . that Our eyes 
 shall see not only cities, but nations, 
 continents, the entire human race re- 
 turn to Christ" (Pius XII, Feb. 10, 1952). 
 
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Program of Action 
 
 1. For all times: Determine to keep 
 far from your heart and home objects 
 used for sinful purposes, reading matter 
 and pictures unfit for God's chosen 
 ones, company displeasing to the Im- 
 maculate Heart. Determine, moreover, 
 not to be enslaved and dominated by 
 the goods of this world, be they food or 
 drink, radio or television, money or 
 sports; but to use all such things with 
 moderation as our Blessed Mother 
 taught us while on earth. These things 
 are means to our eternal happiness in 
 Heaven. Show that you are your own 
 master, or rather, Mary is the mistress. 
 As a loyal son of Mary, let the crucifix 
 and the Catholic Bible have a promi- 
 nent place in your home. Remember: 
 remodel or ruin. A glance at the cru- 
 cifix and a paragraph from the Word of 
 God will give you greater light and 
 peace and strength than hours of mere- 
 ly arguing over politics or of television 
 programs. 
 
 2. Annually: set aside a day in the 
 year on which you make a solemn con- 
 secration of yourself, your home and 
 family to the Immaculate Heart of 
 Mary, and draw up a plan now to re- 
 model your home. Prepare for this 
 solemn consecration by a sincere Con- 
 fession and a devout Holy Communion. 
 Repeat this annually on the same day, 
 or even more frequently. Our Lady's 
 feast days are fitting occasions for this 
 renewal, especially the Feast of the Im- 
 
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maculate Heart of Mary (August 22), 
 or any First Saturday. 
 
 3. Monthly: Make a special effort, 
 even though it costs, to keep the First 
 Saturdays. Mary's wonderful promise to 
 those who keep the first Saturday five 
 times in succession, is the greatest in- 
 surance policy for eternal life ever 
 heard of. Your conditions are simple: 
 Confession, Communion, the Rosary, 
 keeping Mary company for fifteen min- 
 utes while meditating on those sacred 
 mysteries, in the spirit of reparation for 
 all the sins committed against that Im- 
 maculate Heart. Let this be your 
 monthly checking of account books. 
 How did things go last month? Have I 
 kept the home of my heart in line with 
 the Model Home? How about this new 
 month? 
 
 4. Weekly: Nothing is more impor- 
 tant and more pleasing to Mary than 
 that you carry out faithfully your Sun- 
 day obligations. The Mass is the great 
 sacrifice of Mary's Son for the sins and 
 the needs of yourself and your family. 
 If you can help it, don't let anything 
 come between you and the Mass. Learn 
 more about the Mass and encourage 
 your family to do likewise. It only needs a 
 bit more effort to receive our Lord weekly 
 in Communion. The immense treasure 
 of God Himself is at your disposal. 
 
 5. Daily: A short morning offering 
 through Mary's Heart of all that you 
 are and all that you have. The daily 
 Rosary. A short renewal of your conse- 
 cration before retiring. 
 
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ACT OF CONSECRATION 
 to the Immaculate Heart of Mary 
 
 (St. Louis de Montfort's Consecration) 
 
 "I. N., a faithless sinner — renew and 
 ratify today in thy hands, O Immacu- 
 late Mother, the vows of my Baptism; 
 I renounce forever Satan, his pomps 
 and works; and I give myself entirely 
 to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, 
 to carry my cross after Him all the days 
 of my life, and to be more faithful to 
 Him than I have ever been before. 
 
 "In the presence of all the heavenly 
 court I choose thee this day for my 
 Mother and Mistress. I deliver and con- 
 secrate to thee, as thy slave, my body 
 and soul, my goods, both interior and 
 exterior, and even the value of all my 
 good actions, past, present and future; 
 leaving to thee the entire and full right 
 of disposing of me, and all that belongs 
 to me, without exception, according to 
 thy good pleasure, for the greater glory 
 of God, in time and in eternity. Amen." 
 
 Prayers 
 
 Morning offering of the Apostleship of 
 Prayer: O Jesus, through the Immaculate 
 Heart of Mary, I offer Thee my prayers, works, 
 joys and sufferings of this day, for all the in- 
 tentions of Thy Sacred Heart, in union with 
 the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the 
 world, in reparation for my sins, for the in- 
 tentions of all our associates and in particular 
 for the intention recommended this month. 
 
 Short Personal Consecration: O my Queen, 
 O my Mother, I give myself entirely to thee, 
 and to show my devotion to thee, I consecrate 
 
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to thee this day my eyes, my ears, my mouth, 
 my heart, my whole being without reserve. 
 Wherefore good Mother, as I am thine own, 
 keep me, guard me as thy property and pos- 
 session. 
 
 Short renewal: O my Queen, O my Mother, 
 remember that I am thine own. Keep me, 
 guard me as thy property and possession. Or: 
 I am all thine, O Mary, and all that I have 
 is thine. 
 
 Memorare: Remember, O most gracious 
 Virgin Mary, that never was it known, that 
 anyone who fled to thy protection, implored 
 thy help, and sought thine intercession was 
 left unaided. Inspired with this confidence I 
 fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. 
 To thee I come, before Thee I stand, sinful 
 and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word In- 
 carnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy 
 mercy hear and answer me. Amen. 
 
 After each Decade of the Rosary: O my 
 
 Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the 
 fire of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especial- 
 ly those who are most in need. 
 
 Reparation: O my God, I believe in Thee, 
 I adore Thee, I hope in Thee, I love Thee. I 
 ask pardon for those who do not believe, do 
 not adore, do not hope, and do not love Thee. 
 
 In temptation: Come, Holy Ghost, fill the 
 hearts of thy faithful, and kindle in them the 
 fire of Thy love. My God, I love Thee! All 
 for Thee, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus! Sweet 
 Heart of Mary, be my salvation. Jesus, Mary, 
 help: 
 
 Perfect contrition: O my God, I am heartily 
 sorry for having offended Thee, because Thou 
 art infinitely good and deserving of all my 
 love. (Be sure to say this before retiring each 
 night. Add three Hail Marys for purity, with 
 the ejaculation: O Mary, conceived without 
 sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.) 
 
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