Marian Consecration Day 1 - A Warrior's Zeal

Come, Holy Spirit, living in Mary.

Help me to make this retreat with generosity and zeal.

St. Louis de Montfort (Brittany, France)

A son of Celtic warriors

9I have become an outcast to my kindred,

a stranger to my mother’s children.^g

10Because zeal for your house has consumed me,

I am scorned by those who scorn you.^h

11When I humbled my spirit with fasting,ⁱ

this led only to scorn.

Psalm 69: 9 -- 11  

The works of disobedience to God's laws and abuse of created things must be renounced:

• Works that bring error and darkness to the mind
• Works that bring seduction and corruption to the will

These may have pomps: splendor and charms employed by the devil to make sin alluring in people, places, and things. 

From True Devotion to Mary