Being attached to Mother Mary is a part of our faith and life. Clinging to her virtues and accepting them into life can be done in many ways. Here Catholic news shares some better ways to attach with Mother Mary.
Pray the Rosary
n all the Marian apparitions, Mother Mary had a consistent request: Pray the Rosary. It’s easy to make excuses for not praying the Rosary—we have work, families to care for, and sometimes we just don’t feel like praying—but this prayer is very important. In fact, St. Josemaria Escriva states: “The Holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you’ll be amazed at the results.” So, praying Rosary can bring miracles to your life. If you were not, do it and experience the wonders of Mother Mary.
Meditate on the Virtues of Mary
St. Louis de Montfort, in his Preparation for Total Consecration, mentions ten particular virtues of Mary: Ardent charity, profound humility, universal mortification, continual mental prayer, blind obedience, divine wisdom, surpassing purity, angelic sweetness, lively faith, and heroic patience. In each month, along with Rosary, you can meditate on one of the virtues specially and try to follow it in your life. Later these virtues become a habit and later you will be achieved a life full of virtues like Mother Mary.
Consecrate yourself to Mary
In True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, St. Louis de Montfort writes that “of all devotions, that which most consecrates and conforms the soul to our Lord is devotion to His holy Mother…the more a soul is consecrated to Mary, the more it is consecrated to Jesus Christ.” Many saints consecrated themselves to Jesus through Mary; one of the most famous, perhaps, being St. John Paul II.
A more formal method of consecration to Mary was developed by Saint Louis de Montfort in the 1600s. His 33-day prayer consists of short instructions on why one would even consecrate themselves to Mary in the first place (more on that below) and praying the Rosary and other various prayers to Mary and God.