Mary's Mantle Consecration: A Spiritual Retreat for Heaven's Help

by Christine Watkins, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone (Contribution by), Monsignor James Murphy (Foreword by)

Overview

This is a Marian consecration that people don't want to see end. Healing miracles, reunited families, and Catholic conversions are resulting from this self-guided retreat. Mary's Mantle Consecration, endorsed by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and Bishop Myron J. Cotta, offers an outpouring of grace upon your life and loved ones. St. Pope John Paul II said that his consecration to Mary was "a decisive turning point in my life." It can be the same for you.

Mary's Mantle Consecration comes to us in tumultuous times. Today it is important that we consecrate ourselves to the Mother of God--entrusting our lives to her protection, guidance, and care, and inviting her to conform us to the likeness of her Son. There is so much need and brokenness in the world, in the Church, in our families, and in our hearts. By preparing for consecration through the power of the Rosary, a little fasting, and a two-minute reading of a beautiful daily meditation on a virtue or gift of the Holy Spirit (people's favorite part), we can expect heaven's help.



This retreat is perfect for individuals, couples, families, groups and parishes. To dive even deeper into God's graces, a companion workbook, Mary's Mantle Consecration Prayer Journal, also offers quotes from saints, passages of Scripture, and insightful questions for reflection. Are you willing to do your part and give God a chance?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781947701069
Publisher:	Queen of Peace Media
Publication date:	02/23/2019
Pages:	150
Sales rank:	371,334
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.32(d)

About the Author

Mrs. Christine Watkins, MTS, LCSW, is a popular Catholic speaker and author. Formerly an anti-Christian atheist living a life of sin, she began a life of service to the Catholic Church after a miraculous healing from Jesus through Mary, which saved her from death. Before her conversion, she danced professionally with the San Francisco Ballet Company. Today, she has twenty years of experience as a Catholic speaker, retreat leader, spiritual director, and counselor. For ten of those years, she worked as a hospice grief counselor and for another ten, as a post-abortion healing director. Mrs. Watkins has hosted her own shows on Radio Maria and for Shalom World television. Check out her weekly videos on YouTube, called "Find Something More, Find your way Home" on the Catholic YouTube channel: Queen of Peace Media. See all Mrs. Watkins videos and books at www.QueenofPeaceMedia.com. Enjoy the book trailer to her latest book, OF MEN AND MARY: How Six Men Won the Greatest Battle of Their lives, by going to www.QueenofPeaceMedia.com/men.

On March 23, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Cordileone as the fourth Bishop of Oakland. His Mass of Installation was celebrated on May 5, 2009 at the Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland. Three years later, on July 27, 2012, he was appointed the Archbishop of San Francisco and was installed on October 4, 2012, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption. As the new Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of San Francisco, Archbishop Cordileone received the pallium from Pope Francis in Rome on June 29, 2013. Archbishop Cordileone is a member of the Canonical Affairs and Church Governance Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; and a member on the Governing Board of the International Theological Institute. He recently became chairman-elect of the USCCB Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth and will serve one year in that role before beginning a three-year term as chairman at the conclusion of the bishops' 2019 Fall General Assembly. Archbishop Cordileone's avocations include a life-long interest in jazz music. He also enjoys swimming, hiking and badminton, as well as spectator sports, especially professional baseball and football.

Monsignor James Murphy is a retired Catholic priest of the Diocese of Sacramento, the former Vicar General of the Diocese and former Rector of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

FOREWORD BY MONSIGNOR JAMES MURPHY 1

ORIGIN AND DEDICATION 3

THE FOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICES OF MARY’S MANTLE CONSECRATION 6

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN MARY’S MANTLE CONSECRATION 11

MEDITATIONS ON VIRTUES AND THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 18

THANKSGIVING 19

COMMITMENT 20

LOVE 22

TRUST 24

KINDNESS 26

TENACITY 27

ENDURANCE 29

FORGIVENESS 31

PERSEVERANCE 33

ACCEPTANCE 34

PATIENCE 36

HUMILITY 38

KNOWLEDGE 40

MEEKNESS 41

FORTITUDE 43

CONSTANCY 45

GOODNESS 46

SELF-CONTROL 48

ATTENTIVENESS 50

FAITH 52

COUNSEL 53

RENUNCIATION 55

SURRENDER 57

FRIENDLINESS 58

DILIGENCE 60

RESPECT 61

HOPE 63

RESILIENCY 65

DETACHMENT 67

POVERTY 69

WISDOM 71

DISCIPLINE 73

MORTIFICATION 75

BOLDNESS 76

UNDERSTANDING 78

PRUDENCE 81

PIETY 83

JUSTICE 85

PEACE 87

EXCELLENCE 89

TEMPERANCE 91

CHASTITY 93

OBEDIENCE 95

SACRIFICE 97

MERCY 99

AWE 101

PRAYER OF CONSECRATION TO MARY 104

CERTIFICATE OF CONSECRATION 108

GOING FORWARD BY MONSIGNOR JAMES MURPHY 109

NOTE TO THE READER 110

OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR 111

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 116

Find Your Way Home 117

Editorial Reviews

"One of the great consolations of being Catholic is knowing that the Mother of our Lord is our Mother, too." Mary's Mantle Consecration deepens one's personal life of virtue, unites people in prayer, and sanctifies daily life, thus making us more like her Son and so bringing joy to her motherly heart. I am grateful to Christine Watkins for making this disarmingly simple practice, which first grew in the fertile soil of Mexican piety, available to the English-speaking world."
--Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone; San Francisco, California

"I recommend it for individuals, spouses, families, and parishes as a valuable answer to the call to the New Evangelization."
--Bishop Myron J. Cotta; Stockton, California

"Christine Watkins leads us through a 46-day, self-guided retreat that focuses on daily praying of the Rosary, a little fasting, and meditating on various virtues and the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, leading to a transformation in our lives and in the people on the journey with us!"
--Fr. Sean O. Sheridan, TOR; President and Professor of Theology; Franciscan University Steubenville, Ohio

"After I did Mary's Mantle Consecration, my husband stopped drinking after many years. He got on his knees, apologized to me and the kids, and started coming to Mass with us. It's just a miracle."
--Carla Agustin; Santa Rosa, California

"The meditations in Mary's Mantle Consecration so moved me and made such an impression on my heart that I wanted more. I knew the retreat would be the perfect help for the Church during this time of crisis, so I decided to coordinate one for my parish, which was made easy through daily emails. The Holy Spirit touched everyone in a special way during the 46 days, including myself--again. Many people still tell me how much they miss it and ask, 'When will we do this again?'"
--Rosanna Ruiz, wife of Deacon Mark Ruiz; St. Joseph Catholic Church; Lincoln, California

"I wholeheartedly recommend this self-guided consecration to Mary--preparing with the Rosary, simple fasting, and the contemplation of virtues and gifts--for any intention, no matter how desperate."
--Fr. Samuel West; Pastor, St. Patrick Church, Sonora, California

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