The Annual Apparition of Our Lady to Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo, March 18, 2012
The visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo had daily apparitions from June 24th 1981 to December 25th 1982. During the last daily apparition, Our Lady gave her the 10th secret, and told her that she would appear to her once a year, on the 18th of March. It has been this way through the years. Several thousand pilgrims gathered in prayer of the Rosary at the ‘Blue Cross’. The apparition lasted from 14:00 to 14:05.
“Dear children! I am coming among you because I desire to be your mother – your intercessor. I desire to be the bond between you and the Heavenly Father – your mediatrix. I desire to take you by the hand and to walk with you in the battle against the impure spirit. My children, consecrate yourselves to me completely. I will take your lives into my motherly hands and I will teach them peace and love, and then I will give them over to my Son. I am asking of you to pray and fast because only in this way will you know how to witness my Son in the right way through my motherly heart. Pray for your shepherds that, united in my Son, they can always joyfully proclaim the Word of God. Thank you.”
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Our Lady says “My children, consecrate yourselves to me completely.” What is an acceptable and appropriate way for us to do this?
Hi William,
I have looked into that question myself, and found that acceptable and appropriate ways to consecrate oneself to Mary are to either do a formal consecration, as outlined by St. Louis de Montfort, in his book, Preparation for Total Consecration, (see link below), or to simply say a novena of prayers to Mary, or a heartfelt prayer to her, which is followed by, or includes, a formality. The formality could include actions, such as lighting a candle, kneeling, having witnesses present, arranging an altar, basically setting aside a block of time and a place, to make it real and intentional, keeping in mind that you’re about to meet your Mother and your Queen. For such an intimate celebration, you want to be ready and prepared to stand before Mary face to face, ready to say Yes to her, as she said Yes to her Son–ready to hand over your very life and heart to her. With that disposition, you cannot fail.
Here is the link for St. Louis de Montfort’s book: http://www.amazon.com/Preparation-Total-Consecration-Louis-Montfort/dp/0910984107/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332538893&sr=8-1