Fear of losing control is something most of us will struggle with – and at its heart, it is simply a lack of trust in God. Continuing his reflections on Marian consecration, Paul looks at how ‘actively letting go’ is the secret power of this devotion.
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When we consecrate or entrust ourselves to Jesus through Mary, it may appear that apart from praying suitable prayers, we do nothing else. But no, we do much more – we ‘actively surrender’ ourselves and all our worries to Mary’s motherly care. However, this abandoning is not as simple as it sounds.
We can be sure that the enemy will tempt us to take control through our actions or words, which on the surface, may appear to be helping the situation. But do not be deceived. The secret power of Marian consecration is in the letting go! As soon as we take control through our actions or words, we are in fact interfering with the Lord’s work and at the same time, reveal our doubts.
Satan will use fear tempt us; that unless we ‘do this’ or ‘say that’, something bad might happen, but no, the challenging part from our side is to humbly keep handing ourselves and the difficult situation back to Our Lady so She can bring Her love to triumph in the final outcome. And this requires constant effort from our side through our actively letting go.
Through our continual prayers, we keep close to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and we will then witness the victory of surrendering all our cares. Each time we surrender, we allow the floodgates of graces to pour into our lives and we declare to Jesus and Mary – I trust in You!
