Catechetical Primer: National Consecration To The Immaculate Heart of Mary

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Nat i onal Consecrat i on t o t he Immacul at e Heart of Mary

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vlthln twentyfour hours ufter hls electlon, Poe lruncls uyed homuge
to Cur Ludy und ruyed for thls erlod ln the llfe of the Church.

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CELEBRATION OF THE
NATIONAL CONSECRATION
TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
ON JUNE 8, 2013

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ln ,, the Cuthollc 8lshos' Conference of the Phllllnes, ln
lts Pustorul Letter entltled "789$:*;*)$8*$"%&;,8', detulled the
luce of Mury ln the hlstory of the Phllllnes und
demonstruted how deely the 8lessed vlrgln Mury ls urt of
the lllllno herltuge und ldentlty. lndeed, lllllnos would
ulwuys hold on to the devotlon to Mury us u source of
lnslrutlon und un uld to sulvutlon0$Euvlng urulsed such dee
devotlon, the Second Plenury Councll of the Phllllnes utly
uts lt: the outstundlng churucterlstlc of the Church ln the
Phllllnes ls to be "<(,=)/$*>*8-,$?,$:*&%*' - u eole ln love
wlth Mury (cf. PCPll, n. ). 1hus, lt ls ulwuys our dreum und
hoe thut we, us u lllllno nutlon, muy not only grow ln our
devotlon to Mury, but ubove ull, muy ucqulre u deeer
understundlng of Mury's role ln the Church ln the Phllllnes.

1lme und tlme uguln, we huve exerlenced tremendous flow of
dlvlne gruce through the lntercesslon of Mury, our Mother.
Such muternul cure we contlnue to lmlore eseclully ln
lmortunt events of our nutlon. ln fuct, ln zcc, the C8CP
lnvlted the lllllno fulthful to sturt reurlng slrltuully for
unother cruclul trunsltlon ln the llfe of our nutlon - numely, the
Nutlonul Llectlons of Muy zcc - by declurlng the Yeur of the
BAYANG SUMISINTA KAY MARIA!

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1wo Eeurts for Peucebulldlng und Luy Purtlclutlon ln Soclul
Chunge from 'une zcc - 'une zcc. ln thut yeur, the blshos
culled on the fulthful to consecrute the country to the Sucred
Eeurt of 'esus through the lmmuculute Eeurt of Mury on the
very duys of thelr feusts.

Reullzlng once more the need to lnvoke the lovlng guldunce of
our Mother, eseclully us the Phllllne Church hus emburked
on u nlneyeur slrltuul journey towurds the greut jubllee of the
llfth Centenury of the Chrlstlun lulth ln our beloved lund come
the yeur zcz, ushered by the observunce of the Yeur of lulth
whlch offers for every fulthful un oortunlty to redlscover the
Chrlstlun fulth und lntenslfy our efforts for u renewed lntegrul
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lor u wellcoordlnuted und frultful celebrutlon of such
momentous event, the C8CP Permunent Councll hus
deslgnuted un *?$ ;/'$ Commlttee to lun, romote und
seurheud the nutlonul consecrutlon. Els Lxcellency, Most Rev.
Culllermo v. Afuble, 8lsho of Llgos, ucts us Chulrerson, wlth
the usslstunce of the Llscoul Commlsslons on Llturgy &
Soclul Communlcutlons und Muss Medlu, Amb. Eowurd Q. Lee
of 8uhuy Murlu Asslsl Leveloment loundutlon, lr. Yullto
lgnuclo und the C8CP Cenerul Secreturlut.

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Attuched herewlth ls the suggested lun of uctlvltles reured
by the Commlttee. lnstructlonul und cumulgn muterluls wlll be
sent once reudy. An ln deth exlunutlon of the rutlonule of
the nutlonul consecrutlon wlll be contulned ln u C8CP Pustorul
Lxhortutlon und u Prlmer now belng reured.

Meunwhlle, l um eurnestly ueullng to ull the Most Reverend
Crdlnurles to orgunlze urchjdlocesun executlve commlttees for
the suld celebrutlon.

Muy Mury, Mother of Cod und Mother of the Church, look
uon her "'5/=+)% *2*-!/', the Phllllnes, wlth u mother's
eye und gulde lt ulong the uths of justlce, truth und love.
Amen.

Clven ut the C8CP Eeudquurters, lntrumuros, Munllu thls rd
duy of Arll zc.

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CBCP PASTORAL EXHORTATION
ON THE CELEBRATION OF THE
NATIONAL CONSECRATION OF OUR PEOPLE
AND OUR BELOVED LAND
AS ISANG BAYANG SUMISINTA KAY MARIA
ON JUNE 8, 2013
FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

8eloved Peole of Cod ln the Phllllnes:

A few months ugo, the Cuthollc 8lshos' Conference of the
Phllllnes (C8CP) wlth the Pustorul Messuge, MN#3/% ,"0#$!4%
H"*0/% ,"0#$!O4% Looklng lorwurd to our llfth Century of the
Comlng of Chrlstlunlty,' set ln motlon our observunce of the
A!*5$%"B%C5(4D' (Yl) ln the Church ln our country, us well us the
fosterlng of AED*%F*G%&15)H*/(I54(")J (NL) roclulmed by the
Eoly See.

Cur ust months huve been murked by the joyous cunonlzutlon
(z Cctober zcz) of Sun Pedro Culungsod, by the Cctober zcz
8lshos' Synod held ln Rome on the New Lvungellzutlon (NL),
und - just now - the recent electlon of Poe lruncls to succeed
Poe 8enedlct vl who, out of hls lovlng und noble concern
for the greuter good of the Church reslgned for reusons of uge
und fulllng heulth. 1led u wlth thls successlon of remurkuble
events, we huve noted u notuble lncreuse ln lnterest und even
enthuslusm regurdlng "whut's new ln the llfe of the Church'
umong our Cuthollc eole. ve tuke ull thls us ulso u slgn of
the Eoly Slrlt's lnslrlng of our communltles, und lt udds
greutly to our sense of Luster joy.

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As u notuble event ln our own Yeur of lulth, we huve ulreudy
unnounced thut the C8CP hus murked K%8#)*%LMNO us u duy of u
nutlonwlde F54(")5/% P"),*+$54(") by our Cuthollc lulthful of
our eole und our country to 4D*%Q''5+#/54*%R*5$4%"B%>5$S;
1he C8CP hus dlrected und urged ull our dloceses und urlshes,
schools und other lnstltutlons, even ull our fumllles, of course,
to offer solemnly u jolnt ubllc uct of entrustment to the
8lessed Mother, Mother of our eole und our country.

ve wlsh to do thls us truly one eole, "from Aurrl to 'olo':
formully reufflrmlng thut our country ls lndeed M'5/=+)%
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1hls solemn uct of entrustment und consecrutlon, we huve
suld, ls urt of our Yeur of lulth observunce, und urt of the
nlneyeur ("novenu') reurutlon for the zcz celebrutlon of
the comlng of the Chrlstlun lulth to our lund ln z - flve
hundred yeurs ugo. 8ut we hold ln our mlnds und heurts even
deeer grounds for thls slgnlflcunt forthcomlng event.

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ve huve before us the ucts of entrustment of the world, of ull
lts eoles und nutlons, by Poes of our tlme, from Poe Plus
ll ln z, to 8lessed Poe 'ohn Puul ll, who B(1*%4('*, durlng
hls long ontlflcute mude und renewed thls luclng of ull of
humunklnd under the muntle of the 8lessed Mother,
consecrutlng the world to the lmmuculute Eeurt of Mury. 1hls
entrustment wus lnslred by Cur 8lessed Ludy's words to the

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chlldren of lutlmu und the endurlng messuge of Cur Ludy, stlll
truly relevunt for our tlme. (Poe 8enedlct vl). Cur Ludy
romlsed thut thls consecrutlon, freely und flrmly offered,
would brlng gruce for converslon from sln und of slnners,
rotectlon from the "menuce of evll und wur, from slns ugulnst
llfe und the dlgnlty of Cod's chlldren, from every klnd of
lnjustlce und trumllng of Cod's commundments, from the sln
of the world, sln ln ull lts munlfestutlons...' (Poe 'ohn Puul ll's
7'-$/@$!/84,'&*-%/8, 8)

Memorubly for us, our Phllllne 8lshos, reresentlng ull of
us Cuthollcs ln our lund, ull jolned Poe 'ohn Puul ll - who ln
Rome, before un lmuge of Cur Ludy of lutlmu und wlth hlm
ull the Cuthollc 8lshos of the world ln thelr own dloceses,
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Lurlng un entlre "8lmlllenlum Murlun Yeur', beglnnlng 8
Lecember 8 und culmlnutlng on sume dute ln 8, we
begged our 8lessed Mother's lntercesslon to brlng us true
freedom und euce, ut u tlme when our eole were
undergolng greut stress und sufferlng und neurhoelessness
under the dlctutorshl. 1he "euceful Peole Power
Revolutlon' of lebruury 86 cume us Cod's unswer to our
ruyers und longlngs, so we ure convlnced - -;&/(9;$ -;,$
%8-,&',44%/8$ /@$ -;,$ H>>*'()*-,$ I,*&-$ /@$ :*&A. Memorubly
uguln, on Lecember 8,, us un uct of joyous thunksglvlng,
we renewed$ /(&$ !/84,'&*-%/8$ -/$ -;,$ JE/$ I,*&-4D$ -;,$ K*'&,?$
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More recently, our 8lshos, resondlng to our lllllno luy
Cuthollcs' lnltlutlve, oened (on 'une zcc) u "Yeur of
Renewul, of Consecrutlon und Commltment offered to the 1wo
Eeurts,' und ended lt solemnly wlth un Act of Consecrutlon to
the Eeurt of 'esus und ulso to the Eeurt of Mury, 'une zcc.
ve ure certuln much rotectlon from hurm, dlstress und evll
were glven to us through the gruclousness of the "1wo
Eeurts'. Peuceful electlons were held ln Muy zcc, und u new
udmlnlstrutlon lnstulled, wlth euceful und orderly trunsltlon.

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As the Yeur of lulth moves forwurd, we know thut there ure
severul sltuutlons of trouble und confllct ln our urt of the
world. lt sufflces to nume some ureus: the "two loreus',
Subuh, und the vest Phllllne Seu.

vlthln our nutlon, we know ulso thut there ure osltlve gulns:
the wldely recognlzed resent economlc uturn under our
resent government's ollcles und rogrums, equully
recognlzed lmrovements und rogress ln governunce, ln
heulth cure, ln untloverty und roeducutlon endeuvors,
slncere efforts ut dlmlnlshlng corrutlon, und more. ve ure
told by surveys ulso thut genulne hoes for u better future
huve recently rlsen umong our eole. Yes, there ls new hoe.

Yet, just us truly, there remuln not u few durk und shudow
ureus too, llke the ongolng vlolence und confllcts ln Mlndunuo,
the ulso ongolng decudesold Communlstled revolutlonury
movement, the erslstent joblessness thut dully sends
hundreds, even thousunds, of our countrymen ubroud ln
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remulnlng nuturul resources. 1here ure ulso the recent bltter
controversles regurdlng leglslutlon on "reroductlve heulth',
the threut of more bllls ln Congress to legullze ructlces whlch
our Cuthollc morul doctrlne holds us contrury to dlvlne luw, the
munlfestutlons of u sreudlng relutlvlstlc mlndset ln some
sectors of our soclety (the "dlctutorshl of relutlvlsm'
reuchlng even us) und lts effects ln our own chunglng llfestyles.

And of course, next Muy, we wlll huve comlng nutlonul und
locul electlons. ve ull know thut umongst us, electlonerlods
ure so often "trouble erlods- und even crlslstlmes' wlth
guns, goons und gold ursulng thelr destructlve dolngs.

Leeer thun ull the foregolng, 5% H*)#()*% A$*4#$)% 4"% Y"2% 5)2%
4#$)()H% 4$#/S% 4"% 4D*% Y",Z*/J und the more uuthentlc llvlng of
our fulth, these cull us und chullenge us, ln ursulng our
vocutlon to be truly Cod's Peole, to be Chrlst's 8ody ln our
lund. A "ructlcul uthelsm' (so emerltus Poe 8enedlct so
often refers to lt), seculurlsm und forgetfulness of Cod und of
the Cosel sreud more und more ln our ?,$ @*'-/ culture, the
wrong elements of soculled "ostmodernlsm und
globullzutlon' lncreuslngly uffect our mlnds und mlndsets, our
morul conduct und our llves, ubove ull the llves of our young
eole. Cn Ash vednesduy we ure told, LM,<,8-$ *8?$ =,$
'/8B,&-,?$ -/$ -;,$ F/4<,)NO 1he Yeur of lulth remlnds us of thls
mundute, renews lts summons to true Chrlstlun fldellty.
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vlthout develolng further the lssues we must fuce, the tusks
we must undertuke us the demundlng lubors of% 4D*% F*G%
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our leuders, ordulned und luy, our 8lshos flrst of ull, ure urglng
us to renew once uguln - more eurnestly, more deely, wlth
greuter reurutlon - "#$% P"),*+$54(")% 5)2% &)4$#,4'*)4% 4"%
4D*% Q''5+#/54*% R*5$4% "B% >5$S?% us well us - necessurlly
*''/><*8A%89$ %-$ 3 our renewul of consecrutlon to the Most
Sucred Eeurt of 'esus.

As urt of our Consecrutlon to the lmmuculute Eeurt, there ure
ulso the udjolnt ructlces of () the Muss und Communlon of
Reurutlon on the llrst Suturduy of euch month, und (z) Pruyer
und Penunce, ln our dully llves offered ulso by us, ln unlon wlth
Cur Ludy's lmmuculute Eeurt. As much us osslble, the dully
recltutlon of the Rosury wlll be the ongolngructlce of ruyer
usked of us. ve ure remlnded thut the lutlmu messuge
teuches the "lmmense ower of the Rosury' for fulthllfe ln
the world of gruce.

vlth thls Pustorul Lxhortutlon we send out to you u booklet
reured for us, whlch sets down () the seclflc ustorul
uctlvltles und rogrums whlch cun be followed und uctlvuted ln
euch dlocese, urlsh, locul school or other lnstltutlons und
whlch (z) develos brlefly und cleurly, we hoe, some
theologlcul reflectlon on the Consecrutlon to the lmmuculute
Eeurt und uccomunylng ructlces of slrltuullty und devotlon.

ve ure ulso sendlng out the oster vlsuully reresentlng und
fosterlng the rogrum of these events, un lmuge of the
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>52"))5]? un lcon of Mury known und loved ln Luroe from
long ugo, but locully "lnculturuted' for us. lr. Armund 1ungl,
SSP, the wellknown Puullnlun rlest und rellglous urtlst hus
creuted thls lmuge for us, from hls heurt und hund, us u lubor of
love. Mury of the lmmuculute Eeurt, Mother of Chrlst und our

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Mother, here holds our lllllno eole under und wlthln her
lovlng und curlng muntle-ull of us, men, women und chlldren,
of every reglon of our lund, of every uge, gender, color of skln
und sector of soclety, Chrlstluns und eole of other rellglons,
churches und fulth communltles, ull lllllnos of good wlll, ull
of us who muke one eole, one nutlon, one. Cur Ludy's love
und cure, recelved by us, huve brought und cun brlng us
together und muke us one.

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1hls ls the urose of our Act of Consecrutlon to her
lmmuculute Eeurt, thut she, the Mother of us ull, reully hel us
to become more truly one. T*;*-6% $52#$#-!*% R*;% E*0#*4% #$*-6%
=*;*-4%#$*-6%=*-$*L%ln our ust hlstory, ln tlmes of trouble und
need, of durkness und loss of hoe, whenever we ruyed to
her, she ulwuys cume to be wlth us und rulse us u. lnu of
Penufrunclu ln 8lkol Reglon, Nuestru Senoru de Culu of Lrmltu,
Munllu, vlrgen de lu Puz y 8uenvluje ln Antlolo, vlrgen del
Suntlsslmo Rosurlo of Lu Nuvul ln Munllu und Munuoug, Mother
of Peretuul Eel ln 8uclurun, Cur Ludy of Plut ln Cuguyun, Cur
Ludy of Cuysusuy ln 1uul (8utungus), vlrgln of Mlruculous
Medul of Sucut, Purunuque und Sun Murcellno ln Lrmltu
(Munllu), Nuestru Senoru de Cuudulue of Mukutl und Cebu,

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Cur Ludy of Lourdes of Suntu Mesu Eelghts (Quezon Clty),
Nuestru Senoru de Cundelurlu of 'uro (llollo), Nuestru Senoru
del Pllur of 2umboungu . thls ls just the beglnnlng of u lltuny,
u much longer lltuny, whereln ulmost every corner of our lund
wlll flnully udd lts nume.

As the lute 'ulme Curdlnul Sln wrote of our eole durlng our
Murlun Yeur of 88: "vhen our lund wus not yet one lund,
und our eole not yet u nutlon... lt wus she, the Mother of
'esus the lncurnute Son, who becume our flrst bondlng
tongue, the flrst common lunguuge of our heurts, the symbol
of u new ruce to whom oneness und euce would come ln
tlme, us u glft of the luther ln heuven, but us u glft whlch
would reuch us through her lovlng hunds.'

ve chunge hls lust llnes u llttle. "1hls Yeur of lulth, of our
Consecrutlon to her lmmuculute Eeurt, wlll be u flrm renewul
of our unshukeuble trust ln her, of our flllul love for her, she
who ls now, us ever ln our ust, our Queen und our Mother of
mercy, B%-*D$?()',?/$,-$4<,4$8/4-&*: yes, of ull our eole, /(&$
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Let the bells rlng throughout the lund, slnglng our eole's
hymn to Mury. 1hey shull be bells whlch celebrute our hoe.'
Amen. Amen.

lor the Cuthollc 8lshos' Conference of the Phllllnes,

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ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

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"ve huve recourse to your rotectlon, o holy Mother of
Cod.' As we reclte the words of thls untlhon wlth whlch the
Church of Chrlst hus ruyed for centurles, we flnd ourselves
toduy before you, our Mother, ln thls Yeur of lulth. ve, who
muke u the "8ody of Chrlst' resent ln our lund, reclte the
words of thls resent Act of Consecrutlon und Lntrustment,
ln whlch we guther, flrst of ull, the hoes und unxletles of our
lllllno eole, ut thls moment of our hlstory.

Mother of our eole, we who rejolce ln the nume, "Pueblo
umunte de Murlu,'u eole who love Mury, =*A*89$
4(>%4%8-*$ Y*A$ :*&%* you know ull our sufferlngs und our
hoes, you who huve u mother's uwureness of ull the
struggles between good und evll, between llght und
durkness, whlch uffllct the world toduy. Mother of our
eole, uccet the cry whlch we, deely moved by the Eoly
Slrlt, uddress dlrectly to your heurt.

Lmbruce, wlth the love of the Mother und Eundmuld of the
Lord, our eole und our lund, whlch now we entrust und
consecrute to you, for we ure truly concerned for the eurthly
und eternul destlny of every lndlvlduul umong us und for ull
our eole.

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"ve huve recourse to your rotectlon, o holy Mother of Cod,
deslse not our etltlons ln our necessltles.'

8ehold, us we guther before you, Mother of Chrlst, us we
guther before your lmmuculute Eeurt, we deslre, the Church
of the Lord ln our lund, jolned ln heurt und mlnd wlth ull our
eole, %4*89$ =*A*89$ #%)%<%8/D$ to unlte ourselves wlth the
consecrutlon whlch, for love of us, your Son mude of hlmself
to the luther: 'R/&$-;,%&$4*Y,DG$;,$4*%?D$[H$'/84,'&*-,$>A4,)@$-;*-$
-;,A$*)4/$>*A$=,$'/84,'&*-,?$%8$-;,$-&(-;G ['n ,: |. ve wlsh
to unlte ourselves wlth our Redeemer ln thls hls consecrutlon
for the world und for the entlre humun ruce, whlch, ln hls
dlvlne Eeurt, hus the ower to obtuln urdon und to secure
reurutlon.

1he ower of thls consecrutlon by your Son, Cur Lord, lusts
for ull tlme und embruces ull lndlvlduuls, eoles und nutlons.
1hus ulso lt embruces our eole und our lund. 1he ower of
thls consecrutlon overcomes every evll thut the slrlt of
durkness ls uble to uwuken, und hus ln fuct uwukened ln our
tlmes, ln the heurts of men und women ln humun hlstory.

Eow deely we now feel the need for the consecrutlon of our
eole, ln unlon wlth Chrlst 'esus hlmself. lor the redeemlng
work of our Redeemer must be shured ln und by the world,
und by our own eole, through the Church.

ve turn to you, Mother of our Redeemer und our Mother:
ubove ull creutures muy you be blessed, you, the Eundmuld
of the Lord, who ln the fullest wuy obeyed the dlvlne cull.
Eull to you, who ure wholly unlted to the redeemlng
consecrutlon of your Son.

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Mother of the Church! Lnllghten the Peole of Cod ulong the
uths of fulth, hoe und love! Eel us to llve ln the truth of
the consecrutlon offered by 'esus your Son for the entlre
humun fumlly, und for us, the lllllno eole und for our
beloved lund.

ln entrustlng to you, C Mother, our eole, your L#(,=)/$
*>*8-,$ ?,$ :*&%*DO we entrust to you thls very consecrutlon
ltself, luclng lt ln your motherly Eeurt.

lmmuculute Eeurt! Eel us to conquer the threut of evll,
whlch so euslly enters und tukes root ln the heurts of eole
toduy, und whose lmmeusuruble effects ulreudy welgh down
uon our country, und seem to block the uths towurd the
future!

lrom hutred, vlolence, confllcts whlch dlvlde und destroy our
eole, ?,)%B,&$(40 lrom slns ugulnst humun llfe, from lts very
beglnnlng, ?,)%B,&$ (40 lrom the demeunlng of the dlgnlty of
the chlldren of Cod, ?,)%B,&$(40 lrom every klnd of lnjustlce ln
the llfe of soclety, ?,)%B,&$ (40$ lrom reudlness to trumle on
the commundments of Cod, ?,)%B,&$ (40 lrom the loss of
uwureness of good und evll, ?,)%B,&$(40 lrom slns ugulnst the
Eoly Slrlt, ?,)%B,&$(4D$?,)%B,&$(40

Accet, C Mother of Chrlst, thls cry, luden wlth, the hoes
und burdens, the sufferlngs of euch one of us, und of ull our
eole. Eel us, wlth the ower of the Eoly Slrlt, to
overcome und conquer ull sln: lndlvlduul slns, 'soclul slns'
und 'the sln of the world', sln ln ull lts munlfestutlons.

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Let there be reveuled once more, ln our own hlstory us u
eole, the lnflnlte ower of the Redemtlon, the ower of
Cod's merclful Love! Muy lt destroy the ower of sln und evll
umong us! Muy lt trunsform consclences! Muy lt chunge
heurts to the llkeness of the Eeurt of 'esus, und your own
heurt! Muy your lmmuculute Eeurt reveul for ull, ln our lund
und through ull the world, the llght of hoe! C Mury, Mother
of 'esus und our Mother, /(&$)%@,D$/(&$4E,,-8,44$*8?$/(&$;/<,N$

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Aduted for our 8 'une zc "NutlonuljPhllllne Act of
ConsecrutlonjLntrustment to the lmmuculute Eeurt of Mury.'
Shortened und dlrected to our resent context, from the "offlclul
uct of consecrutlon' wrltten by 8lessed 'ohn Puul ll hlmself for z
Murch 8, leust of the Annunclutlon. lt wus meunt to be offered
by hlmself und ull the blshos of the Cuthollc Church. Cur
Phllllne hlerurchy, led by Curdlnuls 'ulme Sln of Munllu und
Rlcurdo vldul of Cebu, ln the nume of ull of us ln the Church ln the
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CONSECRATION
TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
AND THE YEAR OF FAITH
IN THE CONTEXT
OF THE PHILIPPINE SITUATION

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ve ure ut resent "eurnestly llvlng out' the Yeur of lulth, us
set ln motlon by Poe 8enedlct vl for the whole Cuthollc
Church from Cctober zcz to z November zc.

ln lts c6
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Plenury Assembly lust 'unuury z8, zc, the
Cuthollc 8lshos' Conference (C8CP), ln u concerned lnltlutlve
of lts own, hus urged thut the fulthful, the "Peole of Cod "ln
the Phllllnes, gutherlng together us muny of the fulthful
us osslble ln euch urlsh und dlocese, should solemnly
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8lsho of Rome, us successor to Peter the Aostle, he
exressed the hoe thut the Cuthollc fulthful ln the
Phllllnes would "move forwurd ln hoe' to renew und
deeen thelr Chrlstlun lulth, eseclully by entrustlng
themselves more eurnestly to Cur 8lessed Mother Mury und
by commlttlng themselves more und more truly to the love,
the cure und uctlve concern for the oor ln our country.

vlth thls ln mlnd, we flnd thls duy of consecrutlon to Mury's
lmmuculute Eeurt on 8 'une 5,% B#/B(//()H% 5% X()2T"B% A'(,,(")J%
H(1*)% 4"% #,. And wlth our own 8lshos' urgent mundute, lt
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of Mury cunnot be essuyed here. Cnly u few fucts of lnterest
und relevunce cun be lndlcuted. Moved by the "request of
Cur 8lessed Mother mude through Slster Luclu dos Suntos of
lutlmu', Poe Plus ll, broudcustlng to Portugul on
Cctober z, soke these words, uddressed to Mury:
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Some twenty yeurs luter, on Muy 8, Poe 'ohn Puul ll
wus struck down by u wouldbe ussussln's bullets ut St Peter's
Pluzzu ln Rome, und only suved from deuth3$ 4/$ -;,$ I/)A$

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yeur ufterwurds, on Muy 8z, he went to lutlmu to thunk
Cur Ludy, und huvlng revlously lnformed the Church's
blshos ull over the world, offered *8$ *'-$ /@$ (8%B,&4*)^E/&)?$
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Act of Consecrutlon he hud wrltten, to ull the Cuthollc und
Crthodox blshos of the world, exressly usklng them to joln
hlm ln muklng thls formul entrustment _*@@%?*>,8-/| to
Mury's lmmuculute Eeurt. 1hls entrustment lncluded ull the
eoles of the world, L,4<,'%*))A$ -;,$ <,/<),$ E;/4,$
'/84,'&*-%/8$ *8?$ ,8-&(4->,8-$ A/($ *&,$ *E*%-%89$ @&/>$ (4O0$ $ 9)%
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ubllc und colleglul uct' muny of them guthered ut the
Munllu Cuthedrul, wlth most others ln thelr own dlocesun
cuthedruls - led the "nutlonul consecrutlon of the lllllno
eole to the lmmuculute Eeurt of Mury on 8 Lecember
8.' 1he Phllllne hlerurchy ulso jolned the solemn Act of
Consecrutlon of the whole world und of ull nutlons, led by
Poe 'ohn Puul ll mentloned ln the revlous urugruh the
followlng yeur, on 8 Lecember 8.

1hen the entlre Church ln the Phllllnes oened the
A_('(//*)(#'% >5$(5)% !*5$J declured by the C8CP (from the
leust of the lmmuculute Concetlon ln 8 to the duy of the
sume feust ln 8), entrustlng our country to the 8lessed
Mother ln u genulne "hour of crlsls', lmlorlng her
lntercesslon to brlng genulne freedom und euce to our lund.
ve must remember thut our eole were ln greut dlstress

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und undergolng much sufferlng, even u wldesreud sense of
neurhoelessness, under the dlctutorshl ut thut tlme. 1he$
O#,/<),$#/E,&$#,*',@()$M,B/)(-%/8' took luce ln lebruury of
86, surely Cur Lord's unswer to our ruyers und longlngs,
un unswer glven us so we belleve wlth ull convlctlon
-;&/(9;$-;,$%8-,&',44%/8$/@$-;,$H>>*'()*-,$I,*&-$of Mury.

ln 8,, the yeur followlng the greut events now known us
LLSA UNC, u flrstever Q)4*$)54(")5/% ED*"/"H(+5/-<5,4"$5/%
P")H$*,,% ")% A4D*% 3//(5)+*% "B% 4D*% EG"% R*5$4,% "B% 8*,#,% 5)2%
>5$SJ%G5,%D*/2%()%>5)(/5?%OM%F"1*'^*$%4"%O%@*+*'^*$;%%1hls
wus u followu on un lnternutlonul 1heologlcul Symoslum
on "1he Alllunce of the 1wo Eeurts' held ln lutlmu, Portugul
on Setember 86, but orgunlzed under the
sonsorshl of the Cuthollc 8lshos of the Phllllnes (C8CP)
und the Asslsl Leveloment loundutlon, und chulred by
'ulme Curdlnul Sln. 1hls lutlmu Conference wus glven
unusuul blesslng und bucklng by T+/$$/1% :)'/% >)"-% :*5+% CC4
from whom the lnslrutlon of the%A'"1*'*)4%"B%4D*%3//(5)+*%
"B%4D*%EG"%R*5$4,J%hud come.
%
Cn Lecember 8,, ut the concluslon of the 1wo Eeurts
Congress ln Munllu, ull lts urtlclunts, led by three Aslun
Curdlnuls, 'ulme Sln of Munllu, Rlcurdo vldul of Cebu, und
Stehen llm of Seoul (South loreu) solemnly mude 3)%3+4%"B%
P"),*+$54(")% 4"% 4D*% >",4% :5+$*2% R*5$4% "B% 8*,#,?% und un% 3+4%
"B% &)4$#,4'*)4% e*@@%?*>,8-/f% 4"% 4D*% Q''5+#/54*% R*5$4% "B%
>5$S;%
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1he book, 8lMlLLLNlUM, 8 MARlAN YLAR 8CCl, ls un lmortunt

remembrunce volume of the events of thut 'CCR Yeur of Cur 8lessed
Ludy'. Mukutl, 86, 8uhuy Murluj Asslsl loundutlon

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More recently, the Phllllne 8lshos, suortlng the
lnltlutlve flrst tuken by severul movements of lllllno Cuthollc
Lulty, declured M<% V/*0% ).% W/-/S*+4% ).% ,)-$/(0*!#)-% *-1%
,)22#!2/-!% )../0/1% !)% !"/% XS)% D/*0!$P% Y7Z% >5-/% ?88Z% !)% 77%
>5-/%?878).

H8$ /<,8%89$ -;%4$ A!*5$% "B% 4D*% EG"% R*5$4,JD$ -;,$ !"!#$ ?,')*&,?b$
d,$<&/')*%>$*8?$/<,8$-;,$!*5$%"B%4D*%EG"%R*5$4,%-/$&,*@@%&>$
/(&$ -&(,$ *8?$ -/-*)$ 8,,?$ /@$ -;,$ 9&*',$ /@$ F/?$ *8?$ [-;,$ </E,&$ /@$
-;,$ #*4';*)$ :A4-,&AG0$ $ d,$ /<,8$ -;%4$ U,*&$ /@$ -;,$ JE/$ I,*&-4$ 4/$
-;*-$ E,$ %8?%B%?(*))A$ *8?$ *4$ *$ <,/<),$ >%9;-$ >/B,$ @/&E*&?$
-/E*&?$ '/8B,&4%/8$ *8?$ &,8,E*)$ %8$ /(&$ <,&4/8*)$ )%B,4D$ %8$ /(&$
<(=)%'$*'-%B%-AD$%8$/(&$,8?,*B/&$-/$&,8,E$/(&$4/'%,-A0$$d,$>(4-$
=,9%8$E%-;$/(&$&,'/>>%->,8-$-/$-;,$F/4<,)D$*8?$-;(4$*)4/$/(&$
&,8,E,?$'/84,'&*-%/8$-/$-;,$I,*&-$/@$C,4(4$*8?$-/$-;,$I,*&-$/@$
:*&AD$-;,$>/-;,&$/@$-;,$+/&?0$e!"!#D$7<&%)$511cf$
$
ln recent yeurs, P5$2()5/% 0(+5$2"% b(25/ hus tuken u notuble
leudershl ln romotlng -;,$ :/B,>,8-$ /@$ -;,$ 7))%*8',$ /@$ -;,$
JE/$I,*&-4, und lt wus he who flrst led und lnslred the C8CP
thls yeur to tuke the strong lnltlutlve for thls new 8#)*% LMNO%
F54(")5/% 3+4% "B% P"),*+$54(")?% ^S% 4D*% C(/(Z()"% P54D"/(+%
B5(4DB#/?% *)4$#,4()H% "#$% Z*"Z/*% 5)2% "#$% )54(")% 54% 4D(,%
'"'*)4% "B% "#$% D(,4"$S?% 4"% 4D*% EG"% R*5$4,?% 5)2% ()% ,Z*+(5/%
G5S%4"%4D*%Q''5+#/54*%R*5$4%"B%>5$S;%
%
3%P"),*+$54(")%B"$%E"25S%
%
"Cur country ls ut resent ut u new crossrouds,' so dld the
C8CP 8lshos' Stutement of the Yeur of the 1wo Eeurts
begln, ln Arll zcc. ln u true sense, thls cun ulso be suld
now.

28 .
1here ure not u few troubllng, crltlcul sltuutlons ln our urt of
the world ut resent. lt sufflces to mentlon the North loreuj
South loreu sltuutlon, the confllctlng terrltorlul clulms
regurdlng the vest Phllllne Seu, the recent und stlll
unresolved Subuh roblem, the longongolng Mlndunuo
unrest wlth lts muny elsodes of vlolence, und the even
decudesold Communlstled revolutlonury movement, the
recent controversles regurdlng leglslutlon on "reroductlve
heulth' und the enuctment lnto luw of the RE8lll, the threut
of forthcomlng roosuls for yet new bllls legullzlng dlvorce
und other ructlces whlch our Cuthollc morul doctrlne flrmly
holds us contrury to dlvlne luw, etc. Cf course too, there wlll
be locul und nutlonul electlons to be held ln the comlng
month of Muy, ln our country, the electlonerlod ls ulwuys
somethlng of u "crlslstlme', often lnvolvlng vlolence.

ve must of course glve due credlt to the resent
government for the economlc uturn, now recognlzed wldely
even lnternutlonully, lts slncerely undertuken untloverty
efforts ln synergy wlth clvll soclety orgunlzutlons, eurnest
lnltlutlves ut lmrovlng the rogrums, rojects und
lnstltutlonul suort for the educutlon of our young eole,
the cumulgns to dlmlnlsh dlshonesty und corrutlon und
lmrove effectlve governunce ln dlverse sectors of ubllc llfe
und soclety, etc. Cf course, und understundubly, 4/$ B,&A$
>(';$&,>*%84$-/$=,$?/8,, eseclully ln the untloverty ureus,
but reul osltlve endeuvors deserve due recognltlon und
suort from us ull.

Eowever, d4D*% H*)#()*% A$*4#$)% 4"% Y"2J ln our mlnds,
heurts und llves, the true turnlnguwuy from growlng
seculurlsm, relutlvlsm und "ructlcul uthelsm' ln our ersonul

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llves und ln soclety (even when we conslder ourselves
"bellevers'!), the genulne converslon und reform culledfor ln
our rlvute und ubllc morullty, u recommltment to $*5//S%
A/(1()H% 5++"$2()H% 4"% 4D*% Y",Z*/J . . . ull of thls we huve
constuntly to kee before our mlnds und ln our dully
uctlvltles, ull of thls we must tlrelessly ursue, @*%-;@())AD$
,B,8$;,&/%'*))AD$=A$F/?G4$9&*',0 ve recognlze, ln ull truth und
honesty, ulso 4/$B,&A$>(';$&,>*%84$-/$=,$?/8,N$
$
ve know we cunnot ourselves llve thls M*5!"/-!#(% +#./%
*(()01#-6% !)% !"/% [)$'/+P wlthout the constunt lovlng hel of
Cod, we cunnot by ourselves truly reform und renew
ourselves und our soclety wlthout the resence und ower of
Cod und the Slrlt of Cod worklng wlthln us und ln our
uctlons. ve recull the words of Poe 8enedlct vl's
encycllcul%H'/%H*+3#G%MN/!%5$%'5!%#!%3/0;%$#2'+;4%2*-%-//1$%[)14%
)!"/0S#$/%"/%0/2*#-$%S#!")5!%")'/LP%
%
ve do not wunt now to develo ull thls much more fully. All
thut hus been tuken u ubove enters lnto our endeuvors for
4D*% !*5$% "B% C5(4D, und enters lnto our longterm reurutlon
for the LMLN%!*5$%"B%8#^(/**;%%ve guther, thunklng Cod for cc
yeurs of Chrlstlun fulthundllfe ln our beloved lund, resolvlng
S#!"% [)1\$% "/+' to "move forwurd' ln the deeenlng of our
Chrlstlun lulth und genulnely "reullzlng' _>*Y%89$ &,*)`
converslon und true Cosel llvlng, renewlng und fosterlng our
devotlon to the 8lessed Mother of the Lord, und "8,B,&$
@/&9,--%89$-;,$<//&$*>/89$(4D' by referentlul und uctlve love
und concern for the oor und the owerless ln our country
und uround us. [ve recull Poe lruncls' words of hoe
uddressed to us!|


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[D54%"#$%P"),*+$54(")%'*5),%5)2%D"Z*,%
%
ve huve trled to sketch the context for the B*!#)-*+% <(!% ).%
,)-$/(0*!#)-]*-1]&-!05$!2/-!% !)% !"/% C22*(5+*!/% D/*0!% ).%
E*0; for 8 'une zc, us roosed und urged by our
Phllllne 8lshos. 1hls solemn ubllc uct ls to be done - our
blshos% 3/0;% /*0-/$!+;% 506/% ]]% ln every urlsh und dlocese ln
our Church, ut u Muss celebruted, lf ut ull osslble, ut ten
o'clock thut Suturduy mornlng, the llrst Suturduy of 'une.
1hls wlll thus be one of the most lmortunt und slgnlflcunt
ubllc events for the Yeur of lulth ln the Church ln the
Phllllnes.

8y thls consecrutlonundentrustment to the lmmuculute
Eeurt of Mury, we who muke u the Cuthollc Church ln the
Phllllnes?%%AZ#*^/"%5'5)4*%2*%>5$(5?%^5S5)H%,#'(,()45%X5S%
>5$(5?J% eurnestly turn to the 8lessed Mother, Mother of the
Lord 'esus, Mother of the Church und of us ull, und S/% *$R%
"/0% !)% !*R/% 5$% *++% 5-1/0% "/0% % 2)!"/0+;% 2*-!+/% ).% +)3/% *-1%
2/0(;4% !)% #-!/0(/1/% .)0% 5$4% !"*!% S/% 2*;% =/()2/% !05+;% )-/%
'/)'+/% Q% !05+;% CH<B[% T<V<B4% CH<B[% T<BH<% 3$ 5% H*)#()*%
A<*"Z/*%"B%Y"2J%()%4D(,%Z5$4%"B%4D*%G"$/2;%%R"Ge$$d,$&,<,*-b$
-;&/(9;$ -&(,$ '/8B,&4%/8D$ -;&/(9;$ 4%8',&,$ 4*'&%@%'%*)$ /@@,&%89$ /@$
/(&$ ?*%)A$ )%B,4$ -;&/(9;$ <,&4,B,&%89$ <&*A,&$ *8?$ <,8*8',D$
-;&/(9;$'/>>%->,8-$%8$<&*'-%',$-/$-;,$F/4<,)$*8?$%-4$B*)(,4$0$0$
0$ E%-;$ -;,$ R*%-;D$ I/<,$ *8?$ +/B,$ -;,$ K<%&%-$ E%))$ </(&$ /(-$ %8$ /(&$
)%B,40$$
$
H8$ -;,$ <*4-$ ;%4-/&A$ /@$ /(&$ <,/<),D$ %-$ ;*4$ =,,8$ V(&$ +*?A$ -;,$
:/-;,&$/@$C,4(4$E;/$E*4$4/$%84-&(>,8-*)$%8$>*Y%89$/(&$<,/<),$
%8-/$ /8,$ <,/<),0$ H-$ ;*4$ =,,8$ /(&$ :/-;,&$ :*&A$ E;/$ ;*4$
L4-,<<,?$%8O$-/$;,)<$%8$-%>,4$/@$-&/(=),D$/@$'*)*>%-A$*8?$'&%4%40$$

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J;,$ "%>%)),8%(>$ :*&%*8$ U,*&$ /@$ &,8,E*)$ *8?$ -;,$ XTK7$ S.V$
,B,8-4$ /@$ 2cQgD$ E,$ 4%8',&,)A$ =,)%,B,$ '*>,$ -;&/(9;$ ;,&$
%8-,&',44%/8$ *8?$ 9(%?*8',$ /@$ /(&$ L=*A*89$ 4(>%4%8-*$ Y*A$
:*&%*O0$
$
N/!% 5$% !"/-4% *++% ).% 5$4% 0/*++;% ()22#!% )50$/+3/$% !)% !"#$% J<V% ^F%
,^BH&,W<XC^B% X^% XD&% CEE<,_N<X&% D&<WX% ^F% E<WVL% % N/!%
5$% 2*R/% #!% R-)S-% !)% /3/0;)-/% #-% )50% .*2#+#/$4% *2)-6% )50%
.0#/-1$%*-1%*$$)(#*!/$`%+/!%5$%S)0R%!)%2*R/%#!%*%M0/*++;%$'/(#*+%
/3/-!P%#-%)50%()5-!0;%#-%!"#$%V/*0%).%F*#!"L%%N/!%5$4%/*("%)-/%).%
5$4%2*R/%#!%)50%)S-%'0)a/(!4%5-1/0%[)1\$%'0)3#1/-(/4%*$%#.%#!%*++%
1/'/-1/1%)-%)50%'0*;/0%*-1%/*0-/$!%/..)0!$L%%N/!%*++%!"#$%0/*++;%
()2/% .0)2% )50% "/*0!$4% $)% !"*!% )50% )-/% '/)'+/4% !05+;% )-/% !"#$%
!#2/4% S#++% !05+;% 6#3/% #!$% "/*0!% !)% ^50% N)01% *-1% ^50% N*1;4% )50%
"/*0!%!)%!"/%XS)%D/*0!$4%<2/-L%<2/-L%
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vlsltlng lutlmu ln Muy zcc, Poe 8enedlct vl suld: "Cne decelves
hlmself who thlnks thut the rohetlc mlsslon of lutlmu ls concluded.'

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Purt 1wo
P"),*+$54(")%4"%4D*%Q''5+#/54*%R*5$4%"B%>5$S%
$
ln our tlme, 4D*%2*1"4(")%5)2%*,Z*+(5//S%4D*%fP"),*+$54(")g%4"%
4D*%Q''5+#/54*%R*5$4%"B%>5$S%5$*%2*+(,(1*/S%/()X*2%G(4D%9#$%
=52S% "B% C54('5;% % ln fuct, lt hus been uuthorltutlvely suld thut
"the very center ]]% !"/% 3/0;% "/*0!% ]]% ).% !"/% E/$$*6/% *-1%
E/*-#-6%).%!"/%F*!#2*%<''*0#!#)-$%#$%!"/%C22*(5+*!/%D/*0!%).%
E*0;P
z
%
%
Mury's lmmuculute Eeurt ls "the greut slgn' reveuled by Cur
Ludy herself ut lutlmu, the slgn of her motherly love, lts
resence und lts medlutlon of dlvlne mercy, the slgn of her
constunt und contlnuul lnvltutlon to oen ourselves to her
lntercesslon, und to her lnvltutlon to enter wlth our own
heurts lnto -;,$ &,?,><-%B,$ &,<*&*-%/8$ /@$ -;,$ K/8D$ %8-/$ I%4$
'/>>(8%/8$E%-;$-;,$R*-;,&$-;&/(9;$-;,$I/)A$K<%&%-0%
%
1he three fundumentul ructlces rescrlbed by the Messuge
of lutlmu ure:%
Z$5S*$%\/()X*2%*,Z*+(5//S%G(4D%4D*%0",5$S]h%
$*Z5$54(")%5)2%Z*)5)+*%\/()X*2%G(4D%4D*%P"''#)(")%
"B%0*Z5$54(")%"B%C(1*%C($,4%:54#$25S,]%5)2?%
+"),*+$54(")%4"%4D*%Q''5+#/54*%R*5$4%"B%>5$S;%
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
z
Cf. lr Mlchuel C'Curroll, ln hls book, ALLlANCL Cl 1EL 1vC ELAR1S, Eoe of
the vorld, wrote: MF0L% >)*b5#-% <+)-$)4% !"/% 60/*!% "#$!)0#*-% ).% !"/% /3/-!$% ).%
F*!#2*4% "*$% $*#1G% MX"/% $)5+% ).% !"/% 2#6"!;% 10*2*% ).% F*!#2*% #$% !"/% C22*(5+*!/%
D/*0!% ).% E*0;LP% (. ,)L% Also, 'ouqulm Alonso CMl und Ablllo Plnu Rlbelro
CMl, lA1lMA. MLSSACL ANL CCNSLCRA1lCN, Quezon Clty, Cluretlun
Publlcutlons, 8. lor reudy und brlef reference. lr. Alonso, ls <,&%-(4$on the
theologlcul study on the lmmuculute Eeurt of Mury und the hlstory of the
lutlmu uurltlons.%

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Eere, by wuy of u "rlmer', we wlll develo ruther brlefly u
buslc -;,/)/9A$ of the consecrutlon to the lmmuculute Eeurt,
thls "coretheme' of the Messuge of lutlmu.
ED*%>*5)()H%"B%P"),*+$54(")%
AP"),*+$54(")J;% &1*$S% PD$(,4(5) ls fundumentully und
rlmurlly A+"),*+$54*2', brought lnto unlon wlth "the
sucred', thut ls, wlth the 8lessed 1rlnlty, luther, Son und
Slrlt ()% 5)2% 4D$"#HD% _5Z4(,'. St Augustlne teuches, LH-$ %4$
!;&%4-$ I%>4,)@$ E;/$ =*<-%\,40O$ $ lt ls Cod hlmself who
"consecrutes' the butlzed erson ln 8utlsm, <,&$ %<4(>D$ ,-$
'(>$ %<4/$ ,-$ %8$ %<4/D$ through Chrlst 'esus, wlth Chrlst, und ln
Chrlst, ln oneness wlth the Eoly Slrlt. 1hls fundumentul
consecrutlon ls ln u true sense renewed und 'reullzed' ln
every sucrument.
Cver und ubove thls rlmury consecrutlon, the Church hus
recognlzed f"4D*$%+"),*+$54("),g whlch "focus' (so to seuk)
und renew the sucrumentul consecrutlon. ln these other
consecrutlons, the consequences of the butlsmul
consecrutlon ure, through the gruce of the Eoly Slrlt,
uctlvuted, [&,*)]%\,?G$ (mude more und more reul) und
exerlenced ln the Chrlstlun llfe.
vows of rellglous llfe, e.g., the vows tuken by those who
enter lnto the "consecruted llfe' us members of rellglous
Crders or congregutlons, ure erhus the bestknown
offlclully und cunonlcully vullduted "other consecrutlons.'
Yet 'other consecrutlons', M()-$/(0*!#)-$% ).% 1/3)!#)-P% ure
often llnked wlth urtlculur uostollc rojects or wlth
"devotlons' ucceted und blessed by the Church. vlth the

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gruce of the Slrlt, they enuble und foster un /3/0].5++/0% $/+.]
6#3#-6%).%=*'!#c/1%'/0$)-$ und of grous und communltles of
butlzed ersons. 1hese consecrutlons foster *8$ ,B,&]@()),&D$
>/&,$ %8-,84,D$ >/&,$ '/>>%--,?$ $/+.]6#3#-6% )5!% ).% +)3/4% !)% [)1%
*-1% !)% )50% -/#6"=)0D$ %8$ -;,$ )%B%89]/(-$ /@$ !;&%4-%*8$ )%@,$ *8?$
>%44%/80$
1hls ls the Chrlstlun's ersonul recelvlng of Y"2g,% "G)% H(B4T
()(4(54(1*% "B% '*$+S% 5)2% /"1*, lnvltlng hlmjher to llve out
hlsjher consecrutlon "ln ructlce' through the yeurs, und ut
seclul moments ln llfe. J;%4$%4$-;,$!;&%4-%*8G4$,8-,&%89$%8-/$-;,$
4*'&%@%'%*)$ 4,)@]9%B%89$ /@$ C,4(4$ -/$ -;,$ R*-;,&D$ 4;*&%89$ %8$ %-$ ,B,&$
>/&,$ @())AD so thut hejshe muy genulnely lmltute the llfe of
'esus und be trunsformed by the Slrlt of 'esus more und
more lnto the llkeness of Chrlst.
1hus does 'esus unlte the Chrlstlun more closely wlth hlmself.
1he Chrlstlun, us un udoted chlld of Cod, ls lnserted lnto the
lnner llfe of Els 8ody, whlch ls the Church on eurth, und thus
enters lnto 'esus' own communlon wlth the luther. 1hus
does the llvlng 'esus hlmself tuke u more fully the
Chrlstlun's llfe und uctlvlty lnto hls own. 1hus does the
Chrlstlun mun or womun shure ln the redemtlve resence
und uctlon of 'esus ln the world und ln tlme. 1hus does the
Chrlstlun erson ulso urtlclute ln seclul wuys through
hlsjher own "uostolute' ln the mlsslon of Chrlst und Els
Church toduy.

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P"),*+$54(")%4"%4D*%EG"%R*5$4,%
Among these 'other consecrutlons', here we slngle out
eseclully the ,)-$/(0*!#)-% !)% !"/% H*(0/1% D/*0!% YM!"/% '#/0(/1%
D/*0!Pd% ).% >/$5$4% *-1% !"/% ,)-$/(0*!#)-% !)% !"/% C22*(5+*!/%
D/*0!%).%E*0;L%
1he words ln 'esus' lust suer ruyer ('n ,: , ,) lndlcute
the "root' of our consecrutlon to Cod, LR/&$ -;,4,$ H$ <&*A$ ]]$ 000$
@/&$ -;,4,$ A/($ ;*B,$ 9%B,8$ >,D$ @/&$ -;,A$ *&,$ &,*))A$ A/(&40$ 000$
!/84,'&*-,$ -;,>$ =A$ >,*84$ /@$ -&(-;D$ A/(&$ E/&?$ %4$ -&(-;0$ 000$ H$
'/84,'&*-,$ >A4,)@$ @/&$ -;,%&$ 4*Y,4$ 8/ED$ -;*-$ -;,A$ >*A$ =,$
'/84,'&*-,?$%8$-&(-;0O$
As 'esus consecrutes hlmself to the luther "for our sukes',
he cun tuke us und our offerlngs u lnto hls own self
consecrutlon. Cur ucts of selfglvlng und consecrutlon to Cod
ure thus &,',%B,?$ =A$ [-;,$ )%B%89$ C,4(4$ %8$ 9)/&AG$ lnto hls own
glvlng of hlmself to the luther through the Slrlt. 1hen the
llvlng 'esus glves to us ulso the gruce necessury to 'reullze'
our own offerlng ln our llves.
Cur ucts of selfofferlng und consecrutlon ure flrst und
fundumentully M!)%>/$5$4%!)%!"/%D/*0!%).%>/$5$'. (Ultlmutely to
the luther, ln, wlth, und through 'esus und the Eeurt of
'esus). lmltutlon of und lnsertlon lnto the llfe und heurt of
'esus ls the ultlmute term of the slrltuul llfe of every
Chrlstlun und of every Chrlstlun communlty. Cur selfofferlng
und "+"),*+$54(")%4"%4D*%Q''5+#/54*%R*5$4%"B%>5$SJ%ls then
necessurlly jolned to our consecrutlon to the Eeurt of 'esus.
ln u true sense, necessurlly, the consecrutlon to the Eeurt of
Mury ls llnked wlth, und goes sldebyslde wlth the
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Cur consecrutlon to the lmmuculute Eeurt of Mury ls to 4D*%
Z*$,")% "B% >5$S% 5,% #)(4*2% 4"% D*$% :")?% 4D*% ["$2% Q)+5$)54*.
1hls oneness ls unequulled und unlque, becuuse she ls Els
Mother, becuuse of "the bond of her dlvlne muternlty',
becuuse of her unequulled und unlque ussoclutlon wlth her
Son's redeemlng work und her Son's sulvlflc medlutlon, und
becuuse she ls Mother of the 8ody of Chrlst (the Church) und
Mother of the members of the Church. ve consecrute
ourselves to ;,&$H>>*'()*-,$I,*&-$*4$L-;,$4%98$/@$;,&$>*-,&8*)$
)/B,$*8?$;,&$>,?%*-%/8$@/&$(4$/@$-;,$?%B%8,$9&*',$*8?$>,&'A0O$$$
Poe 'ohn Puul ll's teuchlng ls thut "to consecrute ourselves
to Cod through the vlrglnul und motherly hunds of Mury,
4D$"#HD%D*$%Q''5+#/54*%R*5$4, ls to consecrute ourselves to
Eer us E)!"/0% ).% >/$5$% *-1% E)!"/0% ).% 5$% *++4% *$% 2)!"/0% ).%
5-=)5-1/1% N)3/% *-1% E/0(;LP$ $ Cur blessed Ludy, seuklng to
Slster Luclu, munduted her to dedlcute herself to the work of
brlnglng together, to brlnglng sldebyslde, the devotlon to
the Eeurt of Mury und the devotlon to the Sucred Eeurt. 1hls
ls why Poe 'ohn Puul ll fostered the consecrutlon to the
Eeurt of 'esus und the Eeurt of Mury, u consecrutlon brought
by the Slrlt lnto A4D*% 3//(5)+*% "B% 4D*% EG"% R*5$4,?% "B% 8*,#,%
5)2%>5$S;J$
1o sum u the foregolng urugruhs, let us llsten to the
words Poe 'ohn Puul ll soke ut lutlmu on Muy 8z:
L",;/)?D$*4$E,$4-*8?$=,@/&,$A/(D$:/-;,&$/@$!;&%4-D$*4$E,$4-*8?$
=,@/&,$ A/(&$ H>>*'()*-,$ I,*&-D$ E,$ ?,4%&,D$ -/9,-;,&$ E%-;$ -;,$
E;/),$ !;(&';D$ -/$ (8%-,$ /(&4,)B,4$ E%-;$ -;,$ '/84,'&*-%/8$ E;%';D$
@/&$ )/B,$ /@$ (4D$ A/(&$ K/8$ >*?,$ /@$ ;%>4,)@$ -/$ -;,$ R*-;,&4% % MF)0%
!"/#0%$*R/%e"/%$*#1f%C%()-$/(0*!/%2;$/+.4%!"*!%!"/;%*+$)%2*;%=/%
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E%-;$ /(&$ M,?,,>,&$ %8$ -;%4D$ ;%4$ '/84,'&*-%/8$ @/&$ -;,$ E/&)?$ *8?$
@/&$-;,$;(>*8$&*',D$E;%';$%8$;%4$?%B%8,$;,*&-D$;*4$-;,$</E,&$-/$
/=-*%8$<*&?/8$*8?$4,'(&,$&,<*&*-%/80O$
LJ;,$</E,&$/@$-;%4$'/84,'&*-%/8$)*4-4$@/&$*))$-%>,$*8?$,>=&*',4$
*))$%8?%B%?(*)4D$<,/<),4$*8?$8*-%/840$H-$/B,&'/>,4$,B,&A$,B%)$-;*-$
-;,$ 4<%&%-$ /@$ ?*&Y8,44$ %4$ *=),$ -/$ *E*Y,8$ *8?$ ;*4$ %8$ @*'-$
*E*Y,8,?$%8$/(&$-%>,D$%8$-;,$;,*&-$/@$>*8$*8?$%8$;%4$;%4-/&A0O$
LI*%)$ -/$ A/(D$ :/-;,&$ /@$ !;&%4-D$ E;/$ *&,$ E;/))A$ (8%-,?$ -/$ -;,$
&,?,,>%89$'/84,'&*-%/8$/@$A/(&$K/80O$
:"'*% A,Z*+(B(+,J% "B% 4D*% @*1"4(")% 5)2% P"),*+$54(")% 4"% 4D*%
Q''5+#/54*%R*5$4%"B%>5$S;%
ve must, ut thls olnt, tuke u Cur blessed Ludy's words to
the chlldren ut lutlmu, und words ln luter yeurs soken by her
to Slster Luclu dos Suntos. Cur Ludy luys down +*$45()%
,Z*+(B(+% */*'*)4,% "B% 4D*% 2*1"4(")T5)2T+"),*+$54(")% 4"% 4D*%
Q''5+#/54*%R*5$4%"B%>5$S;%
1o llve out thls consecrutlon ln ructlce lnvolves6%%
\N] %<&F3FP&% 3F@% <03!&0;% <*)5)+*% 5)2% <$5S*$?% "BB*$*2%
*5$)*,4/S% B"$% +")1*$,(")% B$"'% ,()% 5)2% 4D*% +")1*$,(")% "B%
,())*$,% eL-;/4,$ E;/$ ?/$ 8/-$ =,)%,B,D$ E;/$ ?/$ 8/-$ ;/<,$ *8?$ ?/$
8/-$ )/B,Of0$ J;%4$ <,8*8',$ %8')(?,4$ 4*'&%@%',4$ *8?$ -;,$ =,*&%89$ /@$
4(@@,&%89D$ /@@,&,?$ @/&$ 4%88,&40$ J;,$ <&*A,&$ %4$ *=/B,$ *))% '0*;/0% ).%
!"/% W)$*0;D$ *4$ >(';$ *4$ </44%=),$ '0*;/1% 1*#+;$ @/&$ '/8B,&4%/8$
@&/>$4%8$*8?$<,*',$%8$-;,$E/&)?0$
$
\L] %0&<303EQ9F% C90% :QF;% % ln trudltlonul devotlon, e.g., ln the
ructlce of the Eoly Eour before the 8lessed Sucrument,
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-;,$ 4(@@,&%894$ ;,$ ,8?(&,?$ %8$ ;%4$ <*44%/8$ *8?$ '/84/)%89$ ;%>$ %8$
@*',$ /@$ -;,$ 4%84$ /@@,8?%89$ ;%>$ %8$ /(&$ -%>,0O 8ut we ure
remlnded thut Chrlst ln the Luchurlst ls the cruclfledundrlsen
'esus Chrlst ln hls glory. Chrlst ln hls glory suffers no more,
the sufferlngs of hls hlstorlcul usslon und deuth ure resent
no longer. Regurdlng thls "reurutlon of consollng 'esus',
muny theologluns toduy usk lf thls understundlng of
reurutlon ls u vulld und helful one.
0*Z5$54(")%B"$%,(): Another urouch to reurutlon hus been
develoed. 1he objectlve of reurutlon ls thls: thut Cod muy
be less und less offended by sln und slnful llves, &,<*&*-%/8$ %4$
(8?,&4-//?$ &*-;,&$ us strlvlng eurnestly for fldellty to Cod's
wlll ln fulfllllng the tusks und dutles of our dully llves, to
ructlce genulne 'justlce' (rlghteousness und fldellty) ln our
own observunce of Cod's luw. 1hls ls done ulso wlth the
%8-,8-$ L/@$ '/(8-,&%89D$ /@$ >*Y%89$ (<$ @/&D$ /@$ &,<*%&%89O the sln
undslnfulness whlch dlsobeys Cod's luw, whlch offends Cod
by vlolutlng hls commundments und golng ugulnst hls wlll ln
our llves, ersonul und soclul.
0*Z5$54(") ls then understood (lt seems, more correctly,
theologlcully) us devoutly Ma)#-#-6% #-4% *$% $"*0#-6% #-% !"/%
:*$("*+% E;$!/0;% ).% >/$5$`% *$% $"*0#-6% #-% >/$5$\% 2#$$#)-% ).%
3*-b5#$"#-6% $#-% *-1% )3/0()2#-6% !"/% ')S/0% ).% $#-% #-% !"/% +#3/$%
).% "52*-% '/0$)-$% *-1% #-% !"/% +#./% ).% "52*-% ()225-#!#/$LP%%
Reurutlon then, meuns, "shurlng ln the sucrlflclul und
redeemlng work of 'esus, ln hlm und through hlm
overcomlng sln und reulrlng the effects of sln, of selflshness
und lnjustlce, of vlolence, us these lnjure und destroy humun
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<"Z*% <5#/% bQ% suld thut "the fullest reurutlon deslred by the
Eeurt of 'esus [und we udd, by the Eeurt of Mury| ls the
bulldlng u of un uuthentlc clvlllzutlon of love.' 1hls meuns
bulldlng u humun solldurlty, justlce, und comusslonute love
ln our relutlonshls, ln our communltles, -;&/(9;$ <&*A,&$ *8?$
<,8*8',$ ln und wlth the Eeurt of 'esus, -;&/(9;$ *'-%/8$ @/&$
P(4-%',$ *8?$ <,*',D rooted ln und emowered by Chrlst's love.
<"Z*% 8"D)% <5#/% QQ, ufter Poe Puul vl, took u und ulso
fostered thls understundlng of reurutlon, "the bulldlng u of
un uuthentlc clvlllzutlon of love.'

W/'*0*!#)-%=;%'0*;/0%*-1%*(!#)-G%%S/%*0/%*$R/1%!)%0/*+]#c/4%#L/L4%
M2*R/%0/*+%#-%'0*(!#(/P%!"#$%0/'*0*!#)-%Q%!"0)56"%*-1%S#!"%!"/%
:#/0(/1% D/*0!% ).% !"/% ,05(#.#/1]*-1]W#$/-% >/$5$4% *-1% !"0)56"%
*-1%S#!"%!"/%C22*(5+*!/%D/*0!%).%E*0;4%=;%!"/%')S/0%).%!"/#0%
()3/-*-!%+)3/%*-1%2/0(;L
llnully, the P"''#)(")% "B% 0*Z5$54(")?% "BB*$*2% ")% 4D*% C($,4%
:54#$25S,% "B% *5+D% '")4D% TT% \"B% B(1*% /&$ >/&,% '")4D,% ]% TT for
the lntentlons mentloned ubove: <&*A,&D$ <,8*8',D$
&,<*&*-%/8... for converslon from sln, for the converslon of
slnners, ln reurutlon for sln und the effects of sln ln
humunlty und ln the world. K*'&*>,8-*)$ '/8@,44%/8$ should
ulso be mude, but not necessurlly on the sume Suturduy or
the sume weekend. Some flfteen mlnutes ure to be "sent
wlth Cur 8lessed Mother' ruylng the Rosury und reflectlng
on the mysterles of Cur Lord's und Cur Ludy's llfe.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Slster Luclu wrote ulso thut one evenlng, whlle keelng the Eoly Eour of
Reurutlon, Cur Lord told her: "1he fulflllment of duty und the observunce of
my Luw ls the sucrlflce [of reurutlon| requlred of euch one. 1hls ls the
enunce [und reurutlon| l now usk for und requlre.'

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As ls ulso wellknown, u AH$*54% Z$"'(,*J ls llnked wlth the
observunce of the llrst Suturduys: for those who strlve to
fulflll thls ructlce usked for by Cur 8lessed Mother:
"usslstunce ut the hour of deuth wlth ull the gruces needed
for thelr sulvutlon.' ve must udd thut thls "greut romlse'
und lts consequences of course lnevltubly reuches lnto
soclety, lnto the llves of fumllles, communltles, nutlons und
eoles, by the outourlng of the Eoly Slrlt, of dlvlne gruce,
heullng und urlfylng heurts, und thus reuchlng deely lnto
our humun communltles und our common hlstory.
ve recull uguln, us we end these urugruhs, the words of
Poe 'ohn Puul ll ut lutlmu ( Muy 8z): LI*%)$ -/$ A/(D$
:/-;,&$ /@$ !;&%4-D$ A/($ E;/$ *&,$ E;/))A$ (8%-,?$ -/$ -;,$ &,?,,>%89$
'/84,'&*-%/8$/@$A/(&$K/80$$:/-;,&$/@$-;,$!;(&';D$,8)%9;-,8$-;,$
<,/<),$/@$F/?$*)/89$-;,$<*-;4$/@$R*%-;D$I/<,$*8?$+/B,0$000$I,)<$
(4$-/$)%B,$%8$-;,$-&(-;$/@$-;,$'/84,'&*-%/8$/@$!;&%4-$@/&$-;,$,8-%&,$
;(>*8$ @*>%)A$ /@$ -;,$ >/?,&8$ E/&)?0$ $ H8$ ,8-&(4-%89$ -/$ A/(D$ V$
:/-;,&$ /@$ -;,$ E/&)?D$ *))$ %8?%B%?(*)4$ *8?$ <,/<),4D$ E,$ *)4/$
,8-&(4-$-/$A/($-;%4$B,&A$'/84,'&*-%/8$/@$-;,$E/&)?D$<)*'%89$%-$%8$
A/(&$>/-;,&)A$;,*&-0O$
3%P"),*+$54(")%a$H*)4%B"$%E"25S%
1C CCNCLULL: Poe 8enedlct vl%on Muy zcc suld ln hls
homlly ut lutlmub$ LI,$ ?,',%B,4$ ;%>4,)@$ E;/$ -;%8Y4$ -;*-$ -;,$
<&/<;,-%'$>%44%/8$/@$R*-%>*$%4$'/8')(?,?0O$
vhut the Messuge of lutlmu hus usked of us: enunce und
ruyer, converslon from und reurutlon for sln, sucrlflce und
consecrutlon to the lmmuculute Eeurt of Mury, the ructlce
of "the llrst Suturduys', ... these ure stlll our "usslgnments'
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Eoly Slrlt, towurd brlnglng converslon lnto our llves und
hellng to bulld u clvlllzutlon of justlce, love und euce, ls
ongolng, unflnlshed.
vhut the C8CP ln lts turn usks of ull our dloceses und urlshes
- thut ls, our Cuthollc fulthful ln the Church ln the Phllllnes
- to do und offer eurnestly thls comlng 8 'une zc, %4$*-%*(!%
).%.*#!"%#-%!"#$%V/*0%).%F*#!"L%%
J;%4$'/84,'&*-%/8$/@$/(&4,)B,4$*8?$/(&$'/(8-&AD$L%8$-;,$4<%&%-$/@$
R*-%>*DO$ %4$ *-$ -;%4$ -%>,$ -/$ =,$ /(&$ <,/<),G4$ ,*&8,4-$ <&*A,&D$
a)#-/1% !)% !"/% #-!/0(/$$#)-% ).% !"/% C22*(5+*!/% D/*0!% ).% E*0;%
*-1% !"/% 0/1/2'!#3/% ')S/0% ).% !"/% D/*0!% ).% ,"0#$!4$ -/$ %><)/&,$
-;,$9&*',$/@$'/8B,&4%/8$*8?$&,<*&*-%/8$@/&$(4$*))$%8$/(&$'/(8-&AD$
-/$ %><)/&,$ $ -;,$ 9&*',$ @/&$ -;,$ 9,8(%8,$ <(&4(%-$ /@$ %8-,9&%-A$ *8?$
P(4-%',D$ /@$ -&(,$ *8?$ )*4-%89$ $ <,*',$ %8$ /(&$ '/>>(8%-%,4$
-;&/(9;/(-$/(&$)*8?0$
ED(,%!*5$%"B%C5(4D%,D"#/2%^*%5/,"%5%S*5$%"B%5#4D*)4(+%R"Z*%for
our country und eseclully for the Church ln our country, us
we move forwurd to the remembrunce und celebrutlon - ln
zcz of !"/% 6#.!% ).% !"/% ,"0#$!#*-% .*#!"]*-1]+#./% !)% )50% '/)'+/%
.#3/%"5-10/1%;/*0$%*6).
Cur renewed consecrutlon of ourselves und our lund to the
Sucred Eeurt of 'esus und to 4D*% Q''5+#/54*% R*5$4% "B% >5$S%
wlll then be u truly u "seclul event' ln our hlstory us u eole
of fulth, us "<(,=)/$ *>*8-,$ ?,$ :*&%*, =*A*89$ 4(>%4%8-*$ Y*A$
:*&%*O0"lsung bunsu nu nughuhundog ng uso su uso nl
MurluPG% *% '/)'+/% 6#3#-6% #!$% "/*0!% !)% !"/% D/*0!% ).% E*0;0$ 74$ /(&$
/)?$ -%>,$ =,)/B,?$ ;A>8$ <(-4$ %-b$ LX)$ <(,=)/$ R%)%<%8/$ -,$ ?*$ 4($
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J/$ -;,$ I,*&-$ /@$ C,4(4D$ *8?$ -/$ -;,$ I,*&-$ /@$ :*&AD$ 5//% "B% #,%
C(/(Z()",?% ")% K% 8#)*% LMNO?$ E%))$ '&A$ /(-$ *4$ L%4*89$ =*A*8OD$ /8,$
(8%-,?$ <,/<),b$ LC,4(4$ *8?$ :*&AD$ E,$ 9%B,$ A/($ -;,$ /@@,&%89$ /@$
/(&4,)B,4$ *8?$ /(&$ )%B,4D$ -;%4$ L=*A*89$ >*9%)%EO$ E,$ ,8-&(4-$ -/$
A/(0$$H8$R*%-;D$I/<,$*8?$+/B,D$E,$9%B,$A/($/(&$;,*&-4NO$
!0$F0$7&,B*)/D$K$C$^$h$7<&%)$5126$
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PUSO NI MARIA
INA NG BAYANG SUMISINTA

1he lcon of #(4/$ 8% :*&%*D$ H8*$ 89$ "*A*89$ K(>%4%8-*, eseclully
rendered for thls event by rlesturtlst lr. Armun 1ungl, SSP,
ls un lnculturutlon of the K';(-\>*8-,) [muntle of rotectlon|
Mudonnu, u oulur lmuge ln Cermun lconogruhy.
Cur Ludy ls reresented wlth her Son, overshudowlng the
eole wlth her muntle. As un lcon thut strlves to ortruy the
meunlng of our uct of consecrutlon, lt ls u vlsuul form of
sucred wrltlng thut when devoutly "reud' und ruyed /8 muy
hel us to enter lnto the mystery thut lt reresents: the
motherly heurt of Mury und the eole who loves her so.
>5$S?%5%C(/(Z()5e%
Cur Ludy ls reresented ln the lcon us u young lllllnu womun
ln trudltlonul Phllllne uttlre. veurlng u worklng womun's
-*<%4 und even u =*YA*, the chosen duughter of lsruel ls
shown us one wlth our own eole, und ln u very seclul wuy
ldentlfled und solldury wlth the slmle und the oor, together
wlth her Son.
lor us, Mury ls not just u hlstorlcul flgure from flrst century
Pulestlne, fondly remembered yet strunge und dlstunt.
Ruther, us we huve seen ln our own hlstory eseclully ln the
lvotul events of our llfe us u nutlon und us we contlnue to
exerlence even toduy, ln our ersonul llves, too, she ls close
to us und one wlth us, wlth "5 '"4D*$g,% 5G5$*)*,,J of our
joys und hoes, our feurs und struggles. 1hus, we dure clulm
thut Cur Ludy ls ulso und truly lllllnu, wlth und ln her Son,
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lndeed, she ls the A>"4D*$%"B%"#$%Z*"Z/*J, so deely ln love
wlth her: '5/=+)% *2*-!/% 1/% E*0#*. 1he Mother und 1ye of
the Church Unlversul us ucclulmed by the Second vutlcun
Councll, she ls shown here to be the Mother und 1ye ln u
urtlculur wuy of our locul Church ln the Phllllnes thut hus
exressly commltted ltself to be u "Church of the Poor'
(Second Plenury Councll of the Phllllnes).
>5$Sg,%'54*$)5/%'5)4/*%
ln the lmuge, Mury covers the eole wlth her muntle, llke u
mother hen broodlng over her chlcks. ln muny of our own
Murlun shrlnes, the muntle of Mury hus been u uluble slgn
und medlutlng lnstrument of her muternul cure. lt hus been
our custom to reuch out wlth hunds of fulth to touch even
just the hem of her gurments. ln certuln luces even, the
eole borrow these muntles of Mury und use these to cover
themselves und eseclully thelr slck loved ones ln un
unsoken but deely slncere ruyer. And, llke the womun
rulsed by the Lord ln the Cosel who sought ln the slmllclty
of her bellef to touch the frlnges of hls clouk, muny lf not ull
of us huve ulso found heullng und hel through these slmle
meuns, from 'esus through her.
Peole from ull wulks of llfe, regurdless of creed, stutus or
culture, ull flnd u luce under the muntle of Mury: men und
women, rlch und oor, bellevers und nonbellevers.
Lellberutely emhuslzed ure those who ure most vulneruble
umong us: the oor, the slck und elderly, young eole und
chlldren, the lndlgenous eoles. Mury's motherly cure
mlrrors und medlutes the uncondltlonul love of the luther for
hls chlldren, und the sulvutlon won by her Son for ull
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lncomurubly reclous und slngulur glft of the luther
together wlth the Son, who on the Cross guve us to her, und
her to us.
1hus, consecrutlon to Mury does not uctuully seek to obtuln
whut we do not yet huve, whlch ls to belong to Mury, und
through her, to her Son und to the luther. Ruther, lt ls
clulmlng und recelvlng ever more deely thls greut glft thut ls
ever so gruclously glven, whlch ln fuct we muy never uslre to
obtuln by ourselves ulone lf lt were not glven, ulong wlth the
resonslblllty thut comes together wlth lt of llvlng ln u
munner thut beflts chlldren of Cod und chlldren of Mury.
R"G% 2**Z/S% G*% )"G% B**/% 4D*% )**2% B"$% 4D*% +"),*+$54(")% "B%
"#$% Z*"Z/*;;;% 1he bleuk und ulurmlng truth ls thut toduy, thls
beuutlful lcture of u eole enfolded ln the muternul
embruce of Mury und llvlng ln fulth, hoe und love under her
guldunce, ls slowly fudlng for our eole toduy. 1he eroslon
of rellglous und morul vulues, ln both the ubllc und rlvute
sheres, und the dlsustrous effects of thls rejectlon of the
dlvlne wlll both lnslde und outslde of our country, cun only
demonstrute the feursome but reul osslblllty of turnlng
down the consecrutlon by whlch 'esus mude us hls own
eole redeemed by hls blood, udoted chlldren of the
luther, und by hls exllclt wlll, udoted chlldren too of hls
mother Mury.
Eence, lt cun only be tlmely und helful ut thls olnt to turn
once uguln to Mury, 4D*% D5)2'5(2% "B% 4D*% ="$2?% GD"% ()% 4D*%
B#//*,4% G5S% "^*S*2% 4D*% 2(1()*% +5//?% und% to unlte ourselves to
her who wus% GD"//S% #)(4*2% 4"% 4D*% $*2**'()H% +"),*+$54(")%
"B% i4D*j% :");% 8y consecrutlng ourselves to the Mother of
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Chrlst to the luther, ulong wlth the romlses we mude to llve
fulthfully us hls chlldren und hers. 8elonglng more fully to her
who ln turn belongs so fully to 'esus, we cun only belong
more fully to hlm.
1herefore, we consecrute ourselves to Mury, runnlng to her
ln these, our troubled tlmes, echolng the oldest known
ruyer uddressed to her by the Church: K(=$ -((>$ <&*,4%?%(>$
'/8@(9%>(4D$ K*8'-*$ T,%$ F,8,-&%i0.. [*% D51*% $*+"#$,*% 4"% S"#$%
Z$"4*+4(")?% "% D"/S% >"4D*$% "B% Y"2;% % ve run to her motherly
muntle not only us to u temorury refuge or shelter. lndeed,
by luclng ourselves beneuth her tender guze, we ure reully
comlng home to our true dwelllng wlth the luther und wlth
Chrlst.
lt ls ut her feet thut we, us u eole, freely, consclously und
lovlngly deslre to luce ourselves. ve dedlcute ourselves
unew to her, und through her to Cod, us roclulmed ln the
words embossed %8$ <,&<,-((> ubove the doors of the
Cuthedrul of Munllu, heud of ull the churches ln thls nutlon:
J%=%$'/&?%$-(/$%>>*'()*-/$'/8'&,?%>(4$8/4$*'$'/84*'&*>(40 1o
you, to your lmmuculute Eeurt, we entrust und consecrute
ourselves.
Q)%4D*%*)2?%'S%Q''5+#/54*%R*5$4%G(//%4$(#'ZD%
ve know from exerlence the effects of thls consecrutlon. ln
86, shortly ufter the Creut Murlun Yeur, when our eole
renewed lts consecrutlon to her, she obtulned for us, so we
flrmly belleve, the greut mlrucle of LLSA. Some soldlers who
were then ubout to conduct un uerlul uttuck on the eole
who were guthered ln ruyer glve testlmony of huvlng seen u
Ludy, hoverlng over them wlth her rotectlve muntle.

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A=*4% 4D*$*% ^*% $*1*5/*2% ")+*% '"$*% ()% "#$% "G)% D(,4"$S% 5,% 5%
Z*"Z/*?%4D*%()B()(4*%Z"G*$%"B%4D*%0*2*'Z4(")?%4D*%Z"G*$%"B%
Y"2g,% '*$+(B#/% /"1*kJ% Cur good mother uccets our humble
consecrutlon to her ln fulth und would then, us ln ust,
wllllngly show us the strength of her urm, [wlth her sleeves
even druwn buck, us the lcon muy suggest| tender und weuk
und yet strong ln "the mlghty urm of Cod worklng wonders
for hls llttle ones' of whlch she slngs ln her Mugnlflcut (cf. Lk
:), us she extends over us the fullest reuch of her muntle.
She hus done lt ln LLSA. She hus done lt muny yeurs ugo ln +*$
.*B*). She hus ulwuys done lt ln our cltles und vllluges
whenever our eole hud recourse to her ln tlme of erll.
She hus done lt for euch of us ulso ln our tlmes of need. And
so, we huve such greut confldence, she wlll do the sume for
our nutlon uguln toduy und thls, too, ln the wlll und strength
of none other thun her very own Son who ls hlmself the one
who flrst extended und contlnues to extend toduy thls
muntle of hers over us.
Shown ln the lcon, 'esus holds out the rosury, us lf to remlnd
our nutlon thut once held out lts rosurles to buttle tunks ln u
now hlstorlc hlghwuy, us lt once dld to u formlduble fleet of
lnvudlng shls, und ulso dld countless other tlmes before
flres, floods, estllence, outbreuks und threuts of every sort,
to rulse the stundurd of Mury once uguln toduy. As one flne
lllllno theologlun observed ubout the hlstory of our nutlon:
"vhenever the stundurd of Mury ls rulsed, mlrucles huen.'
So do we hoe us exressed sllently ln thls beuutlful lcon. So
do we hoe becuuse Cur Ludy herself romlsed ut lutlmu the
ultlmute trlumh of her lmmuculute Eeurt thut wlll dellver us
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u eole. So do we hoe ln u future where our eole muy
once uguln dellght under the shudow of Mury's motherly
muntle, wlth her Eeurt together wlth the Eeurt of her Son,
the urest, the hollest und the sweetest of ull heurts, shlnlng
brlghtly over our beloved lund.
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