The devotion, Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary, has been practiced for centuries. It involves 33 days of preparatory devotions, with the Total Consecration made on the 34th day.

The day of Total Consecration (i.e. the 34th day) should be a Marian feast day. Schedules for the preparation and Total Consecration are included in the resource materials provided free through MyConsecation.org. There are more than 20 34-day schedules that fall throughout the year for those wishing to make the Total Consecration

Blessed Pope John Paul II completed the Total Consecration, which in part inspired his personal motto, “Totus Tuus.”

Some insights into the role of God's Mother by the Fathers of the Church, the Popes, the Doctors of the Church, and  some of the Greatest Saints.

"May the life of Mary, who gave birth to God, be for all of you as instructive as if it were written down. Come to know yourselves in her and carry out the good works that you have neglected in the past."   - Saint Athanasius (293/297 - 373) ***

"O sinners, be not discouraged but have recourse to Mary in all your necessities. Call her to your assistance, for you will always find her ready to help. It is God's will that she should help in every need."   - Saint Basil the Great (329 - 379) ***

Blessed Pope John Paul II made the Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary. In his apostolic letter, “Rosarium Virginis Mariae,” the Pope noted that his personal motto “Totus Tuus” (Totally Yours) was inspired by the Total Consecration.

Further, the Holy Father said that reading St. Louis de Montfort’s “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary” marked a turning point in his life. Blessed John Paul II talked about this in an Oct. 2000 address to the 8th International Mariological Colloquium in Rome. Blessed John Paul II noted that he had read and reread de Montfort’s book. “Then I understood that I could not exclude the Lord's Mother from my life without neglecting the will of God-Trinity,” he said, “who willed to begin and fulfill the great mysteries of the history of salvation with the responsible and faithful collaboration of the humble handmaid of Nazareth.”

In some form, the Rosary has been a part of Catholic prayer life for more than nine centuries. The Virgin Mary appeared to St. Dominic in 1208 and revealed the Rosary to him, asking that her devotion be spread throughout the world.

St. Dominic responded by preaching the Rosary, introducing it widely. After about a century, however, interest in and devotion to the Rosary declined significantly. After the Black Plague swept across Europe, the Mary chose Blessed Alan de la Roche to reestablish the devotion. A Dominican preacher, Blessed Alan also was visited by Jesus and St. Dominic, who challenged him to preach devotion to the Rosary.

In 1521, Another Dominican priest, Alberto da Castello, wrote a book he called “The Rosary of the Glorious Virgin Mary.” It marks the first time that the Rosary appeared in the form that it is prayed today.