Warning I

Consecration vows to unknown entities conflict with sound teachings of the Catholic Church, Sacred Tradition, and Sacred Scripture in a number of ways. First of all, they are in direct conflict with the law of love. God desires our full devotion. The First Commandment requires the faithful to love the Lord our God with all of our hearts, minds, and souls. In order to love God, we first need to surrender ourselves to his loving providence. We need to accept Jesus' sacrifice on the cross of Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins, and enter into a life-saving relationship with the Blessed Trinity. According to section 260 of the Catechism, this is the sole purpose of our existence:

"The ultimate end of the whole divine economy is the entry of God's creatures into the perfect unity of the Blessed Trinity. But even now we are called to be a dwelling for the Most Holy Trinity: 'If a man loves me,' says the Lord, 'he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.'"¹

The Blessed Trinity wants to make their home deep within the heart of every baptized believer. God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten Son to pay the penalty for our sins so that we could be reconciled to his loving fellowship. Jesus wants to enter into an authentic relationship with every baptized believer. He wants to be Lord over every aspect of our lives. He wants to fill our hearts with his divine love. None of this will be possible if we live a life fearfully distant from him, choosing alternative forms of salvation for the forgiveness of our sins.

According to the Saint Louis de Montfort consecration vow, the person who offers their soul in exchange for the forgiveness of sins agrees with this statement, "I do not deserve to be called Thy child, nor yet Thy slave; and as there is nothing in me which does not merit Thine anger and Thy repulse..."² This attitude represents an unhealthy and distorted relationship with God that is in direct conflict with the truth found in Sacred Scripture:

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love."

— Ephesians 1:3-4

"So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone."

— Ephesians 2:19-20

"This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have access to God in boldness and confidence through faith in him."

— Ephesians 3:11-12

"I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love."

— Ephesians 3:16-17

Clearly, the book of Ephesians is describing an authentic, rich, and deep relationship with Christ, while the words of this vow are describing a fearful, hindered, and distorted view of God's love.

Sacred Scripture gives us many other examples of the authentic, rich, and deep relationship that God desires to establish with all of his beloved children. In the book of Isaiah, God compares the nation of Israel to a beloved bride by saying, "You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your builder marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you."³

From the book of Genesis where God walked hand-in-hand with Adam and Eve during the evening breeze, to the Song of Songs, to the book of Revelation where John describes the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God prepared as a bride adorned for her husband, the entire Bible describes God's desire to enter into a loving relationship with all of his beloved children.

Sacred Scripture also states that there is only one way to the Father and that is through Jesus. This unique way is described not only in the parable about the Good Shepherd, the sheep, and the sheep gate, but also in John 14:6 where Jesus says, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." The Catechism makes the same point in section 432 where it says, "There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."⁴

There are no other alternative methods of salvation. It will not be possible for a spiritual entity operating under the name Immaculata or the Queen of Heaven to buy any favors with God or to pay the penalty on our behalf for the forgiveness of sins.

Another problem with these types of vows is the need to ratify the participant's original baptismal promises. In the Saint Louis de Montfort consecration, the words read as follows, "I, (Name), a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in thy hands the vows of my Baptism..."⁵ According to section 1280 of the Catechism, "Baptism imprints on the soul an indelible spiritual sign, the character, which consecrates the baptized person for Christian worship."⁶

Catholic baptismal vows are powerful and effective. They help protect the faithful from demonic oppression. Once our original baptismal vows have been ratified and redirected toward unknown spiritual entities, it opens up a door for alternative forms of spirituality to enter that person's life.

According to the Catechism, "Baptism not only purifies from all sins, but also makes the neophyte a new creature, an adopted son of God, who has become a partaker of the divine nature, member of Christ and co-heir with him, and a temple of the Holy Spirit."⁷

It is through our baptismal promises that we become children of God, co-heirs with Christ, and are filled with the Holy Spirit. In the event you have ratified your original baptismal promises and have accepted an alternative form of salvation, it will be necessary to break those agreements in the name, power, and authority of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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