In December of 1531, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared on a barren hillside outside Mexico City and changed the course of history. Within a decade, nearly nine million souls had turned toward her Son. Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke believes she is coming again — not to Tepeyac but to the hearts of ordinary Catholics willing to place themselves under her maternal protection in a world that needs her as urgently as 1531 ever did.
This companion guide walks with you through Cardinal Burke's Novena and Consecration to Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the most significant acts of Marian devotion of our time — a prayer initiative that drew over 190,000 faithful participants toward the December 12, 2024 consecration at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Whether you are making the novena over nine days or nine months, this guide provides everything you need to pray it with understanding, intention, and genuine interior transformation.
Inside you will find:
• The history and theology behind the 1531 apparitions at Tepeyac, the life of Saint Juan Diego, and the miraculous tilma that continues to draw millions of pilgrims each year
• A clear, accessible explanation of what Marian consecration actually is — theologically, spiritually, and practically — and why it is not a devotional extra but a claiming of what every baptized Catholic has already been given
• A chapter-by-chapter guide through all nine days of the novena, from the initial call to conversion through surrender, daily fidelity, and final preparation for the Act of Consecration
• Theological commentary on Cardinal Burke's consecration prayer and the sacramental life it orders you toward
• Practical guidance for staying consecrated after the novena ends — through daily renewal, perseverance after stumbling, and the quiet witness of an ordinary life faithfully lived under Our Lady's mantle
Each chapter includes Key Insights drawn from Cardinal Burke's theological framework, Biblical Applications rooting the devotion in Scripture, Key Concepts defining essential Catholic terms, Action Steps for moving from understanding to lived faith, and Reflection Exercises supporting your interior life throughout the novena.
This is not a book about Marian devotion in the abstract. It is a step-by-step companion for people who are ready to answer the same invitation Our Lady extended to Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac — to carry what she gives them, to go where she sends them, and to trust that what is formed in them through faithful prayer will accomplish more than they could have arranged on their own.
The tilma is still open. She is still coming for us.
Take up your spiritual tilma and begin.
Catholic Novena & Consecration to Our Lady of Guadalupe - Reid Reflections
In December of 1531, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared on a barren hillside outside Mexico City and changed the course of history. Within a decade, nearly nine million souls had turned toward her Son. Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke believes she is coming again — not to Tepeyac but to the hearts of ordinary Catholics willing to place themselves under her maternal protection in a world that needs her as urgently as 1531 ever did.
This companion guide walks with you through Cardinal Burke's Novena and Consecration to Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the most significant acts of Marian devotion of our time — a prayer initiative that drew over 190,000 faithful participants toward the December 12, 2024 consecration at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Whether you are making the novena over nine days or nine months, this guide provides everything you need to pray it with understanding, intention, and genuine interior transformation.
Inside you will find:
• The history and theology behind the 1531 apparitions at Tepeyac, the life of Saint Juan Diego, and the miraculous tilma that continues to draw millions of pilgrims each year
• A clear, accessible explanation of what Marian consecration actually is — theologically, spiritually, and practically — and why it is not a devotional extra but a claiming of what every baptized Catholic has already been given
• A chapter-by-chapter guide through all nine days of the novena, from the initial call to conversion through surrender, daily fidelity, and final preparation for the Act of Consecration
• Theological commentary on Cardinal Burke's consecration prayer and the sacramental life it orders you toward
• Practical guidance for staying consecrated after the novena ends — through daily renewal, perseverance after stumbling, and the quiet witness of an ordinary life faithfully lived under Our Lady's mantle
Each chapter includes Key Insights drawn from Cardinal Burke's theological framework, Biblical Applications rooting the devotion in Scripture, Key Concepts defining essential Catholic terms, Action Steps for moving from understanding to lived faith, and Reflection Exercises supporting your interior life throughout the novena.
This is not a book about Marian devotion in the abstract. It is a step-by-step companion for people who are ready to answer the same invitation Our Lady extended to Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac — to carry what she gives them, to go where she sends them, and to trust that what is formed in them through faithful prayer will accomplish more than they could have arranged on their own.
The tilma is still open. She is still coming for us.
Take up your spiritual tilma and begin.