What is the importance of consecration?

God consecrates Only God can appropriate a human being and make him/her sacred. God communicates his holiness to us; he gives us participation in his holiness. He is our creator and wants us to be in his image. This transformation into his likeness is the foremost meaning of consecration.

What does it mean to consecrate yourself to God?

To consecrate yourself is to answer God’s call to spiritual consecration. This means making a conscious, willing decision to dedicate your soul, mind, heart, and body to God. This decision must be one of will, intelligence, and affection. Only you can make the decision to consecrate yourself to God.

What is consecration in the Old Testament?

The word “consecrated” simply means “set apart.” From the same root we also get the word “sacred,” which we apply not only to people but also to places and things that are “set apart” for a special religious purpose.

What is a prayer of consecration?

I rededicate my body and all its parts to the loving rule of Jesus Christ; I dedicate and consecrate my body to him in every way. I ask for the blood of Christ to cleanse my body and make it holy once more. Holy Spirit, come and fill your temple now; restore my body under the complete dominion of Jesus Christ.

What does it mean to be beneficent?

or producing good
Definition of beneficent 1 : doing or producing good a beneficent policy especially : performing acts of kindness and charity a beneficent leader.

How do you consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus?

To the Sacred Heart of Jesus, I give myself and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, my person and my life, my actions, pains and sufferings, so that I may be unwilling to make use of any part of my being other than to honor, love and glorify the Sacred Heart.

What are the forms of consecrated life?

Types

• Institutes of consecrated life are either religious institutes or secular institutes.
• Societies of apostolic life are dedicated to pursuit of an apostolic purpose, such as educational or missionary work.

What are the three vows of a consecrated person?

They take the three vows–poverty, chastity and obedience–which flow from the evangelical counsels of Jesus Christ.