The Cathedral of LOve Devotion
Our relationship with the Immaculate Heart of Mary needs to have a starting point and asking Our Holy Mother’s permission to take our place in her Immaculate Heart is a perfect way to begin this devotion. At the beginning of our day, greet our Holy Mother with warm sentiments of love and then say the “Taking My Place Prayer” (below). After we say this prayer, then we can anticipate that all of our actions for the rest of the day will be originating from the Immaculate Heart of Mary. After taking this very important step, we need to follow through and repeat this step every day. The reason for this is that we need our Precious Mother's companionship and also that we need to continue to grow in the Life of the Two Loves. The best time to say the “Taking My Place Prayer” is in the earliest part of the day. After we say the prayer then it is a good time to begin our daily Dialogue of Love. Our Lady takes the Dialogues of Love seriously and She treasures every moment that we spend with her. Furthermore, she waits in anticipation for the next Dialogue which will be at some point later in the day. It is difficult to put a number on how many times a person should carry on a Dialogue of Love with our Holy Mother because each person’s day varies in busyness. But we want to touch base at regular intervals, so three times a day is a good amount: very early, mid-day and at the end of the day. We want to do it often enough so that we are aware that we are always in her presence.
The devotion consists of the list of prayers (below) and one chaplet of the Holy Rosary followed by the reading of Sacred Scripture and holy books. If time doesn’t allow you to say the devotion in its entirety in the morning, then set aside time later in the day to complete the remainder of the devotion. As part of this devotion, a Daily Profession to the Immaculate Conception with an hourly chime prayer that goes with it is required.
The Dialogue of Love
One of the most important components of the Cathedral of Love Devotion is the “Dialogue of Love.” Everyone’s temperament and personality is different and some are going to be more predisposed to having a successful Dialogue of Love than others. Therefore assistance needs to be provided for anyone who is having difficulty getting their Dialogue of Love started with Our Holy Mother. Once the connection has been made, it should go along quite well afterwards. The difficulty that some individuals are going to have with the Dialogue of Love is that they made an attempt to Dialogue with Our Holy Mother and nothing appears to happened. To remedy this problem, the simple solution is to have our heart softened by Our Precious Mother’s Love. And when we do this we must be aware that our attitude must be to let ourselves be loved by Her Love. When She gives us her love she is giving us Her Beautiful Self in Her Love, and as we receive Her Love we receive Her. The beautiful attributes of Her Lovely person seeps in to our heart when we invite her to do so, and what this does is changes us from within. And in receiving Her attributes by receiving Her Love, is how we learn to be like her. Children as a rule inherit much of their identity from their parents. In this regard our Precious Mother is perfection: She is the Perfect Parent with the Perfect Love. Therefore it is advantageous to us to receive as much of Her Love as possible. When She establishes Herself in us we become even more so her child; and it is this part of ourselves when we cry out to her that she hears. Furthermore it is this part of ourselves that she attends very much to when we express sentiments of Love.
Affinity is a law by which Divine Love operates. And, all that means is that Divine Love is required to respond when called upon, and not only is it required to respond, but it also desires to respond. The fire that burns in Our Holy Mother’s Heart is Divine Love, and in addition to this Our Precious Mother’s Beautiful Maternal Love is also a compassionate force that ultimately looks after Her children’s welfare. Therefore Our Holy Mother is going to respond when we call out to her, and it is not going to require much effort on our part for us to experience Her Love. To help us to receive her Love, Our Precious Mother has provided an exercise for her children to perform.
The process by which to receive Her Love is easy. However, to ensure that we receive a powerful experience of Her Love, it is best to prepare ourselves well beforehand. Find a quiet place with a comfortable chair that will remain quiet for at least an hour. Then put away anything that can become a distraction. Pray one chaplet of the rosary with fervor for the intention of receiving her Beautiful and Immaculate Love. When we are praying our rosary, we want to try to achieve a state of perfect rest and peaceful resignation. When we have finished our rosary sit with hands open, with palms faced upward in a receiving posture. Say this prayer with much anticipation of receiving Her Love:
My dearest Mother of the Cathedral of Love
I give my whole heart to you now,
that it may be softened by your Love.
Immerse my heart,
in your beautiful Rays of Immaculate Love.
May your Immaculate Love embrace me and change me.
And allow me to experience You,
as my Loving Mother.
Be present to me now,
So that I may begin our Dialogue of Love with You. Amen.
There are three ways our precious Mother speaks to us: First She communicates to us through Her presence and Her Love. The second way She speaks to us is through illumination which are essentially Divine Lights. These divine lights provide for us eyesite and understanding, so that we may see and understand what she wants us to know. Often associated with the Divine lights are imagery that is infused with the Divine. The third method by which she speaks to us is by Impulses of Divine Love. Impulses of Divine Love is a very effective and wonderful way to communicate to Our Precious Mother. She desires to give all of her children this gift and it is a direct form of communication. With this gift we can ask our Precious Mother questions and she will answer them with an Impulse of Love. We experience the impulse in the area just below the heart. A yes is a strong pulse in this area and a no begins as though she is saying yes but then it stops and then there is nothing. If you use this gift over time, different kinds of impulses mean different things. A long impulse from our Holy Mother means I love you. A very strong long one means it is time to go. A “Yes and no” response is a short impulse, and there are others. If you desire this gift Our Precious Mother will give it to you.
Exaltation of the Immaculate Heart Prayer
Our Lady of the Cathedral of Love,
From thy Immaculate Conception,
may the rays of thy Immaculate Love,
place into my mind and heart JESUS;
for His Love to fill and to make my heart steadfast,
in an uninterrupted exaltation,
of Thy Immaculate Heart. Amen.
Taking My Place Prayer
My Dearest Mary,
Please allow me to take my place,
in your Beautiful Immaculate Heart today,
so that I may embrace Jesus,
as my Lord and Savior;
for the occasion of participating in His Life,
at the fountain of the Two Loves.
I ask you, my Precious Mother,
to remain close to me,
so that I may enjoy you,
as my close companion,
in a continuous Dialogue of Love,
and to be favored by your assistance,
in everything that pleases you.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, I love you.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, I praise you.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, I adore you.
In you I am so pleased to have made my home,
forevermore in the Cathedral of Love. Amen.
My Forever Love
How precious are these beautiful moments,
That You have decided to Grace me with my Love;
When You thought that You would bestow upon me,
Your Inestimable Love.
A Love so Rich, so Kind,
So ultimately Gracious, and Perfect.
All I can say about this is:
It is “You” my Lord Jesus;
Who has decided to visit me with your Beautiful Self.
Oh how Beautiful You are my Jesus.
Oh how much I want to embrace you,
And call you “my Forever Love.”
My Forever Love, mine to keep Forever,
I cannot entirely embrace you as I wish at this time,
As I walk on earth.
But this only inflames my heart even more so,
With an overpowering desire to embrace You more.
I cannot rest,
Until this is complete.
And You, knowing this desire of mine,
Have had Compassion on me,
By pouring out more Love into my heart.
Oh how good You are to me my Love,
For Your desire is the same as mine. Amen.
As I Take Every Step with The Child King
My Dearest Child King of the Cathedral of Love,
I will Love, and I will worship you at every moment.
For the rest of my days,
I shall contemplate your Majesty,
And experience your infinite Goodness and Love.
I will hold you so dear,
So that I may experience,
The loveliness of your person,
To treasure,
As I take every step. Amen.
Oh How My Will Should Be Loved
A PRAYER FROM OUR HEAVENLY FATHER
My Kingdom come.
My Will be done.
Oh, how My Will should be loved, cherished, and adored;
because all goodness has come from my Will,
which proceeds from My Heart;
My Fatherly Heart;
which is here for you to enjoy and embrace,
and for you to be united to Me in Love.
This is why I created you,
which is, for my Fatherly affection,
for us to enjoy,
so that we may be united together;
creature and creator in Love;
child following after its Father;
to be what my Will intended;
a child in love with its Father,
desiring to worship Him, to love Him, and to adore Him.
But most of all it is because of My Will,
that I Love you,
the one whom I created for Myself,
for Me to hold dear, and to lavish upon
by giving all,
fulfilling the demands of My Love for you.
Draw close to me my child,
and know My Love,
My Fatherly Heart wishes to make you Mine forever. Amen.
Daily Profession Prayer to the Immaculate Conception
O my Precious Immaculate Conception,
who reflects the infinite beauty of God.
Jesus was Immaculately Conceived
into You His Loving Mother
who was from the beginning
a most pure and holy Virgin,
completely untouched by sin.
He was then embraced by your
Heart lmmaculate with its lmmaculate Love,
that became for Him,
His protection, joy, and satisfaction.
My Dearest and most Beloved Mary, Mother most adored, Whom I love
I profess myself to your Glorious Immaculate Conception,
and to be born anew into its beauty, grace, and purity.
which is to be for me my preservation and loving protection.
It is my heartfelt desire to be consumed by your Immaculate Love,
so that I may bask in the compassionate strength of its rays;
and brought to victory over sin in a sinful age.
Furthermore I ask to be numbered as one of the companions of your Immaculate Love,
who are the Marylove Companions of the Immaculate Conception. Amen.
The Hourly Chime Prayer
said at the chime of every hour throughout the day
My Precious Mother of the Cathedral of Love,
it is in the rays of Your Beautiful Immaculate Love,
from Thy Immaculate Conception,
that I will receive my protection, strength, courage, peace, and joy,
in the Cathedral of Love. Amen.
Renewal Prayer
I wish to make an ongoing renewal of every moment of my life. At this moment I give my whole heart,
and all my love to you Jesus, and to you my Beautiful Mother of the Cathedral of Love. Amen.
Prayer to St. Michael
St. Michael the Archangel, defend me in the day of Battle; Be my safeguard against the wickedness
and the snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, I humbly pray, and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host,
by the power of God, cast into hell, satan and all the other evil spirits, who prowl through the world,
seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
MaryLove Companions Worrier Prayer
My dearest Mother of the Cathedral of Love,
In the zeal of thy Immaculate Conception,
empower me to fight for the Ultimate Good,
which is thy Beautiful Immaculate Heart:
Home to the Cathedral of Love. Amen.
Praises of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Prayer
Praise be the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Praise be Jesus, the Child King,
who reigns in the Cathedral of Love, my home.
Praise be His Most Precious Blood,
that flows through Your Heart,
and washes us clean of our offense.
Praise be Your Magnificent Fire of Divine Love,
that ignites into flames the hearts of Your children,
for love of You, and for love of Jesus,
And Praise be Your wreath of Apple Blossoms of Paradise,
from which we receive Glorious Streams of Your Beautiful Immaculate Love
From thy Immaculate Conception. Amen.
Troubleshooting Dialoguing with Our Precious Mother
You have been dialoguing with Our Lady for some time, and you are experiencing what seems to be a one-sided relationship, what do I do? When this happens there is a barrier that is preventing us from connecting with Our Precious Mother. The first thing that could be a problem is that our heart could be in need of softening as mentioned earlier. Our Precious Mother’s Heart will draw close, and listen to a heart that has been softened by Her Immaculate Love.
If dialoging with our precious Mother remains to be an issue, the devil may be blocking you from speaking with our Mother. Say this prayer which will remove the barrier:
May the Precious Blood of the Child King of the Cathedral of Love,
wash over me, and wash over me anew;
May the Precious Blood of the Child King of the Cathedral of Love break the power of the devil,
in my conversation with my Holy Mother at this time. Amen.
Realize that the devil will to try to separate the Children of the Cathedral of Love from their Holy Mother. This prayer will solve any remaining problems that you might have. In whatever situation that you are find yourself in, always be patient, and avoid giving into frustration. Know that Our Mother wants to have this dialogue with you and she will make a way for your dialoguing to continue. Seek her help. Always have the attitude that you will never give up no matter what. This attitude will solve 100% of your problems. A way will always be provided for you by Our Holy Mother, it is impossible for Her to let her children down.
Why the “Taking My Place Prayer” Needs to be Recited Every Day
There are a few good reasons as to why it is necessary that the “Taking My Place Prayer” needs be said every day. First it shows Our Mother how much we love her. Even though we may think that we do not need to say this prayer every day, we are showing our love for the Immaculate Heart of Mary by reciting it. Also saying this prayer is one of the means by which we make the Immaculate Heart of Mary our home. Upon entering this home that was prepared for us, we will discover how beautiful and beneficial it is. Once inside we will want to remain here at all times, and this is ultimately what we want to do.
Another good reason why we should say this prayer is that everyday life is wrought with difficulty and it is easy to lose sight of Our Precious Mother’s Immaculate Heart amidst trials and adversities. This prayer is the archway to the Dialogue of Love through which we will receive all the help and strength that we will need to overcome any difficulty. Furthermore it is possible that we may even sin in the midst of a trial. By not missing a day of placing ourselves we are immediately put into the presence of Our Holy Mother were infinite Mercy abounds. It is through our Dialogue of Love that we can receive the forgiveness of our sins and be reunited with Jesus in the Cathedral of Love.
There is yet another reason why the Taking My Place Prayer is important is for reasons of safety. Outside our precious mother’s heart, the devil’s power is very strong. We need not look too far to see the devastation that His power has caused. People relying on their own power outside the Immaculate Heart of Mary will not be able to withstand his power and they will fall. By placing ourselves inside the Immaculate Heart of Mary every day, we are placing ourselves out of danger. Inside her Immaculate Heart her children grow in Her love and live without worry because Her Heart is an armory of protection. How the Immaculate Heart of Mary will be triumphant in the end is because her children, who have sought refuge in her heart, will be equipped to be victorious over a very sinful age. Furthermore it is in her Heart that Jesus’s Kingdom will flourish, and her children will be able to obtain their Salvation. All of this happens because each child places themselves in the Immaculate Heart of Mary every day and participates in the Dialogue of Love.
friends of Jesus
Showing Jesus love In the Immaculate Heart of Mary
As part of Life in the Cathedral of Love it is a good practice to appease the sufferings of Jesus. This is good for many reasons, in addition to it bringing about sanctifying grace, it keeps us engaged by adding meaning and depth to our spiritual lives. One way to show Jesus love is through our sacrifices in the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We do this by uniting our sacrifices to Jesus in His suffering on the Cross. Sin is brutality toward Jesus, and in a particularly sinful generation, we can play a part in sharing the extra brutality through our sacrifices. Jesus endured complete abandonment in the midst of His torments on the Cross. When we bring our sacrifices to Jesus at this time, it gives Him the love and consolation that He is desiring to receive from His children. In uniting our sacrifices with His suffering, we soften His heart toward mercy, and Jesus lavishes much Love on those who assist Him in this way.
A second way of offering Jesus our sacrifices is through the Second Mother of the Cathedral of Love who is St. Mary Magdalene. What is little known about Our Precious Second Mother of the Cathedral of Love is that she is completely devoted to appeasing the sufferings of Jesus. She was at the foot of the cross witnessing the agonies of her Savior first hand. Furthermore, she spent the remainder of her life contemplating Jesus’s Passion. Because of her great love for appeasing Jesus’s suffering we are given the opportunity, through the Cathedral of Love, of presenting our sacrifices to Her Heart. She then recommends our sacrifices to Jesus in a special way, bringing much sanctifying grace for conversions, and the cleansing of hearts. Say this prayer for presenting sacrifices to Our Second Mother:
Prayer for Presenting Sufferings to the Heart
of Our Second Mother (St. Mary Magdalene)
I present all my sufferings at this time
to the precious heart of my dearest
Second Mother of the Cathedral Love
to appease the sufferings of Jesus,
especially the sufferings of His Sacred Heart.
And also to console Our Precious Mother
of the Cathedral of Love’s Heart of sorrows. Amen.
A small list of suggested sacrifices:
Yet another way of offering a sacrifice is by praying the Most Holy Rosary. In this way we can offer a sacrifice to Our Lady of the Cathedral of Love, and we do so by praying one chaplet of the Rosary as an offering to make up for (or make restitution for) the sins and offenses of someone we know. Those whom we pray for, will receive powerful graces from the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Before saying each decade say this prayer:
Rosary Offering Prayer
For the purposes of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I offer this decade to make up for the sins and offenses of (name of person),
so that this person may receive special graces from Our Lady of the Cathedral of Love. Amen.
The Binding of Hearts
As part of the Devotion life in the Cathedral of Love we have the opportunity to participate in the charism of The Binding of Hearts. The Binding of Hearts is very effective for when we pray our Rosary and recite the Cathedral of Love devotion prayers. It is also very effective when offering a sacrifice of Love. When I pray, the support I receive is an empowerment to say my prayer with much more attention and fervor. The same is true when I offer sacrifices to appease the sufferings of Our Lady of the Cathedral of Love Heart of Sorrows, and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. When I bind my heart to a particular saint I am helped in many different ways. I may receive inspiration from a particular event in their earthly life, or I may receive strength from their presence. Sometimes I experience them taking my sufferings as roses that they are receiving from my sacrifice, which they gather, and then they are presented to Jesus or Our Holy Mother. There are other ways as well, and the fruits The Binding of Hearts is that my sacrifices are more in number, longer in duration, and with more gusto. Recite this prayer for the binding of hearts:
I bind my heart to the Heart of St.
at this time for the purposes of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
and Our Lady of the Cathedral of Love Heart of Sorrows. Amen.
Little Immaculate Heart of Mary Homes
Little Immaculate Heart of Mary Homes are homes that incorporate into their lives a maintenance of life and order that is pleasing to Our Precious Mother. It is a dwelling place that we live in, and we work diligently toward to making it into a Little Immaculate Heart of Mary in which we live. It is a living space that facilitates flourishing of life, and this is done by living in an environment where the culture of sin is removed and the Love of our Precious Mother becomes the rule of the day. It is difficult to put the beauty of our Precious Mother’s love into words. One analogy is that Her Love is like a beautiful sunset where the sun never goes down, but the setting sun becomes even more brilliant and beautiful with each passing moment. Creating an environment, in our Holy Mother’s love and away from the culture gives those who live in the home freedom to grow and be conducive to receiving Jesus’s Love. Faith in this atmosphere is easily established, and living a life of faith creates life giving people. Life in the Immaculate Heart of Mary homes does not mean a life without struggles, but embracing struggles in Mary’s love establishes confidence and trust in the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Little Immaculate Heart of Mary Homes enable its members to act in love which translates into life where fidelity is manifested, and family members share in the goodness of God. Making our precious Mother chairperson of the household ensures that our needs will be provided for which includes her special protection. Making our home into a Little Immaculate Heart of Mary Home includes family Rosary which Our Precious Mother enjoys being part of. Furthermore safe-zoning a time during each day for individuals to participate in private prayer is also recommended. One half an hour is a good amount of time. To make a Little Immaculate Heart of Mary Home, mount this prayer on a wall of your living space and say it often.
Little Immaculate Heart of Mary Home Prayer
I dedicate this household to the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
with the intention of it being a Little Immaculate Heart of Mary Home,
I delegate Our Lady of the Cathedral of Love to be chairperson of this household,
and to put all care and governance in to Her hands,
for the purpose of establishing Life in the Love of Jesus,
in the hearts of all those who dwell here. Amen.