Hello to all.
As you can see, I am brand new here. I was looking for a forum where people are truly seeking the spiritual and not just to fight with one another to get their own opinions across, and I think I may have found it here! I have read through a couple of threads and am very impressed with what I am seeing. I am now also doing the preparation for Consecration to Mary. It is something I have wanted to do a long time and finally decided that this would be the time. The posts are very encouraging and uplifting. Just for a little background, I am a cradle Catholic but left the Church when I was a teenager and after decades in the spiritual wilderness of the world, I came back home. I returned on August 14, 2007, the day before the Assumption. Ironically, the last Mass I attended before leaving was December 8. So to do the Total Consecration on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception means a lot to me.
I have truly come to see that our Blessed Mother is the true path to her son. I use to have an altar to her in my room when I was little, and I think that even though I turned my back on her, she has never left me.
Thank you all for allowing me to make this journey with you.