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LIVING YOUR CONSECRATION EVERY DAY

After making an act of consecration to Jesus, through Mary, in union with St. Joseph, you can live your consecration by following the pathway of the Seven Keys to God-Centered Family Living.

Daily Renewal
OF YOUR CONSECRATION

Each day, renew your act of consecration. This helps you to remember and live your commitment in daily life. You can renew your consecration in a variety of ways, such as praying this AFC prayer:

All for the Sacred and Eucharistic Heart of Jesus,
all through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary,
all in union with St. Joseph.

SEVEN KEYS TO GOD-CENTERED FAMILY LIVING

    Prayer Life

    Building a personal relationship with God.

    Daily prayer helps each family member to build their personal relationship with God and more deeply embrace their identity as His child. Family members should pray together and individually. In particular, the AFC emphasizes the daily family Rosary as a direct response to the Fatima message.

    Sacramental Life

    Growing in grace.

    The sacraments give special grace to grow in holiness and union with God. The AFC encourages families to go to Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, and Confession often—to increase in the life of grace and to worship Our Eucharistic Lord in union with the whole Church.

    Learning the Faith

    Knowing God helps us to love Him.

    Learning the truths of the Catholic Faith helps families to grow in love of God. Knowledge of the Faith also protects families from the false values of the world and equips them to more confidently defend, live, and share the Faith with others.

    Living the Virtues

    Faith, hope, and love lead to freedom and unity.

    Families are empowered to live a life of virtue through the graces they receive through prayer, the sacraments, and learning the Faith. As they grow in faith, hope, and love, families are led to greater unity, peace, and freedom.

    Serving Others

    Putting love into action.

    Serving others, both in the home and outside the home, is one of the best ways families can express their faith and love for God. By putting their love for each other and those around them into action, families satisfy Jesus’ thirst for love.

    Sharing the Faith

    Answering the call to make disciples.

    Families that have deepened their union with God are inspired to evangelize by leading others to an encounter with Jesus. Sharing the Faith can take many forms, such as sharing one’s testimony, opening up the home to others, and treating everyone with charity.

    Sanctifying Daily Duties

    Offering up each moment “All for”

    By embracing and joyfully offering the present moment to God, each family member can sanctify their daily duties and help to repair for sin. That way, when confronted with trials or difficulties, the family can remain at peace, recognizing that everything is either willed or permitted by God and that He draws good out of everything.

    A BALANCED WAY OF LIFE

    How your family lives the Seven Keys will be unique to you! 

    Living the Seven Keys can be as simple as saying a quick “All for” before driving, folding the laundry as an act of service to your family, or doing your chores without being asked. 

    Through these daily activities offered to God, Family Consecration becomes part of your life in a peaceful, balanced way.

    We invite you to try it for yourself and discover the peace and joy that flow from this spirituality.

    BEGIN BY PRAYING THE FAMILY ROSARY

    One way to get started with the spirituality of Family Consecration is to begin praying the family Rosary. 

    By praying the Rosary, you will come to know Christ’s humanity, discover His presence in your joys and sorrows, and learn to place your hope in the glory to come.

    RESOURCES TO HELP ALONG THE WAY

    Portraits of the Rosary

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    The Apostolate’s Family Catechism

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    Examination of Conscience in Light of the Ten Commandments

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    AFC Daily Prayers

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    YOUR FAMILY STRENGTHENED. RENEWED. CONSECRATED.

    The Apostolate for Family Consecration (AFC) supports and challenges Catholic families to grow together in holiness and truth, so that they can become fully alive in Christ.

    We believe you will thrive when you center your daily family life on God in a simple, joyful, and balanced way.

    These ongoing choices to live out your consecration in daily life are where transformation happens.

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