Consecration to Mary
O Mary, Virgin most powerful and
Mother of mercy, Queen of Heaven and Refuge of sinners, we consecrate ourselves
to thine Immaculate Heart.
We consecrate to thee our very being and our whole life; all that we have, all
that we love, all that we are. To thee we give our bodies, our hearts and our
souls; to thee we give our homes, our families, our country.
We desire that all that is in us and around us may belong to thee, and may
share in the benefits of thy motherly benediction. And that this act of
consecration may be truly efficacious and lasting, we renew this day at thy
feet the promises of our Baptism and our first Holy Communion.
We pledge ourselves to profess courageously and at all times the truths of our
holy Faith, and to live as befits Catholics who are duly submissive to all the
directions of the Pope and the Bishops in communion with him.
We pledge ourselves to keep the commandments of God and His Church, in
particular to keep holy the Lord's Day.
We likewise pledge ourselves to make the consoling practices of the Christian
religion, and above all, Holy Communion, an integral part of our lives, in so
far as we shall be able so to do.
Finally, we promise thee, O glorious Mother of God and loving Mother of men, to
devote ourselves whole-heartedly to the service of thy blessed cult, in order
to hasten and assure, through the sovereignty of thine Immaculate Heart, the
coming of the kingdom of the Sacred Heart of thine adorable Son, in our own
hearts and in those of all men, in our country and in all the world, as in
heaven. so on earth. Amen.