Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of 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 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 blessing. 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 bravely and at all times the truths of our
Holy Faith, and to live as befits Catholics. 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, insofar 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
wholeheartedly to the service of thy blessed veneration, in order to hasten
and assure, through the queenship of thine Immaculate Heart, the coming of
the kingdom of the Sacred Heart of thy dear 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.