Prayer to the Blessed Virgin
O most holy, most amiable and most glorious Virgin, Mother
of God.
Mistress and Advocate to whom we are all vowed and
consecrated, making it our glory to belong to thee as children, servants and
slaves for time and eternity, behold! with common accord, we throw ourselves at
thy feet to renew our vows of fidelity and servitude to thee and to pray thee
that as we belong entirely to thee, thou wouldst offer, dedicate, consecrate
and immolate to the Sacred Heart of our adorable Jesus, ourselves and all that
we are, all that we shall do and suffer, without reserving anything for
ourselves.
We wish to have no other liberty except that of loving Him,
no other glory except that of belonging to Him as slaves and victims of His
pure love, no other will or power but that of pleasing Him and contenting Him
in everything, even at the price of our lives.
And since thou hast all power
over the amiable Heart of thy Divine Son, grant, O most charitable Mother, that
He may receive and accept this consecration which we make today in thy
presence, and through thy mediation, with the protestations of our fidelity,
relying on His grace and thy help, which we beg thee not to refuse us.
O, our sweet Hope, make us feel thy power over the amiable
Heart of Jesus, and use thy influence on our behalf to lodge us there always.
Pray Him to exercise His sovereign empire over our souls, making His love reign
in our hearts, in order that He may consume us and transform us entirely into
Himself.
May He be our Father, our Spouse, our Protection, our Treasure, our
Delight, our Love and our All in all things; may He destroy and annihilate in
us all that is of ourselves and put in place of it all that is of Himself, in
order that we may be able to be pleasing to Him.
May He be the support of our
powerlessness, the strength of our weakness, the joy of all our sadness.
O Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, repair all our failings,
supply for all that is wanting to us, burn our hearts in your holy ardors;
consume all our coldness and cowardice in loving and serving you, since we wish
to make all our holiness and happiness consist in living and dying in the state
of slaves of the adorable Heart of Jesus, and servants of His holy Mother.
Amen.
O Blessed Virgin Mary
O Blessed Virgin Mary, who can worthily repay thee thy just
dues of praise and thanksgiving, thou who by the wondrous assent of thy will
didst rescue a fallen world? What songs of praise can our weak human nature
recite in thy honor, since it is by thy intervention alone that it has found
the way to restoration?
Accept, then, such poor thanks as we have here to offer,
though they be unequal to thy merits; and, receiving our vows, obtain by thy
prayers the remission of our offenses.
Carry thou our prayers within the
sanctuary of the heavenly audience and bring forth from it the antidote of our
reconciliation. May the sins we bring before Almighty God through thee, become
pardonable through thee; may what we ask for with sure confidence, through thee
be granted.
Take our offering, grant us our requests, obtain pardon for
what we fear, for thou art the sole hope of sinners. Through thee we hope for
the remission of our sins, and in thee, O Blessed Lady, is our hope of reward.
Holy Mary, succor the miserable, help the fainthearted, comfort the sorrowful,
pray for thy people, plead for the clergy, intercede for all women consecrated
to God; may all who keep thy holy commemoration feel now thy help and
protection.
Be thou ever ready to assist us when we pray and bring back
to us the answers to our prayers. Make it thy continual care to pray for the
people of God, thou who, blessed by God, didst merit to bear the Redeemer of
the world, who liveth and reigneth, world without end.
Amen.
