To consecrate oneself to the Immaculate Heart of Mary means to turn away from the things of the world, to serve God with all one´s heart and
Prayer of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
This is a powerful act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary that can take you to the very depths of God´s love. Our beloved mother, the Virgin Mary, wants us to love her with all our hearts just as she loved her son and kept each of his teachings within her.
To consecrate oneself to Mary means to turn away from the things of the world, in order to serve God with all one´s heart, accompanied by the hand of Mary. The Church has always advocated consecration to Jesus Christ through the Blessed Virgin Mary, the perfect model of discipleship.
In our times, Pope John Paul II recommended an "act of entrustment" to Mary. His papal motto was a true emblem of his love for the Virgin: Totus Tuus (Totally Yours).
Marian consecration is not some kind of spirituality that has been removed from the epicentre of God´s love; on the contrary, it is a living and active means of advancing in that direction. It is not just another "devotion," but it is a complete spirituality, a form of surrender that can make you one with Mary and at the same time with Jesus Christ.
Prayer to consecrate oneself to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
There are many formulas and prayers for consecrating oneself to Mary; one can choose several at the same time, as long as it involves a complete offering of oneself.
O Virgin Mary, most powerful Mother of Mercy, Queen of Heaven and Earth, in accordance with your desire made known at Fatima, I consecrate myself today to your Immaculate Heart. I entrust to you all that I have, all that I am. Reign over me, dear Mother, that I may be yours in prosperity, in adversity, in joy and in sorrow, in health and in sickness, in life and in death.
Compassionate heart of Mary, Queen of Virgins, watch over my mind and heart and preserve me from the deluge of impurities that you lamented so much at Fatima. I want to be pure like you. I want to atone for the many crimes committed against Jesus and against you. I want to invoke upon this country and upon the whole world the peace of God in justice and charity.
Conscious of this consecration, I promise now to strive to imitate you by practicing the Christian virtues without regard for human respect. I intend to receive Holy Communion on the first Saturday of each month, whenever possible, and to offer five decades of the Rosary every day, with all my sacrifices in the spirit of penance and reparation. Amen.
I, (mention your name here) sinner without faith, renew and ratify today in your Heart, O Immaculate Mother, the vows of my Baptism; I renounce forever Satan, his pomps and works; and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than ever before.
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, in the presence of all the heavenly court, I choose you this day as my Mother and Lady. I give and consecrate to you and to your Immaculate Heart, as to your son and slave of love, my body and soul, my goods, both interior and exterior, and even the value of all my good actions, past, present and future; leaving to you the full and total right to dispose of me and all that belongs to me, without exception, according to your will, for the greater glory of God, in time and in eternity. Amen.
As something else, you can also use this little prayer of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary that you can pray when you wake up every morning.
Daily renewal for the consecration.
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, I renew my consecration to you and to your Immaculate Heart at this moment. Please accept me, my dear Mother, and use me as you wish to fulfill your designs on the world. I am all yours, my Mother, my Queen, and everything I have is yours. Amen.
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Our Lady of Fatima, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I consecrate myself to Your Immaculate Heart.
To You I consecrate my heart, my soul, my family and all that I have. Today I renew the promises of my Baptism; and I promise to live as a good Christian, Faithful to God, by believing and living the Catholic faith always. I resolve to pray the Rosary every day, to receive the Holy Eucharist with dignity, to participate in the first Saturdays of the month, and to offer sacrifices for the conversion of sinners.
O most holy Virgin, I pray that devotion may be extended to your Immaculate Heart so that all souls may be truly consecrated to you, and that through your own intercession the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ to this world may be hastened. I accept this dear Mother and bless me and my family. Amen.
Other prayers of consecration.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, full of love for God and humanity, and of compassion for sinners, I consecrate Myself to you. I entrust to you the salvation of my soul. May my heart be always united to yours, so that I may hate sin, love God and my neighbour, and attain eternal life with those I love. May I experience the goodness of your motherly heart and the power of your intercession with Jesus during my life and at the hour of my death. Amen.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, I give you my whole heart. With him, I want to love you, and with you, and through you, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and all of God´s creation. My dear Mother, I place myself in your Holy and Immaculate Heart. I know you will take care of me, and all those who have recourse to you, in all our needs. With your motherly help, I wish to sanctify this whole day, for the conversion of sinners, the reparation of our sins, for the glory and love of the Holy Trinity. Amen.
Prayer of offering to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Sweet and Holy Mother of God, we love you, we need you. O Immaculate Heart of Mary, refuge of sinners, I beg you by the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and by the graces God has granted you since your Immaculate Conception, the grace never to be lost again. Mother, keep this sinner, so that he may be constantly bathed in the light of your Immaculate Heart. Amen
When this consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is lived in the spirit of humility, obedience and perseverance, Mary Immaculate will take everything from us and make it more perfect for God, inspiring us to holiness and the service of the Church.
Qriswell Quero, Venezuelan, faithful husband and father of a family. Electronic engineer and missionary of the faith. Committed to the proclamation of the Gospel. Solid believer that there are always new beginnings. Whoever has God has nothing to stop him.
