THE ANGELUS We make this act of consecration and pledge to profess courageously and at all times, the truths of our holy Faith, HE ANGEL of the Lord declared to Mary: and to live our Christian life as genuine Catholics, and TAnd she conceived of the Holy Spirit. obedient to our Holy Father, Pope Francis, the bishops and the clergy in communion with him. We pledge to keep our AIL MARY, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed Baptismal promises and the Commandments of God and Hart thou among women and blessed is the fruit of His Church, in particular to keep holy the Lord’s Day. thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us We promise you our glorious Mother of God, to devote sinners, now and at the hour of our death. amen. ourselves wholeheartedly to the proclamation of the Gospel, Behold the handmaid of the Lord: and the spreading of devotion to your Immaculate Heart, Be it done unto me according to Thy word. in order to hasten and assure through the intercession of your Immaculate Heart, the coming of the kingdom of AIL MARY... your Divine Son, in our own hearts and all the people of H the world. And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us. O Mary, Refuge of sinners and Health of the sick, you gave hope to your people in time of distress, and brought them AIL MARY... comfort in time of sorrow. Keep us under your mantle H of protection, all those who are suffering because of the Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, coronavirus disease, and those who care for the sick and That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. minister to their needs, as your Son implores us to do for one another.

PRAYER OF CONSECRATION OF OUR DIOCESE TO Be with us now as a sign of salvation and hope, as we THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY entrust ourselves to your loving care. Help us, O Mother of Divine Love, to remain steadfast in the midst of fear, O Mary, Virgin most powerful and Mother of Mercy, we suffering and death. Through Christ our Lord. amen. consecrate our very being, our whole life and ourselves: all that we have and all that we love to your Immaculate

Heart. We consecrate to you our bodies, our hearts, and our souls, our homes, our families our Diocese and our country. We desire all that is in us and around us may share in the benefits of your motherly blessing. ail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our Ave Maria. iij. Hsweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, alve Regina, Mater misericordiæ, vita, dulcedo, et spes mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, Snostra, salve. Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Evæ. Ad te most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us. suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrymarum valle. And after this our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit Eia ergo, Advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin ad nos converte. Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris Mary. tui, nobis, post hoc exilium, ostende. O clemens, o pia, o Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, dulcis Virgo Maria. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi. Let us pray. Orémus. God, our refuge and our strength, look down in Omercy on your people who cry to you; and by the eus, refúgium nostrum et virtus, populum ad te intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Dclamantem propitius respice; et intercedente gloriosa, Mother of God, of St. Joseph her Spouse, of your blessed et immaculata Virgine Dei Genitrice Maria, cum beato Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the Saints, in mercy and Ioseph, eius Sponso, ac beatis Apostolis tuis Petro et Paulo, goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, et omnibus Sanctis, quas pro conversione peccatorum, and for the liberty and exaltation of our holy Mother and pro libertate et exaltatione sanctæ Matris Ecclesiæ, preces Church. Through the same Christ our Lord. amen. effundimus, misericors et benignus exaudi. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. amen. aint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be Sour protection against the wickedness and snares of ancte Míchaël Archángele, defénde nos in prœlio; the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do Scontra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium. thou, Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, Princeps into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the milítiæ Cæléstis, sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui world seeking the ruin of souls. amen. ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo, divína virtúte in inférnum detrùde. amen. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy on us. (3x) Cor Iesu sacratissimum. Miserere nobis. iij.