+ J.M.J of a Family to the Immaculate of Mary

O Mary, Virgin Most Powerful and Mother of Mercy, and Refuge of Sinners, we consecrate ourselves to your Immaculate Heart.

We consecrate our being and our lives, all that we have, all that we love, all that we are. To you we give our bodies, our and our souls; to you we give our homes, our families, our country. We desire that everything in us, everything around us, belong to you and share in the benefits of your motherly benediction. To make this act of consecration purposeful and lasting, we renew this day at your feet the promises of our Baptism and first Holy Communion. We pledge ourselves to speak out, bravely and at all times, for the truths of our Faith, and to live as Catholics should, in obedience to the and to the bishops in union with him. We pledge ourselves to keep the commandments of God and of His Church – in particular, to keep holy the Lord’s Day. We likewise pledge our best to make the practices of the Christian religion, especially Holy Communion, an integral part of our lives. Finally, we promise, O glorious Mother of God and loving Mother of men, our heartiest efforts to rouse in others devotion to you; so as to hasten and assure, through the Queenship of your Immaculate Heart, the coming of the Kingdom of the of your adorable Son – in our own hearts and in the hearts of all men – in our own country and in all the world – as in heaven, so on earth. Amen.