Act of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary

As we continue to remember Our Blessed Mother in a special way during her month of May, an excerpt of Consecration by Saint Louis de Montfort seems appropriate.  Saint Louis details the steps to "Perfect Devotion to the Blessed Virgin" which leads us to "Perfect Consecration to Jesus Christ."   Through Mary to Jesus.  O Holy Mother, hear our prayers!  Intercede for us with Jesus, Our Lord.  In thy grace, look upon us with an eye of pity, your humble servants!



I, a faithless sinner-- renew and ratify today in thy hands, O Immaculate Mother, the vows of my Baptism; I renounce forever Satan, his pomps and works; and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before.

In the presence of all the heavenly court I choose thee this day, for my Mother and Mistress. I deliver and consecrate to thee, as thy slave, 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 thee the entire and full right of disposing of me, and all that belongs to me, without exception, according to thy good pleasure, for the greater glory of God, in time and in eternity. Amen.

(From The Secret of the Rosary by Saint Louis Mary De Monfort)