Solemn Consecration

Those preparing for Consecration / Renewal are encouraged to meditate on the words of this Prayer of Consecration.

Consecration written and approved by Father John A. Hardon, S.J., founder of the Marian Catechist Apostolate.

O most amiable and adorable Heart of Jesus, O Heart infinitely compassionate and merciful, our refuge in all dangers, our hope in all trials, our comfort and consolation in all sorrows, behold us humbly prostrate before You to implore Your mercy, to claim Your protection, and to offer ourselves entirely to You. You see the dangers that surround us, the storms by which we are assailed. The powers of darkness have risen against Your holy Church and against us, Your unworthy but devoted servants. They have laid waste Your inheritance, they have overturned Your altars, they have persecuted those that love and honor Your sacred name. And now they glory in the evil which they have done and daily boast that they have triumphed over You and Your Church, and have destroyed Your worship from the face of the earth. But You are almighty, and who shall resist You? You will arise in Your power and Your enemies shall perish from before Your face. You will command the winds and the waves and there shall be a great calm.

Animated with this confidence in Your power and Your love, O divine Heart, we present our supplication on this day of our solemn consecration to You. Deign to receive our offering, unworthy as it is, and grant our prayer for the Church and for Your devoted catechists who now solemnly dedicate themselves to Your honor. O merciful Heart, ever open to admit us into Your sacred and secure asylum. We, Your servants, members of the Marian Catechists, desiring to give You a proof of our devotion and to receive from You the assistance and protection which we need in these calamitous times for the Church, for the Holy See, and for ourselves, do on this day publicly and solemnly consecrate ourselves entirely to You; our lives and our labors; our thoughts, words, actions, and sufferings. We pledge ourselves to You as Your devoted servants forever. We consecrate to You our persons, our houses, our occupations and our families and all those for whose spiritual good we labor in Your service, that Your spirit may reign over them, Your love sustain them, Your grace sanctify them and make them at all times pleasing to Your sight.

O sweet and adorable Heart of Jesus, accept this holocaust which we offer; inflame it with Your divine love, that it may ascend before You in an odor of sweetness; and that, united with Your infinite merits, it may bring down upon us, upon Your holy Church, upon our Holy Father, our much afflicted pontiff, His Holiness Pope John Paul II, and upon all members of our organization the abundance of Your blessing, the heavenly showers of Your graces, the rich treasures which You have promised to those who would honor You. Throw around us, Your servants, the shield of Your protection, guard us against the malice of the wicked, who hate Your Church because it is Yours and persecute us because we love Your holy name and defend Your honor. Let us find in You our refuge, our consolation, our hope. Be You our support in life, our confidence in death, our eternal enjoyment in heaven. Amen.

Solemn Consecration of the Marian Catechists