A prayer of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in which we seek Mary’s adoption, protection, and guidance as her beloved children, to be lead by her in accordance with the will of her Son, Jesus.
Consecration to the Immaculate Heart
I, __(your name)__, 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.
About This Devotion
What Is Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary?
To consecrate oneself to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is to entrust one’s entire life — body, soul, and all that we have — to Our Lady’s maternal care and protection. It is a formal act of devotion in which we recognize Mary as our spiritual Mother and place ourselves under her guidance, asking her to lead us ever closer to her Son, Jesus Christ.
This consecration is not worship of Mary, but rather an entrustment to her. Just as Jesus, from the Cross, gave Mary to us as our Mother when He said to St. John, “Behold, your mother” (John 19:27), we respond by giving ourselves to her as her children. Through this act, we ask Mary to form us, protect us, and present our prayers and sacrifices to God.
The Connection to Fatima
The devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary received powerful emphasis through the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917. When Our Lady appeared to the three shepherd children — Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta — in Fatima, Portugal, she revealed her Immaculate Heart and asked that devotion to it be spread throughout the world.
Our Lady told the children: “Jesus wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. To whoever embraces this devotion, I promise salvation; these souls shall be dear to God, as flowers placed by me to adorn His throne.”
She specifically requested that the Holy Father, in union with all the bishops of the world, consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart, and that the faithful practice the First Saturday devotion in reparation for sins committed against her Immaculate Heart.
Renewing Your Consecration
Once made, your consecration should be renewed regularly. Many faithful Catholics renew their consecration:
- Daily, using a shorter prayer of renewal
- Monthly, particularly on First Saturdays
- Annually, on the anniversary of their consecration or on a Marian feast day
A simple daily renewal might be as brief as: “I am all yours, my Queen and my Mother, and all that I have is yours.”