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 ACT OF CONSECRATION
O ETERNAL and incarnate Wisdom! O sweetest and most adorable Jesus! True God and true man, only Son of the Eternal Father, and of Mary, always virgin! I adore Thee profoundly in the bosom and splendors of Thy Father during eternity; and I adore Thee also in the virginal bosom of Mary, Thy most worthy Mother, in the time of Thine incarnation.
I give Thee thanks for that Thou hast annihilated Thyself, taking the form of a slave in order to rescue me from the cruel slavery of the devil. I praise and glorify Thee for that Thou hast been pleased to submit Thyself to Mary, Thy holy Mother, in all things, in order to make me Thy faithful slave through her. But, alas! Ungrateful and faithless as I have been, I have not kept the promises which I made so solemnly to Thee in my Baptism; I have not fulfilled my obligations; I do not deserve to be called Thy child, nor yet Thy slave; and as there is nothing in me which does not merit Thine anger and Thy repulse, I dare not come by myself before Thy most holy and august Majesty. It is on this account that I have recourse to the intercession of Thy most holy Mother, whom Thou hast given me for a mediatrix with Thee. It is through her that I hope to obtain of Thee contrition, the pardon of my sins, and the acquisition and preservation of wisdom.
Hail, then, O immaculate Mary, living tabernacle of the Divinity, where the Eternal Wisdom willed to be hidden and to be adored by angels and by men! Hail, O Queen of Heaven and earth, to whose empire everything is subject which is under God. Hail, O sure refuge of sinners, whose mercy fails no one. Hear the desires which I have of the Divine Wisdom; and for that end receive the vows and offerings which in my lowliness I present to thee.
I, ________________, a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in thy hands 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.
Receive, O benignant Virgin, this little offering of my slavery, in honor of, and in union with, that subjection which the Eternal Wisdom deigned to have to thy maternity; in homage to the power which both of you have over this poor sinner, and in thanksgiving for the privileges with which the Holy Trinity has favored thee. I declare that I wish henceforth, as thy true slave, to seek thy honor and to obey thee in all things.
O admirable Mother, present me to thy dear Son as His eternal slave, so that as He has redeemed me by thee, by thee He may receive me! O Mother of mercy, grant me the grace to obtain the true Wisdom of God; and for that end receive me among those whom thou lovest and teachest, whom thou leadest, nourishest and protectest as thy children and thy slaves.
O faithful Virgin, make me in all things so perfect a disciple, imitator and slave of the Incarnate Wisdom, Jesus Christ thy Son, that I may attain, by thine intercession and by thine example, to the fullness of His age on earth and of His glory in Heaven. Amen.
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Anne Thank You so much for posting all these days . All the time you take here and your blog , making those chaplets last month etc. I know you were working more than twice what some of us could achive .
To top it off this is such a lovely painting you have posted . God Bless You Anne , Love Roxie
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Thank you Roxie for your kind words, I hope you had a blessed day on the feast of the Assumption!
I also wanted to come back and share a wonderful article on what it means to be consecrated written by Father Mark at Vultus Christi. Very inspiring reading.
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Oh Roxie, the preparation book for consecration that you recommended, arrived in the mail a few weeks back, it is a great little book and I will use it next time. 
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Hi. These posts have been a great help in preparing me for my total consecration. I have been considering doing this for quite awhile now, and this weekend my daughter's Junior Legion of Mary group and several parents all finished the preparation and read their total consecration prayers in front of the whole church at mass. It was very special and I have you ladies here to thank for helping me. So thank you.
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Tracy that sounds beautiful! How lovely to thinkth at the Legion of Mary group has facilitated this for these young children. I pray that God's grace continues to be experienced in your life through this consecration.
Tracy, I've just started a posting about children's consecration and books, do you know if the Legion Group used any particular books with the children?
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Anne,
I'm just getting a chance to come back and thank you for all the work you did posting the reminders and prayer links for all of us along the way to Consecration. You have such an eye for beauty, and I know I'm not the only one who appreciated those daily reminders with links!
Thank you! 
And...I did want to mention that the Fatima Family Apostolate has a program that Father Fox designed called Mary's White League which is specifically to assist parents in guiding ones children towards making an Act of Consecration. We have used it before, but we never finished as a crisis pregnancy pre-empted our plans and I have not resumed again. I wanted to mention this program to you though in case you hadn't heard of it. I have the workbook and the tapes. Here is the CD set that accompanies the program. (The tapes/CD's are not very animated in their delivery. I should say in all honesty that it was difficult for my son to engage, but that could have been the age.)
This is a good reminder to me to pull that off the shelf and begin again. Wanted to mention it in case you hadn't heard of it. I hope I didn't miss you asking about this on another thread somewhere...if I did, just tell me and I'll move this where it's pertinent!
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Yes I have Fr Fox's Mary's White League..Fr does wonderful work with that and I know that some children even made their consecration with the Pope John Paul II using that program.
I'm very taken with The Secret of Mary Explained to Children, did you see my posting over at Starry Mantle about it? I have uploaded a chapter from the book, I'd love to hear what other lady's think of it...
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tracym wrote:
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Beautiful Tracy!!
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Anne,
I'm just getting a chance to come back and thank you for all the work you did posting the reminders and prayer links for all of us along the way to Consecration. You have such an eye for beauty, and I know I'm not the only one who appreciated those daily reminders with links!
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Ditto!
In the beginning I didn't know where I would find the time to follow the preparation to renew my consecration. Some how, OUr Lady provided. The reminders and links were an important part to my perseverence.
Thank you Anne and all the Ladies who participated and supported us with their prayers.
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No...  But, I'm headed over today to read it...I'm very interested in reading your thoughts on it!
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