Immaculate Heart of Mary

SOLEMN CONSECRATION TO THE
SORROWFUL AND IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
composed by His Holiness the Venerable Pope Pius XII

Most Holy Virgin Mary, tender Mother of men, to fulfill the desires of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the request of the Vicar of thy Son on earth, we consecrate ourselves and our families to thy Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and we recommend to thee, all the people of our country and all the world.

Please accept our consecration, dearest Mother, and use us as thou dost wish to accomplish thy designs in the world.

O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and Queen of the World, rule over us, together with the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, Our King. Save us from the spreading flood of modern paganism; kindle in our hearts and homes the love of purity, the practice of a virtuous life, an ardent zeal for souls, and a desire to pray the Rosary more faithfully.

We come with confidence to thee, O Throne of Grace and Mother of Fair Love. Inflame us with the same Divine Fire which has inflamed thy own Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. Make our hearts and homes thy shrine, and through us, make the Heart of Jesus, together with thine, rule and triumph in every heart and home. Amen.

SHORT CONSECRATION TO THE
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
composed by His Holiness the Venerable Pope Pius XII

O Mary, Virgin and most powerful Mother of Mercy, Queen of heaven and Refuge of sinners, we consecrate ourselves today to thine Immaculate Heart. We consecrate to thee our very being and our whole life, all that we have, all that we love, all that we are. To thee we give our bodies, our hearts and souls, to thee we give our homes, our families and our country.

Mindful of this consecration we now promise to imitate thee by the practice of Christian virtues without regard for human respect. We resolve to receive Holy Communion on the first Saturday of every month when possible and to offer daily five decades of the Rosary with all our sacrifices in the spirit of penance and reparation. Amen.

ANOTHER SHORT CONSECRATION TO THE
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
composed by His Holiness the Venerable Pope Pius XII

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and tender Mother of all people, I consecrate myself to your Immaculate Heart, and recommend to you my family, my country, and the whole human race. Please accept my consecration, dearest Mother, and use me as you wish, to accomplish your designs upon the world. O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Heaven and earth, rule over me, and teach me how to allow the Heart of Jesus to rule and triumph in me and around me, as it has ruled and triumphed in you. Amen.

LITANY OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
The First of Three Litanies
(For private use only)

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.

Heart of Mary, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, like unto the Heart of God, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, united to the Heart of Jesus, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, instrument of the Holy Ghost, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, sanctuary of the Divine Trinity, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, tabernacle of God Incarnate, pray for us., pray for us.
Heart of Mary, immaculate from thy creation, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, full of grace, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, blessed among all hearts, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, throne of glory, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, most humble, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, holocaust of Divine Love, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, fastened to the Cross with Jesus Crucified, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, comfort of the afflicted, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, refuge of sinners, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, hope of the agonizing, pray for us.
Heart of Mary, seat of mercy, pray for us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

V. Immaculate Mary, meek and humble of heart,
R. Make our hearts like unto the Heart of Jesus.

Let Us Pray
O most merciful God, Who, for the salvation of sinners and the refuge of the
miserable, wast pleased that the Most Pure Heart of Mary should be most like
in charity and pity to the Divine Heart of Thy Son, Jesus Christ, grant that we,
who commemorate this sweet and loving Heart, by the merits and intercession
of the same Blessed Virgin, may merit to be found like unto the Heart of
Jesus, through the same Christ Our Lord. R. Amen.

This litany was composed by John Henry (Cardinal) Newman shortly after he converted to Catholicism in 1845.

LITANY OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
The Second of Three Litanies
(For private use only)

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, favorite Daughter of God the Father, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of God the Son, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Spouse of the Holy Ghost, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, redeemed in a sublime manner by the merits of thy Son, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother and Model of the Church, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, excellent exemplar in faith and charity, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, who conceived the Word of God in thy heart before thou didst in thy womb, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, who gave precious Blood to the Son of God in His human nature, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, conceived free of Original Sin, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, who embraced God’s saving will with a full heart, impeded by no sin, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, whose sweet soul a sword pierced beneath the Cross, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, given to us as Mother by Jesus as He hung dying on the Cross, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, who accepted us as sons, as thou stood beneath the Cross, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, all pure and holy, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, exalted by Divine grace above all Angels and men, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mediatrix of grace, pray for us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, filled with love for all thy children upon earth, pray for us
who have recourse to thee. Show to our Heavenly Father the wound in the Heart of
Thy Son and, at the same time, offer again the sword that pierced thy Sorrowful and
Immaculate Heart, as thou suffered by compassion with thy Divine Son for the
redemption of the world. By thy intercession, through the merits of Jesus Christ,
bring us to salvation. Amen.

LITANY OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
The Third of Three Litanies
(For private use only)

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pray for our dear country.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Sanctify our clergy.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Make our Catholics more fervent.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Guide and inspire those who govern us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cure the sick who confide in thee.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Console the sorrowful who trust in thee.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Help those who invoke thine aid.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Deliver us from all dangers.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Help us to resist temptations.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Obtain for us all we lovingly ask of thee.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Make our family life holy.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Help those who are dear to us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Bring back to the right road our erring brothers.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Give us back our ancient fervor.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Obtain for us pardon for our manifold sins and offenses.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Bring all men to the feet of thy Divine Child.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Obtain peace for the world.

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

Let us pray:
O God of infinite goodness and mercy, fill our hearts with a great confidence in
our Most Holy Mother, whom we invoke under the title of the Immaculate Heart
of Mary, and grant us by her most powerful intercession all the graces, spiritual
and temporal, which we need. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

PETITIONS TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

R. Incline unto my aid, O God.
V. O Lord, make haste to help me.

R. Glory be to the Father, etc.
V. As it was in the beginning, etc.

Immaculate Virgin, who, conceived without sin, directed every movement of thy most pure Heart toward God, and were always obedient to His divine Will, obtain for me the grace to hate sin with all my heart and to learn from thee to live in perfect resignation to the will of God.

Our Father. 7 Hail Marys.

Mary, I admire that deep humility which troubled thy blessed Heart at the message of the Angel Gabriel, when he announced that thou hadst been chosen to be the Mother of the Son of the most high God. Thou didst consider thyself only God’s lowly handmaid. Ashamed at the sight of my own pride, I beg of thee the grace of a contrite and humble heart, so that I may acknowledge my misery and reach the glory promised to the truly humble of heart.

Our Father. 7 Hail Marys.

Blessed Virgin, thou didst keep in thy Heart the precious treasure of the words of Jesus thy Son and, pondering over the sublime mysteries they contained, thou didst live only for God. How ashamed I am of my coldness of heart! Dear Mother, obtain for me the grace of meditating always on the holy law of God and of seeking to follow thine example in the fervent practice of all the Christian virtues.

Our Father. 7 Hail Marys.

Glorious Queen of Martyrs, during the Passion of thy Son, thy holy Heart was cruelly pierced by the sword, which had been foretold by the holy and aged Simeon. Obtain for my heart true courage and holy patience, to bear the sufferings and trials of this difficult life. May I prove to be thy true child, by crucifying my flesh and all its desires, in the mortification of the Cross.

Our Father. 7 Hail Marys.

Mary, Mystical Rose, thine amiable heart, burning with the living fire of love, adopted us as thy children at the foot of the Cross, and thou didst thereby become our most tender Mother. Let me feel the sweetness of thy motherly heart and the power of thine intercession with Jesus, in all the dangers that I meet with during life, and especially at the dread hour of my death. May my heart be ever united to thine and love Jesus now and forever. Amen.

Our Father. 7 Hail Marys.
(Indulgence of 3 years; Raccolta, no. 392)