Act of Consecration
Of a child to the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth,to thine Immaculate Heart, the channel of all graces,
we consecrate this child
whom we have received from God's goodness.
We offer him (*her) to thee that thou mayest present him
to thy Divine Son, that thou mayest take him under thy loving, maternal protection, preserve him from dangers,
keep him from all sin, and make him grow in piety
and in all virtue so that he may always
be worthyto call himself thy child. May he grow daily in wisdom
and in grace, may he go through life having thee
always as his refuge and mother.
May all virtues shine in him and may he never offend
thy maternal Heart.
May the Eternal Father always look upon him with delight
and see in him a ray and reflection
of thine Immaculate Beauty.
And as today he gladdens our home, so may he one day
gladden the Eternal Home which we pray will be his.
Amen.
*The pronoun should be changed to the feminine
throughout if the child is a girl.