Opening prayers
- Hymn, “Veni Creator”
- “Ave Maris Stella”
Veni Creator
Ave Maris Stella
Allocution by the priest
It is a short sermon on the meaning of Marian consecration, with an encouragement to live it faithfully from day to day.
Renewal of baptismal vows
Priest: On the day of our Baptism we renounced Satan, his works and the world. We promised to serve God faithfully in His holy Catholic Church. Let us renew these sacred baptismal vows. And so I ask you: Do you renounce Satan?
R: We do.
Priest: And all his works?
R: We do.
Priest: And all his pomps?
R: We do.
Priest: Do you believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth?
R: We do.
Priest: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, His only-begotten Son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, suffered, died and was buried?
R: We do.
Priest: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting?
R: We do.
Priest: Let us therefore pray to God the Father in the words that Our Lord Jesus Christ taught us: Our Father…
Blessing and investing in the Miraculous Medal
(from the Rituale Romanum):
V. Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini.
R. Qui fecit coelum et terram.
V. Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
V. Oremus. Omnipotens et misericors Deus, qui per multiplices immaculatae Mariae Virginis apparitiones in terris mirabilia jugiter pro animarum salute operari dignatus es: super hoc numismatis signum, tuam bene + dictionem benignus infunde; ut pie hoc recolentes ac devote gestantes et illius patrocinium sentiant et tuam misericordiam consequantur. Per Christum Dominum nostrum.
R. Amen.
The priest sprinkles the Medals with holy water and places them individually upon each person requesting enrollment, praying as follows:
V. Accipe sanctum Numisma, gesta fideliter, et digna veneratione prosequere: ut piissima et immaculata caelorum Domina te protegat atque defendat: et pietatis suae prodigia renovans, quae a Deo suppliciter postulaveris, tibi misericorditer impetret, ut vivens et moriens in materno ejus amplexu feliciter requiescas.
R. Amen.
After all are invested the Priest prays:
V. Kyrie, eleison.
R. Christe. eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
V. Pater noster… (continues silently until the words…) Et ne nos inducas in tentationem.
R. Sed libera nos a malo.
V. Regina sine labe originale concepta.
R. Ora pro nobis.
V. Domine, exaudi orationem meam.
R. Et clamor meus ad te veniat.
V. Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
V. Oremus. Domine Jesu Christe, qui beatissimam Virginem Mariam matrem tuam ab origine immaculatam innumeris miraculis clarescere voluisti, concede: ut ejusdem patrocinium semper implorantes, gaudia consequamur aeterna: Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum.
R. Amen.
Act of Consecration to the Immaculata to enter in the M.I.
Act of consecration to the Immaculata
Praise of Mary by St Maximilian Kolbe
Grant to me that I may praise you, most Blessed Virgin.
Grant that I may praise you with all my strength.
Grant that I may live and work and suffer for you and for you alone, that I may be consumed and die for you.
Grant that I may contribute to your greater and more extensive glorification.
Grant that I may pay you such homage as no one has yet paid you.
Grant that others may surpass me in their zeal for your glorification and that I may then, as though in a noble competition, propagate devotion to you ever more deeply and swiftly and magnificently, as desired by Him Who exalted you so ineffably above all other creatures. Amen.
Blessing of the priest
Song of the M.I. or another Marian hymn
Signing of the certificate of enrollment in the M.I.
Please note that without the certificate signed by the priest in charge and the registration number given by the international secretariat, the engagement in the M.I. cannot be effective. The forms below are at your disposal but do not forget to send them back to the international secretariat to obtain your number in the Queen’s army.
