I.
INTRODUCTORY PRAYER (KNEELING)
LORD OUR GOD, I COME BEFORE YOU ONCE MORE TO OFFER TO YOU MY
PRAYERS. I HAVE MADE MY PETITIONS TO YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND EACH
MOMENT I DO, THE MORE MY FAITH INCREASES THAT YOU ARE TRULY THE GOD
OF LIFE AND OF LOVE. HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF TIMES ALSO
THAT I FAIL TO CALL ON YOU, THAT I FAIL TO LOVE MY NEIGHBORS, THAT I FAIL TO
KEEP MY PROMISES, THAT I FAIL TO ASK FOR PARDON AND TO GIVE PARDON TO
OTHERS, THAT I FAIL TO GIVE THANKS FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT COME MY
WAY, AND YET IN ALL THESE MOMENTS, YOU ARE EVER PRESENT O LORD, TO
REMIND ME THAT YOU ARE JUST AROUND TO TAKE ME BACK ONCE MORE IF I WILL
BUT COME TO YOU.
BY MEDITATING ON THE MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY ROSARY ESPECIALLY IN
THIS NOVENA IN HONOR OF THE QUEEN OF THE HOLY ROSARY OF MANAOAG, MAY
I BE LED TO FIND YOUR PRESENCE IN MY LIFE AS MOTHER MARY FOUND IT IN HER
OWN LIFE. IN EVERY MYSTERY OF MY JOY, IN EVERY MYSTERY OF MY SORROW, IN
EVERY MYSTERY OF MY GLORY, MAY I BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR HAND THAT I
MAY KNOW YOU ARE INDEED THE EMMANUEL – THE GOD WHO IS WITH US, NOW
AND FOREVER. AMEN.
II. HOLY ROSARY (Other Prayer Guide)
LET US PRAY
O GOD, WHOSE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, BY HIS LIFE, DEATH, AND
RESURRECTION, HAS PURCHASED FOR US THE REWARDS OF ETERNAL LIFE;
GRANT, WE BESEECH YOU, THAT THROUGH MEDITATING UPON THESE MYSTERIES
OF THE HOLY ROSARY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, WE MAY IMITATE WHAT
THEY CONTAIN AND OBTAIN WHAT THEY PROMISE THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD.
EXTEND O LORD TO YOUR SERVANTS YOUR HEAVENLY AID THAT WE MAY
SEEK YOU WITH ALL OUR HEARTS AND OBTAIN WHAT WE ASK.
HEAR, O LORD, OUR PRAYERS AND GRANT TO OUR DECEASED ASSOCIATED
THE REST OF HEAVEN AND TO YOUR CHURCH PEACE, THROUGH THE
INTERCESSION OF THE GLORIOUS VIRGIN MARY AND THE MERITS OF YOUR SON,
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.
III. PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH
LEADER: BEHOLD THE FAITHFUL AND PRUDENT STEWARD.
PEOPLE: WHOM THE LORD HAS SET OVER HIS HOUSEHOLD.
LEADER: THE LORD HAS SHOWN HIM HIS LOVE AND COVERED HIM WITH GLORY.
PEOPLE: HE HAS CLOTHED HIM IN SPLENDID GARMENT.
LET US PRAY
ALMIGHTY GOD, AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR SALVATION WHEN MARY CONCEIVED
YOUR SON AND BROUGHT HIM FORTH INTO THE WORLD, YOU PLACED HIM UNDER
JOSEPH’S WATCHFUL CARE. MAY HIS PRAYERS STILL HELP YOUR CHURCH TO BE
AN EQUALLY FAITHFUL GUARDIAN OF YOUR MYSTERIES AND A SIGN OF CHRIST TO
MANKIND. WE MAKE OUR PRAYERS THROUGH CHRIST, OUR LORD. AMEN.
IV. ACT OF CONTRITION
MY LORD, JESUS CHRIST, TRUE GOD AND TRUE MAN, MY FATHER AND
REDEEMER, I KNEEL IN THE PRESENCE OF YOUR DIVINE MAJESTY, OVERCOME
WITH GRIEF FOR HAVING OFFENDED YOU, MY GOD, SO DESERVING OF ALL MY
LOVE. I BELIEVE IN YOU. I TRUST YOU. AND TRUSTING IN YOUR INFINITE MERCY, I
HOPE TO HAVE MY SINS FORGIVEN. WITH THE HELP OF YOUR DIVINE GRACE, I
RESOLVE TO CONFESS MY SINS AND TO START MY LIFE ANEW. CHASTISE ME IN
THIS LIFE, O LORD, BUT SPARE ME IN ETERNITY. HELP ME MAKE MY LIFE A
WORTHY OBLATION TO ATONE FOR ALL MY SINS AND THE SINS OF ALL MEN.
DURING THIS NOVENA TO MARY, YOUR MOTHER, QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY
ROSARY, HELP ME TO KNOW YOU BETTER, TO LOVE YOU MORE FERVENTLY, AND
TO SERVE YOU WITH MORE DEDICATION. GRANT ME THE GRACE TO LIVE AND
PRESERVE IN YOUR SERVICE UNTIL DEATH. AMEN.
V. PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY OF THE NOVENA
LEADER: O MOST CLEMENT VIRGIN, O TENDEREST MOTHER, O SWEETEST MARY,
COMFORTER OF THE AFFLICTED AND REFUGE OF SINNERS, MEDIATRIX BETWEEN
GOD AND MEN.
PEOPLE: YOU ARE NOAH’S ARK, OUR SALVATION IN THE DELUGE OF SIN. YOU ARE
THE RAINBOW OF PEACE, OUR RECONCILIATION WITH GOD. YOU ARE THE DOVE
THAT BRINGS US THE OLIVE BRANCH OF PEACE. AS A TOKEN OF YOUR MATERNAL
LOVE YOU GAVE TO THE CATHOLIC WORLD THROUGH YOUR SON, DOMINIC, AND
THE MOST HOLY ROSARY. THROUGH THIS DEVOTION, PAGANS WERE CONVERTED,
HERETICS BROUGHT BACK TO THE TRUE FOLD, ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH
VANQUISHED, AND CHRISTIAN SOCIETY REFORMED.
QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY, WE CALL ON YOU FOR ASSISTANCE.
YOU ALONE DID OVERCOME ALL HERESIES IN THE WORLD. DELIVER NOW YOUR
CHRISTIAN PEOPLE FROM THE SNARES OF THE DEVIL, GREAT WAS YOUR LOVE
FOR THIS NATION FOR WHEN THE ENEMIES OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION
THREATENED TO TAKE AWAY OUR FAITH, YOU SAVED US MIRACULOUSLY
THROUGH YOUR INTERCESSION, AND THUS SECURED FOR YOURSELF THE TITLE
OF QUEEN AND MOTHER OF THE PHILIPPINES.
LOOK DOWN WITH MERCY ON THOSE WHO ARE DECEIVED BY THE EVIL ONE,
THAT THEY MAY RENOUNCE THEIR HERESY AND RETURN TO THE UNITY OF THE
CATHOLIC TRUTH. ILLUMINE OUR RULERS THAT UNDER YOUR GUIDANCE, THEY
MAY GOVERN THIS LAND AS WORTHY REPRESENTATIVES OF GOD. INSPIRE US ALL
TO STUDY RELIGION, TO FULFILL THE COMMANDMENTS, AND TO RECEIVE THE
SACRAMENTS, WHICH ARE THE ESSENTIALS OF TRUE CHRISTIAN LIFE. AS WE
BECAME CHRISTIANS THROUGH YOUR INTERCESSION, WE ALSO HOPE TO LIVE AS
SUCH UNDER YOUR PROTECTION. WITH YOUR ROSARY AS OUR ANCHOR, WE HOPE
TO REACH THAT HEAVENLY KINGDOM WHERE FOR ALL ETERNITY WE CAN HAVE
YOU AS OUR QUEEN AND CHRIST OUR KING. AMEN.
VI. SPECIAL PRAYER FOR EACH DAY OF THE NOVENA
FIRST DAY
LEADER: QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY, MOTHER OF THE PHILIPPINES.
PEOPLE: AS A YOUNG GIRL, YOU ACCEPTED GENEROUSLY THE INVITATION OF
ANGEL GABRIEL TO BE THE MOTHER OF CHRIST. YOU WERE PROMPT WITH YOUR
REPLY: “BEHOLD, THE HANDMAID OF THE LORD, BE IT DONE TO ME ACCORDING
TO YOUR WORD.” HAVING GIVING YOUR CONSENT, GOD BECAME MAN AND
STARTED THE WORK OF OUR REDEMPTION. “THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH AND
LIVED AMONG US.” TAKE ME UNDER YOUR PROTECTION, ASSIST ME IN THE
IMITATION OF YOUR VIRTUES, AND HELP ME TO BE PROMPT AND GENEROUS IN MY
RESPONSE TO GOD’S INSPIRATIONS. TEACH ME TO BE UNSELFISH IN THE SERVICE
OF CHRIST, YOUR SON; TO GIVE WITHOUT COUNTING THE COST, TO FIGHT
WITHOUT COUNTING THE WOUNDS, TO WORK WITHOUT SEEKING REST, TO SPEND
MY LIFE WITHOUT EXPECTING ANY OTHER RETURN THAN THE HAPPINESS OF
DOING GOD’S WILL, AND FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHRIST, MY SAVIOUR.
{Prayer intentions} – [Pray 3 Our Father, 3 Hail Mary, and 3 Glory Be]
SECOND DAY
LEADER: QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY, MOTHER OF THE PHILIPPINES.
PEOPLE: YOU VISITED YOUR COUSIN ELIZABETH AND MADE HER HAPPY BY YOUR
PRESENCE AND SERVICE. YOUR DIGNITY DID NOT MAKE YOU PROUD. YOU DID NOT
USE YOUR GREATNESS TO OVERWHELM THE LOWLY BUT RATHER TO MAKE THEM
HAPPY. IN THIS JOYFUL MYSTERY OF THE VISITATION, YOU CARRIED THE SAVIOUR
IN YOUR WOMB AND BROUGHT HIM TO THE HILLS OF JUDEA WHERE HE BEGAN
HIS REDEMPTIVE WORK WITH THE SANCTIFICATION OF JOHN THE BAPTIST AND
HIS MOTHER ELIZABETH. HELP ME TO LIVE WITH YOUR SPIRIT OF SERVICE. MAKE
ME AN INSTRUMENT OF GOD’S PEACE TO SOW LOVE AND PARDON WHERE HATRED
AND INJURY REIGN, TO BRING FAITH, HOPE, AND JOY TO THOSE IN DOUBT AND
DESPAIR. HELP ME NOT TO SEEK TO BE CONSOLED, BUT TO CONSOLE, NOT TO
SEEK, BUT TO BE UNDERSTOOD, BUT TO UNDERSTAND. HELP ME SPREAD THE
FRAGRANCE OF GOD’S KINDNESS AND MERCY SO THAT THE LOVE AND THE PEACE
OF YOUR SON, JESUS, MAY REIGN IN THE HEARTS OF ALL MEN.
{Prayer intentions} – [Pray 3 Our Father, 3 Hail Mary, and 3 Glory Be]
THIRD DAY
LEADER: QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY, MOTHER OF THE PHILIPPINES.
PEOPLE: OUT OF RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY YOU WENT TO BETHLEHEM WHERE
YOU BROUGHT FORTH YOUR SON, OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST. IT WAS A DIFFICULT
ROAD FOR YOU TO FOLLOW FOR YOU WERE THE VICTIM OF THE
THOUGHTLESSNESS OF MEN. INSTILL IN MY HEART, SINCERE RESPECT FOR
AUTHORITY, BOTH CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS. GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO OBEY MY
SUPERIORS WITH PROMPTNESS, SUPERNATURAL MOTIVES, AND JOY. TO THOSE
WHO ARE RUDE, HELP ME TO BE MEEK. TEACH ME TO BE KIND TO OTHERS,
CONSIDERATE IN ACTION, COURTEOUS IN MY WORDS. LET ME CONQUER EVIL BY
DOING GOOD TO MY FELLOWMEN. TOGETHER WITH THE SHEPHERDS AND THE
KINGS, KNEELING BESIDE THE CRIB OF BETHLEHEM. LET ME LEARN FROM THE
NEWBORN JESUS, THE LESSON OF MEEKNESS AND HUMILITY.
FOURTH DAY
LEADER: QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY, MOTHER OF THE PHILIPPINES.
PEOPLE: IN THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM, YOU HAD THE FIRST TASTE OF
MARTYRDOM, WHEN SIMEON PROPHESIED THAT YOUR OWN SOUL, A SWORD
SHALL PIERCE. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE LOSS OF JESUS, WHOM YOU FOUND IN
THE HOUSE OF GOD AFTER A THREE-DAY SEARCH. GIVE ME STRENGTH, O
SORROWFUL MOTHER, TO BEAR THE DIFFICULTIES THAT GO WITH BEING GOOD
CHRISTIAN. TEACH ME TO APPRECIATE THE TREASURE OF MY RELIGION AND
NEVER LOSE IT BY SIN. TEACH ME TO BE POOR IN SPIRIT THAT I MAY ENJOY THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, THE REWARD OF YOUR MARTYRDOM, AND OF THE PASSION
OF YOUR SON, JESUS.
{Prayer intentions} – [Pray 3 Our Father, 3 Hail Mary, and 3 Glory Be]
FIFTH DAY
LEADER: QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY, MOTHER OF THE PHILIPPINES.
PEOPLE: THIS WEDDING FEAST, BY THE MIRACLE WHICH CHANGES WATER TO
WINE, CREATES BETWEEN YOU, O MARY, AND YOUR SON, A TRUE EUCHARISTIC
COMMUNION. TOGETHER, YOU CONSENT TO “THE COMMANDMENT RECEIVED
FROM THE FATHER,” TO THAT OFFERING OF CHRIST FOR THE SALVATION OF HIS
SHEEP. MARY, IN YOUR OWN WAY, YOU SHARE IN YOUR CONSENT OF YOUR SON;
HENCEFORTH, YOUR ACCEPTANCE WILL BE ONE OF HIS. YOUR ORDER TO THE
SERVANTS CAN ALSO APPLY TO US: “DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU,” FOR THESE
WORDS IMPLY COMPLETE ACCEPTANCE AND SUBMISSION. IN YOUR SOUL, O MARY,
WHERE THERE IS TOTAL ACCEPTANCE, THERE IS LOVING AND COMPLETE
SUBMISSION TO GOD’S PLAN FOR YOU.
{Prayer intentions} – [Pray 3 Our Father, 3 Hail Mary, and 3 Glory Be]
SIXTH DAY
LEADER: QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY, MOTHER OF THE PHILIPPINES.
PEOPLE: I BEHOLD YOU STANDING BENEATH THE CROSS OF YOUR DYING SON
SUFFERING WITH HIM FOR THE REDEMPTION OF MANKIND. I BEHOLD YOU
PROCLAIMED MY MOTHER WHEN CHRIST SAID TO JOHN, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE HUMAN RACE: “BEHOLD, YOUR MOTHER!” AND TO YOU: “BEHOLD, YOUR SON!”
O MARY, MY MOTHER, MAY THE MEMORY OF MY CRUCIFIED REDEEMER AND THE
THOUGHT OF YOUR SORROWS AT CALVARY KEEP ME AWAY FROM SIN. IN ALL MY
TRIALS, I LOOK UP TO YOU, MY STAR. MOTHER DEAR, REMEMBER ME AND NEVER
CEASE YOUR CARE ‘TIL ETERNALLY IN HEAVEN YOUR LOVE AND BLISS I SHARE.
{Prayer intentions} – [Pray 3 Our Father, 3 Hail Mary, and 3 Glory Be]
SEVENTH DAY
LEADER: QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY, MOTHER OF THE PHILIPPINES.
PEOPLE: AFTER HIS GLORIOUS RESURRECTION, CHRIST VISITED YOU BEFORE
APPEARING TO MAGDALENE AND THE APOSTLES. THIS, HE DID AS A FITTING
REWARD FOR YOUR SUFFERINGS, AS INDEED, YOU SUFFERED MORE THAN ANY OF
THE FRIENDS OF CHRIST. THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST IS THE PLEDGE OF MY
OWN RESURRECTION. MAY THE THOUGHT OF THAT HAPPY MOMENT, IN WHICH I
WILL BE REUNITED WITH MY LOVED ONES, AND WITH YOU AND GOD FOREVER,
STRENGTHEN MY RESOLUTION TO LEAD A TRULY CHRISTIAN LIFE. OBTAIN FOR ME,
O MOTHER, THE STRENGTH TO SUFFER FOR THE LOVE OF JESUS, TO BEAR THE
HARDSHIPS OF LIFE WITH RESIGNATION, SO THAT I, TOO, MAY SHARE THE JOYS
OF RESURRECTION.
{Prayer intentions} – [Pray 3 Our Father, 3 Hail Mary, and 3 Glory Be]
EIGHT DAY
LEADER: QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY, MOTHER OF THE PHILIPPINES.
PEOPLE: I BEHOLD YOU SURROUNDED BY THE APOSTLES WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT
CAME IN THE FORM OF TONGUES OF FIRE AT THE FIRST PENTECOST. BEING THE
MOTHER OF JESUS, YOU WERE ALSO THE MOTHER OF THE APOSTLES, THE
MOTHER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHAT A TRANSFORMATION IN THE
APOSTLES! PRAY THAT I, TOO, MAY BE TRANSFORMED FROM A NOMINAL CATHOLIC
TO A REAL ONE, FROM AN INDIFFERENT CATHOLIC TO A FERVENT ONE, AND FROM
A DORMANT CATHOLIC TO A MISSIONARY ONE. OBTAIN FOR ME FROM THE HOLY
SPIRIT, THE COURAGE AND STRENGTH TO SPREAD AND DEFEND MY FAITH. MAY I
NEVER BE AN OCCASION OF SIN TO OTHERS, BUT A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION IN
THEIR STRUGGLE TO BE GOOD. THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM I RECEIVED
FULLY AT CONFIRMATION, MAY I BE A LIVING IMAGE OF YOUR SON, JESUS, AND
THUS SERVE AS A FITTING MODEL FOR THE INTERIOR TRANSFORMATION OF MY
NEIGHBORS. {Prayer intentions} – [Pray 3 Our Father, 3 Hail Mary, and 3 Glory Be]
NINTH DAY
LEADER: QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY, MOTHER OF THE PHILIPPINES.
PEOPLE: WE REJOICE TO BEHOLD YOU CROWNED QUEEN OF GOD’S CREATION.
YOUR OWN PROPHECY: “FROM HENCEFORTH ALL GENERATIONS SHALL CALL ME
BLESSED” IS NOW FULFILLED. WE REJOICE TO BEHOLD YOU ENTHRONED
MOTHER OF THE CHURCH AND MEDIATRIX OF ALL GRACES. WE REJOICE
BECAUSE ALL GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE, WE HAVE A BIG SHARE OF YOUR
MATERNAL PROTECTION, IN RETURN FOR WHICH WE PROCLAIM YOU, OUR SPECIAL
PROTECTRESS, THE QUEEN AND MOTHER OF THE PHILIPPINES. IN UNION WITH ALL
THE ANGELS AND SAINTS IN HEAVEN AND ALL YOUR LOYAL CHILDREN ON EARTH,
WE SING YOUR PRAISES. AT THE FOOT OF YOUR THRONE, WE LAY GARLANDS AND
ROSES OF OUR PRAYER, YOUR MOST HOLY ROSARY. REMEMBER, O MOST
GRACIOUS QUEEN THAT NEVER WAS IT KNOWN THAT ANYONE WHO ASKED FOR
YOUR PROTECTION, IMPLORED YOUR HELP, AND SOUGHT YOUR INTERCESSION
WAS LEFT UNAIDED. INSPIRED WITH THIS CONFIDENCE, WE COME TO YOU, O
VIRGINS OF VIRGINS, OUR MOTHER. DESPISE NOT OUR SUPPLICATIONS, BUT
GRANT OUR PRAYERS. AMEN.
{Prayer intentions} – [Pray 3 Our Father, 3 Hail Mary, and 3 Glory Be]
VII. FINAL PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY
LEADER: QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY
PEOPLE: REFUGE OF THE HUMAN RACE WE HUMBLY PROSTRATE OURSELVES
BEFORE YOUR THRONE, CONFIDENT THAT WE SHALL RECEIVE MERCY, GRACE,
ASSISTANCE, AND PROTECTION, NOT THROUGH OUR OWN INADEQUATE MERITS,
BUT SOLELY THROUGH THE GREAT GOODNESS OF YOUR MATERNAL HEART. MAY
THE SIGHT OF THE WIDESPREAD MATERIAL AND MORAL DESTRUCTION THE
SUFFERINGS AND SORROWS OF COUNTLESS HUMAN BEINGS MOVE YOU TO
COMPASSION.
LEADER: O MOTHER OF MERCY
PEOPLE: OBTAIN PEACE FOR US FROM GOD AND PROCURE FOR US THOSE
GRACES WHICH PREPARE, ESTABLISH, AND ASSURE THAT PEACE. QUEEN OF
PEACE, PRAY FOR US AND GIVE TO THE WORLD AND TO THE PHILIPPINES THE
PEACE IN THE TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND CHARITY OF CHRIST.
LEADER: LASTLY, O QUEEN OF HEAVEN
PEOPLE: AS THE CHURCH AND THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE ARE CONSECRATED TO
THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS SO THAT IN REPOSING ALL HOPE IN HIM, HE MIGHT
BECOME FOR THEM THE PLEDGE OF VICTORY AND SALVATION; SO, WE, IN LIKE
MANNER, CONSECRATE OURSELVES TO YOU, QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY,
YOU, WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO RAISE YOUR THRONE OF MERCY IN MANAOAG, TO BE
THE BELOVED PROTECTRESS AND PATRONESS OF THE PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN,
AND FROM THERE, TO BESTOW YOUR GRACES ON US, YOUR CHILDREN, BANISHED
IN THIS VALLEY OF TEARS. LOOK DOWN WITH YOUR EYES OF MERCY UPON US,
WHO ARE BESET WITH SO MANY DANGERS OF BODY AND SOUL. DESPISE NOT OUR
PETITIONS, O DEAREST MOTHER, BUT INTERCEDE FOR US BEFORE YOUR DIVINE
SON, NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. AMEN.
VIII. ACT OF CONSECRATION TO OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY OF MANAOAG
WE WISH TO MAKE TODAY AN ACT OF ENTRUSTMENT TO YOU, OUR LADY OF
MANAOAG AND WITH THIS ACT, WE WISH TO INCLUDE THE CHURCH’S HOPES AND
ANXIETIES FOR OUR WORLD TODAY; TO WHICH WE ARE SENT BY THE MISSION OF
YOUR SON. MOTHER OF INDIVIDUALS, MOTHER OF PEOPLES, YOU KNOW THEIR
SUFFERINGS AND THEIR HOPES, YOU KNOW AS ONLY A MOTHER KNOWS THE
STRUGGLES BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS, WHICH
AFFLICT THE MODERN WORLD, ACCEPT THE CRY WHICH WE MOVED BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT ADDRESS DIRECTLY TO YOU.
EMBRACE WITH THE LOVE OF THE MOTHER, THIS HUMAN WORLD OF OURS,
WE ENTRUST TO YOU, FOR WE ARE FULL OF CONCERNS FOR THE EARTHLY AND
ETERNAL DESTINY OF ALL PEOPLES. “WE HAVE RECOURSE TO YOUR PROTECTION,
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD; DESPISE NOT OUR PETITIONS IN OUR NECESSITIES.”
BEHOLD, WE STAND BEFORE YOU, O MOTHER OF CHRIST AND OUR
MOTHER. WE DESIRE, TOGETHER WITH THE WHOLE CHURCH, TO UNITE
OURSELVES WITH THE CONSECRATION WHICH FOR LOVE OF US, YOUR SON MADE
OF HIMSELF TO THE FATHER. “FOR THEIR SAKE,” HE SAID, “I CONSECRATE
MYSELF THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE CONSECRATED IN TRUTH.”
WE WISH TO UNITE OURSELVES WITH OUR REDEEMER IN HIS
CONSECRATION FOR THE WORLD AND FOR THE HUMAN RACE WHICH IN HIS
DIVINE HEART, HAS THE POWER TO OBTAIN PARDON AND SECURE REPARATION.
ABOVE ALL CREATURES, MAY YOU BE BLESSED, YOU, THE HANDMAID OF THE
LORD, WHO IN THE FULLEST WAY RESPONDED TO AND OBEYED, GOD’S CALL. HAIL
TO YOU, WHO ARE WHOLLY UNITED TO THE REDEEMING CONSECRATION OF YOUR
SON! MOTHER OF THE CHURCH, ENLIGHTEN THE PEOPLE OF GOD ALONG THE
PATHS OF FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE. WE ENTRUST TO YOU, O MOTHER, OUR
PEOPLE, AND OUR NATION. AMEN.