Consecration of the Family to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Who manifested to Blessed Margaret Mary the desire of reigning in Christian families, we today wish to acknowledge publicly Your absolute dominion over our family. We desire henceforth to live with Your life; we desire to let those virtues take root and thrive among us to which You have promised peace here below; we will banish far from us that spirit of the world which You cursed.

Rule, therefore, over our minds through the simplicity of our faith and over our hearts through the wholehearted love with which they shall burn for You, the flame of which we shall keep alive through the frequent reception of the Divine Eucharist.

Deign, O Divine Heart, to preside over our assemblies, to bless our spiritual and temporal enterprises, to dispel our cares, to sanctify our joys and to alleviate our sufferings. If one or other of us should at any time have the misfortune to afflict You, remind him, O Heart of Jesus, that You are good and merciful to the penitent sinner. And when the hour of separation strikes, when death shall come to cast gloom into our midst, we will all, both those who go and those who stay, be resigned to Your eternal decrees. We will console ourselves with the thought that a day will come when the entire family, reunited in Heaven, can sing forever Your glories and Your mercies.

May the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the glorious Patriarch St. Joseph present this consecration to You, and keep it in our minds all the days of our life. All glory to the Heart of Jesus, our King and our Father.

* Indulgence: a) The members of a family, on the day when for the first time the family is consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, if they recite the above prayer before a likeness of the Sacred Heart, are granted: An indulgence of 7 years. A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions.

b) The members of a family, on the day when this consecration is renewed each year, if they make use of the same prayer before a likeness of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, are granted: An indulgence of 3 years. A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions. (Raccolta 705)