The “Offering of Self” Prayer from St. Ignatius of Loyola
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
“Consecration” is a term used in the Church to describe the act of setting something apart for the service of God. Both people and objects can be consecrated. Consecration “makes holy” the person, place, or object that is consecrated. When you make an act of consecration, you are making a serious commitment to faithfully dedicate yourself to God’s grace at work in your life. You are setting yourself apart from this world and committing yourself to do the work of God throughout your life.
When consecrating yourself to the Virgin Mary, you are consecrating yourself to Jesus through Mary. As Pope John Paul II explained, “Consecrating ourselves to Mary means accepting her help in offering ourselves and the whole of mankind to Him who is holy, infinitely holy; it means accepting her help—by having recourse to her motherly heart” (May 13, 1982). When consecrating yourself to Jesus, you are offering to Him a total surrender as a pledge of fidelity. It means you are wishing to follow Jesus in a more exacting way and are dedicated to His worship and to obedience to divine will in all things. The two prayers of consecration, to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, are said daily, and help the soul to remain close to Jesus and Mary.
Pray this prayer of consecration to the Holy Family for the sanctification of your family life, encouraging love, obedience, and trust in God.
The prayer of consecration to the Holy Name of Jesus is a tradition in the month of January which is devoted to honoring His Holy Name.
If you are battling both exterior and interior temptations, practice praying “Consecrating my Senses to the Holy Trinity” every morning.
The Totus Tuus prayer, or “Totally Yours”, is a prayer of consecration to the Immaculate Conception by Saint John Paul II.
Just before a major turning point in World War II, Pope Pius XII consecrated the whole human race to the Immaculate Heart of Mary with this prayer.
This prayer of Consecration to the Holy Spirit was written by the Venerable Félix de Jesús Rougier, a (Marist) priest of the Society of Mary who was born in France in 1859.
In 1899, Pope Leo XIII wrote an Encyclical encouraging the whole world to pray a consecration prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is meant to unite humankind to God through Mary’s heart.
Pray the Act of Consecration to the Precious Blood of Jesus and set yourself aside as consecrated to Jesus.
