Pope Francis ~ Prayer of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Holy Father, Consecrates the World to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on 13 October, 2013. This day also marks the 96th anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to shepherd children Jacinta Marto, her younger brother Francisco and Lúcia dos Santos at Fatima. 

More than 100 thousand people came to St Peter’s Square on Sunday to witness Pope Francis entrust the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. 

Here is the translation of the prayer of consecration recited by Pope Francis in consecrating the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Holy Mary Virgin of Fatima,

with renewed gratitude for your maternal presence

we join our voice to that of all the generations

who call you blessed.

We celebrate in you the works of God,

who never tires of looking down with mercy

upon humanity, afflicted with the wound of sin,

to heal it and save it.

Accept with the benevolence of a Mother

the act of consecration 

that we perform today with confidence,

before this image of you that is so dear to us.

We are certain that each of us is precious in your eyes

and that nothing of all that lives in our hearts 

is unknown to you.

We let ourselves be touched by your most sweet regard

and we welcome the consoling caress of your smile.

Hold our life in your arms:

bless and strengthen every desire for good;

revive and nourish faith;

sustain and enlighten hope;

awaken and animate charity;

guide all of us along the path of holiness.

Teach us your own preferential love

for the little and the poor,

for the excluded and the suffering,

for sinners and the downhearted:

bring everyone under your protection

and entrust everyone to your beloved Son, 

Our Lord Jesus.

Amen.