RENEWAL OF THE CONSECRATION OF THE FAMILY TO THE SACRED HEART
To be said at night prayers in union with all families in which the Sacred Heart has been enthroned:
Most Sweet Jesus, humbly kneeling at Your feet, we renew the consecration of our family to Your Divine Heart. Be our King forever! In You we have full and entire confidence. May Your spirit penetrate our thoughts, our desires, our words, and our works. Bless our undertakings, share in our joys, in our trials and our labors. Grant us to know You better, to love You more, to serve You without faltering.
By the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Peace, set up Your kingdom in our country. Enter closely into the midst of our families and make them Yours through the solemn enthronement of Your Sacred Heart, so that soon one cry may resound from home to home: "May the triumphant Heart of Jesus be everywhere loved, blessed, and glorified forever!" Honor and glory to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary! Sacred Heart of Jesus, protect our families. Amen.
Special Occasions on Which the Family Should Renew the Act of Consecration.
1. Feast of the Sacred Heart; Christ the King.
2. Anniversary of the Enthronement.
3. Anniversary of parents and children.
4. At births; after Baptism in the Church consecrate the children to the Sacred Heart before the "throne."
5. At First Communion; prepare the children before the image of the Sacred Heart in the home. When they return from church, let them renew the act of consecration made for them by parents at birth.
6. Before the departure from home of a member: to join army, convent, seminary, before marriage.
7. On the return of an absent member of the family.
8. On days of great family joys; in times of sorrow, sickness, and death.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy on us!
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pray for us!
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy kingdom come!
