Prayer of consecration of the young to the Virgin Mary, made by John Paul II
“Behold your mother!” (Jo 19.27)
O Virgin Mary, Jesus on the cross
wanted to entrust us to you,
not to lessen,
but to confirm
His unique role as Savior of the world.
If, in the disciple John,
all the children of the Church were you entrusted to you
The happier I am to see entrusted to You, o Mary,
the youth of the world.
To you, gentle Mother,
whose protection I ever experienced,
I deliver them to you, again.
All under your mantle seek refuge and protection.
You, mother of divine grace,
make them shine with the beauty of Christ!
The young of this century,
at the dawn of the new millennium,
still live the trials that are derived from sin,
hatred, violence,
of terrorism and war.
But it is also the young to which
the Church looks with confidence,
in the awareness that,
with the help of the grace of God,
they may be able to believe and live
as witnesses of the Gospel today in history.
O Mary, help them to respond to their vocation.
Guide them to the knowledge of true love
and bless their affections.
Help them in time of suffering.
Makes them intrepid announcers of
the greeting of Christ
on Easter Day: “peace be with you!”
With them, I also entrust myself
Once again to you
and, with affection, I repeat:
Totus tuus ego sum!
I’m all yours!
And also each one cries to you with me
Totus tuus!
Totus tuus!
Amen.
Author: John Paul II