Consecration to the Immaculata - Enrolment Day
Ceremony of enrolment in the Militia Immaculatae
1. Hymn, "Veni Creator" or "Come, Holy Ghost".
2. "Ave Maris Stella" ("Hail, Bright Star of Ocean") or some other Marian hymn.
3. Allocution by the priest.
4. Renewal of baptismal vows (optional):
Priest: On the day of our Baptism we renounced Satan, his works and the world. We promised to serve God faithfully in His holy Catholic Church. Let us renew these sacred baptismal vows. And so I ask you:
Do you renounce Satan?
R: We do.
Priest: And all his works?
R: We do.
Priest: And all his pomps?
R: We do.
Priest: Do you believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth?
R: We do.
Priest: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, His only-begotten Son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, suffered, died and was buried?
R: We do.
Priest: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting?
R: We do.
Priest: Let us therefore pray to God the Father in the words that Our Lord Jesus Christ taught us: Our Father....
5. Blessing and investing in the Miraculous Medal (from the Rituale Romanum):
V. Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini. (Our help is in the name of the Lord.)
R. Qui fecit coelum et terram.(The maker of heaven and earth.)
V. Dominus vobiscum. (The Lord be with you.)
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.(And with your spirit.)
V. Oremus. Omnipotens et misericors Deus, qui per multiplices immaculatae Mariae Virginis apparitiones in terris mirabilia jugiter pro animarum salute operari dignatus es: super hoc numismatis signum, tuam bene + dictionem benignus infunde; ut pie hoc recolentes ac devote gestantes et illius patrocinium sentiant et tuam misericordiam consequantur. Per Christum Dominum nostrum.
R. Amen.
{We pray. Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed Your mother, the Virgin Mary from the beginning unblemished, many miracles well known, grant, that we ever seek her patronage, we may obtain the joys of eternal. Who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. R Amen.}
The priest sprinkles the Medals with holy water and places them individually upon each person requesting enrollment, praying as follows:
V. Accipe sanctum Numisma, gesta fideliter, et digna veneratione prosequere: ut piissima et immaculata caelorum Domina te protegat atque defendat: et pietatis suae prodigia renovans, quae a Deo suppliciter postulaveris, tibi misericorditer impetret, ut vivens et moriens in materno ejus amplexu feliciter requiescas.
R. Amen.
{Receive the holy medal, success, faithfully, and with all due respect prosecute them: that the most holy and immaculate, the heavens, that thou shalt be to protect and to defend, and to renew her wondrous, which comes from God and humbly postulaveris, unto thee, mercifully, is to obtain, as a living one, and when dying in her motherly embrace happily rest. R. Amen.}
After all are invested the Priest prays:
V. Kyrie, eleison. (Lord, have mercy.)
R. Christe. eleison. Kyrie, eleison.(Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.)
V. Pater noster… (Our Father…) (continues silently until the words…)
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem. (And lead us not into temptation.)
R. Sed libera nos a malo.(But deliver us from evil.)
V. Regina sine labe originale concepta. (Queen conceived without original sin.)
R. Ora pro nobis.(Pray for us.)
V. Domine, exaudi orationem meam. (Lord, hear our prayer.)
R. Et clamor meus ad te veniat.(And let my cry come unto You.)
V. Dominus vobiscum. (The Lord be with you.)
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.(And with your spirit.)
V. Oremus. Domine Jesu Christe, qui beatissimam Virginem Mariam matrem tuam ab origine immacu-latam innumeris miraculis clarescere voluisti, concede: ut ejusdem patrocinium semper implorantes, gaudia consequamur aeterna: Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum.
R. Amen.
{We pray. Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed Your mother, the Virgin Mary from the beginning unblemished, many miracles well known, grant, that we ever seek her patronage, we may obtain the joys of eternal. Who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. R Amen.}
6. MI Act of Consecration to the Immaculata:
O Immaculata, Queen of heaven and earth, refuge of sinners and our Mother who loves us so much and to whom God has entrusted the entire kingdom of mercy!
I, N.N., an unworthy sinner, cast myself down at your feet and implore you with all my heart: deign to accept me utterly and entirely and your possession and your property. Do what you will with me, with all the faculties of my soul and my body, with my whole life, with my death and my eternity.
Dispose of me as it pleases you, so as to fulfill what is said of you: "She will crush the head of the serpent," and also: "Thou alone hast vanquished all heresies throughout the world."
Make me an instrument in your immaculate and merciful hands to serve you, so as to increase as much as possible your honor in so many tepid souls that have fallen away from the faith and thus to extend the kingdom of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. For upon whatever place you enter, you implore the grace of conversion and sanctification, for all graces come to us from the Sacred Heart of Jesus only through your hands.
Grant to me to praise thee, O most Blessed Virgin, Give me strength against thine enemies.
7. Ejaculation of the MI.
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee, and for all who do not have recourse to thee, especially for the Freemasons and for those who are commended to thy care.
8. Blessing of the priest.
9. Song of the MI or another Marian hymn.
10. Signing of the certificate of enrollment in the MI St. Maximilian Kolbe's praise of Mary
Grant to me that I may praise you, most Blessed Virgin.
Grant that I may praise you with all my strength.
Grant that I may live and work and suffer for you and for you alone, that I may be consumed and die for you.
Grant that I may contribute to your greater and more extensive glorification.
Grant that I may pay you such homage as no one has yet paid you.
Grant that others may surpass me in their zeal for your glorification and that I may then, as though in a noble competition, propagate devotion to you ever more deeply and swiftly and magnificently, as desired by Him Who exalted you so ineffably above all other creatures. Amen.
1. Hymn, "Veni Creator" or "Come, Holy Ghost".
2. "Ave Maris Stella" ("Hail, Bright Star of Ocean") or some other Marian hymn.
3. Allocution by the priest.
4. Renewal of baptismal vows (optional):
Priest: On the day of our Baptism we renounced Satan, his works and the world. We promised to serve God faithfully in His holy Catholic Church. Let us renew these sacred baptismal vows. And so I ask you:
Do you renounce Satan?
R: We do.
Priest: And all his works?
R: We do.
Priest: And all his pomps?
R: We do.
Priest: Do you believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth?
R: We do.
Priest: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, His only-begotten Son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, suffered, died and was buried?
R: We do.
Priest: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting?
R: We do.
Priest: Let us therefore pray to God the Father in the words that Our Lord Jesus Christ taught us: Our Father....
5. Blessing and investing in the Miraculous Medal (from the Rituale Romanum):
V. Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini. (Our help is in the name of the Lord.)
R. Qui fecit coelum et terram.(The maker of heaven and earth.)
V. Dominus vobiscum. (The Lord be with you.)
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.(And with your spirit.)
V. Oremus. Omnipotens et misericors Deus, qui per multiplices immaculatae Mariae Virginis apparitiones in terris mirabilia jugiter pro animarum salute operari dignatus es: super hoc numismatis signum, tuam bene + dictionem benignus infunde; ut pie hoc recolentes ac devote gestantes et illius patrocinium sentiant et tuam misericordiam consequantur. Per Christum Dominum nostrum.
R. Amen.
{We pray. Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed Your mother, the Virgin Mary from the beginning unblemished, many miracles well known, grant, that we ever seek her patronage, we may obtain the joys of eternal. Who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. R Amen.}
The priest sprinkles the Medals with holy water and places them individually upon each person requesting enrollment, praying as follows:
V. Accipe sanctum Numisma, gesta fideliter, et digna veneratione prosequere: ut piissima et immaculata caelorum Domina te protegat atque defendat: et pietatis suae prodigia renovans, quae a Deo suppliciter postulaveris, tibi misericorditer impetret, ut vivens et moriens in materno ejus amplexu feliciter requiescas.
R. Amen.
{Receive the holy medal, success, faithfully, and with all due respect prosecute them: that the most holy and immaculate, the heavens, that thou shalt be to protect and to defend, and to renew her wondrous, which comes from God and humbly postulaveris, unto thee, mercifully, is to obtain, as a living one, and when dying in her motherly embrace happily rest. R. Amen.}
After all are invested the Priest prays:
V. Kyrie, eleison. (Lord, have mercy.)
R. Christe. eleison. Kyrie, eleison.(Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.)
V. Pater noster… (Our Father…) (continues silently until the words…)
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem. (And lead us not into temptation.)
R. Sed libera nos a malo.(But deliver us from evil.)
V. Regina sine labe originale concepta. (Queen conceived without original sin.)
R. Ora pro nobis.(Pray for us.)
V. Domine, exaudi orationem meam. (Lord, hear our prayer.)
R. Et clamor meus ad te veniat.(And let my cry come unto You.)
V. Dominus vobiscum. (The Lord be with you.)
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.(And with your spirit.)
V. Oremus. Domine Jesu Christe, qui beatissimam Virginem Mariam matrem tuam ab origine immacu-latam innumeris miraculis clarescere voluisti, concede: ut ejusdem patrocinium semper implorantes, gaudia consequamur aeterna: Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum.
R. Amen.
{We pray. Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed Your mother, the Virgin Mary from the beginning unblemished, many miracles well known, grant, that we ever seek her patronage, we may obtain the joys of eternal. Who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. R Amen.}
6. MI Act of Consecration to the Immaculata:
O Immaculata, Queen of heaven and earth, refuge of sinners and our Mother who loves us so much and to whom God has entrusted the entire kingdom of mercy!
I, N.N., an unworthy sinner, cast myself down at your feet and implore you with all my heart: deign to accept me utterly and entirely and your possession and your property. Do what you will with me, with all the faculties of my soul and my body, with my whole life, with my death and my eternity.
Dispose of me as it pleases you, so as to fulfill what is said of you: "She will crush the head of the serpent," and also: "Thou alone hast vanquished all heresies throughout the world."
Make me an instrument in your immaculate and merciful hands to serve you, so as to increase as much as possible your honor in so many tepid souls that have fallen away from the faith and thus to extend the kingdom of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. For upon whatever place you enter, you implore the grace of conversion and sanctification, for all graces come to us from the Sacred Heart of Jesus only through your hands.
Grant to me to praise thee, O most Blessed Virgin, Give me strength against thine enemies.
7. Ejaculation of the MI.
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee, and for all who do not have recourse to thee, especially for the Freemasons and for those who are commended to thy care.
8. Blessing of the priest.
9. Song of the MI or another Marian hymn.
10. Signing of the certificate of enrollment in the MI St. Maximilian Kolbe's praise of Mary
Grant to me that I may praise you, most Blessed Virgin.
Grant that I may praise you with all my strength.
Grant that I may live and work and suffer for you and for you alone, that I may be consumed and die for you.
Grant that I may contribute to your greater and more extensive glorification.
Grant that I may pay you such homage as no one has yet paid you.
Grant that others may surpass me in their zeal for your glorification and that I may then, as though in a noble competition, propagate devotion to you ever more deeply and swiftly and magnificently, as desired by Him Who exalted you so ineffably above all other creatures. Amen.