O Eternal and incarnate Wisdom! O sweetest and most
adorable Jesus! True God and true man, only Son of the Eternal Father, and of
Mary, always virgin! I adore Thee profoundly in the bosom and splendors of Thy
Father during eternity; and I adore Thee also in the virginal bosom of Mary,
Thy most worthy Mother, in the time of Thine incarnation.
I give Thee thanks for that Thou hast annihilated
Thyself, taking the form of a slave in order to rescue me from the cruel
slavery of the devil. I praise and glorify Thee for that Thou hast been pleased
to submit Thyself to Mary, Thy holy Mother, in all things, in order to make me
Thy faithful slave through her. But, alas! Ungrateful and faithless as I have
been, I have not kept the promises which I made so solemnly to Thee in my
Baptism; I have not fulfilled my obligations; I do not deserve to be called Thy
child, nor yet Thy slave; and as there is nothing in me which does not merit
Thine anger and Thy repulse, I dare not come by myself before Thy most holy and
august Majesty. It is on this account that I have recourse to the intercession
of Thy most holy Mother, whom Thou hast given me for a mediatrix with Thee. It
is through her that I hope to obtain of Thee contrition, the pardon of my sins,
and the acquisition and preservation of wisdom.
Hail, then, O immaculate Mary, living tabernacle of
the Divinity, where the Eternal Wisdom willed to be hidden and to be adored by
angels and by men! Hail, O Queen of Heaven and earth, to whose empire
everything is subject which is under God. Hail, O sure refuge of sinners, whose
mercy fails no one. Hear the desires which I have of the Divine Wisdom; and for
that end receive the vows and offerings which in my lowliness I present to
thee.
I, N_____, a faithless sinner, renew and ratify
today in thy hands the vows of my Baptism; I renounce forever Satan, his pomps
and works; and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to
carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to
Him than I have ever been before. In the presence of all the heavenly court I
choose thee this day for my Mother and Mistress. I deliver and consecrate to
thee, as thy slave, my body and soul, my goods, both interior and exterior, and
even the value of all my good actions, past, present and future; leaving to
thee the entire and full right of disposing of me, and all that belongs to me,
without exception, according to thy good pleasure, for the greater glory of God
in time and in eternity.
Receive, O benignant Virgin, this little offering
of my slavery, in honor of, and in union with, that subjection which the Eternal
Wisdom deigned to have to thy maternity; in homage to the power which both of
you have over this poor sinner, and in thanksgiving for the privileges with
which the Holy Trinity has favored thee. I declare that I wish henceforth, as
thy true slave, to seek thy honor and to obey thee in all things.
O admirable Mother, present me to thy dear Son as
His eternal slave, so that as He has redeemed me by thee, by thee He may
receive me! O Mother of mercy, grant me the grace to obtain the true Wisdom of
God; and for that end receive me among those whom thou lovest and teachest,
whom thou leadest, nourishest and protectest as thy children and thy slaves.
O faithful Virgin, make me in all things so perfect
a disciple, imitator and slave of the Incarnate Wisdom, Jesus Christ thy Son,
that I may attain, by thine intercession and by thine example, to the fullness
of His age on earth and of His glory in Heaven. Amen.
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