Consecration

TO THE IMMACULATA
With an introduction and 13-day preparation
according to St. Maximilian Kolbe

Fr. Karl Stehlin

 Fr. Karl Stehlin

Consecration
TO THE IMMACULATA
With an introduction and 13-day preparation
according to St. Maximilian Kolbe

Kolbe Publications
2016
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 Index

1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
A) Love of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
B) Love of neighbour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2. Practical instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3. Daily preparatory prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

A) Litany to the Immaculate Heart of Mary . . . . . . 17
B) Marian praises of St. Maximilian Kolbe . . . . . . . 19
C) Prayer for generosity
of St. Ignatius of Loyola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
D) Ejaculations of the Militia Immaculatae . . . . . . 20

4. Meditation and reading for every day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Day 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Day 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Day 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Day 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Day 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Day 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Day 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
 Day 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Day 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Day 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Day 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Day 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Day 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

5. Ceremony of Reception into the M.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Veni Creator Spiritus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Ave Maris Stella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Allocution by the Priest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Renewal of Baptismal Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Blessing and Imposition
of the Miraculous Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Act of Consecration to the Immaculata . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Ejaculations of the M.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
 1. INTRODUCTION
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all
thy soul, with all thy strength, and thy neighbour as thyself!”
This is the great commandment of God.

A) Love of God — Baptismal Promises —

St. Louis de Montfort
When we think only briefly about the state of our love
for God, we have to be ashamed to admit that it is almost
non-existent within us. The one who loves, thinks of the
beloved. How often do we think of God? The one who lo-
ves, longs for the beloved, and would like to be with him
always. How often are we completely indifferent to Our
Lord and does He really exist within our consciousness?
The one who loves, always strives to bring the beloved joy,
shies away from inflicting sorrow or pain. How often do
we hurt Our Lord and deny Him through our sins, our
omissions?
Our Lord sends us poor, miserable, unworthy sinners
His Mother most holy so that She can be our Mother and
the Queen of our hearts. He wants us to give our-selves to
Her completely (true devotion) in order to transform our
entire personal life: to do everything with Her, to always

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look up to Her and imitate Her like a child. To do every-
thing through Her, to always look up to Her like  a slave
obedient to the Queen.
The Mother of God herself has sent us her servant who
shall teach us this true and complete devotion, Saint Louis
Marie Grignion de Montfort.
The aim of the consecration to Mary as a slave consists
in the transformation of our personal life (prayer life, recep-
tion of the sacraments, practice of the virtues, spirit of sacri-
fice) so that we may love God more and more and thus ulti-
mately fulfil our holiest promises, the baptismal promises.
St. Louis de Montfort teaches us to put ourselves under
the mantle of the Mother of God in every situation, always
and everywhere, and let her lead us poor, miserable sin-
ners by the hand. Only then will we be able to climb the
summit of perfection and reach the gates of Heaven at the
end of our days.

B) Love of neighbour — Confirmation —

Maximilian Kolbe
But after the main commandment of love of God
Christ demands that we “love one another as I have loved
you”, and He calls this His new commandment. How has
Christ loved us? He has laid down His life in order to save
us from eternal misery and to lead us to eternal bliss.

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 And here we should ask ourselves: have we ever loved
our neighbour as He has loved? How often do we consi-
der the salvation of those around us? We do not care much
about most of them, the rest just annoys us. And if we wish
somebody well, then it usually stops at “health, prosperity
and success”.
Again Our Lord sends us help to enable us to practice
still better the great commandment of love of neighbour:
it is His loving Mother, the Queen who following Christ’s
example loves all of mankind so much , each and everyone
more than the best mother in the world could love her be-
loved child. For this purpose Christ has given Her all the
graces necessary to convert these souls and save them. But
God now wants us to participate in this work of salvation
of souls. Therefore we have received yet another sacrament,
that of Holy Confirmation which confers the Holy Ghost
on us not only for our own sanctification, but also to beco-
me soldiers of Christ and to collaborate in the building of
the mystical body of Christ.
So as not to waste the great graces of holy
Confirmation and to finally enrol in the King’s army —
to answer his call, Our Lord sends us the Immaculata
in order for us to become her knights, to join her small
army and to help her save the souls of her children — as
many as possible.

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 And here the Immaculata has also sent us another
servant who will teach us to become instruments for the
salvation of souls and to rekindle again and again the
graces of holy Confirmation: Saint Maximilian Kolbe fo-
unded the Militia Immaculatae in order to lay the whole
world at HER feet so that SHE could crush the devil’s head
everywhere and overcome errors around the world.
See how the Queen of Heaven and earth becomes
a  beggar woman, approaches me and humbly begs: My
child, I need you! Do you want to help me save my child-
ren, immortal souls? “So many are lost forever, because the-
re is no one to pray for them and make sacrifices.” (Fatima,
19/08/1917)
In St. Maximilian Kolbe’s words:
"Isn't it beautiful, this ideal of life? The battle to conqu-
er the whole world, the hearts of all men and of each one
in particular beginning with oneself... Our strength consists
in recognizing our own stupidity, weakness and misery, and
entrusting ourselves entirely to the goodness and power of
the Immaculata." (Letter of 11/12/1930). “Under the milita-
ry banner of the Immaculata we march into battle and will
hoist our flags in the strong-holds of the lord of this world.
Then the Immaculata will be Queen of the whole world and
of each individual in particular…” (Letter of 30/06/1931)

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 2. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS
In order to consecrate oneself to the Immaculata con-
sciously and with devotion as  a mere instrument in her
hands, a thorough preparation is absolutely necessary. The
greater my awareness of the depth and essence of such a de-
votion, the greater my willingness to prepare myself thor-
oughly for it. Thus it is my understanding that has to deepen
and mature first of all: this is brought about by spiritual
reading. Next these spiritual necessities have to penetrate
my being and unite me to God through Mary: this occurs
through meditation and prayer. Finally, I must translate my
insights into everyday life: this occurs through the practice
of the virtues, especially through obedience to the will of
God and the Immaculata. In other words, we should always
strive to become more like HER in our thoughts, desires,
words and deeds. But what does She desire most of all? That
her beloved children, for whom she has suffered beyond
words at the foot of the cross, will not be lost, but go to heav-
en. And that we cooperate with her.
This pamphlet aims to be the answer to many requests
for some practical instructions to enable the faithful to pre-
pare themselves for true devotion. The preparation is spread
over 13 days as an ‘extended novena’. In this way we would
like to honour Our Lady of Fatima because of her predilec-
tion for this number.

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 A few important preliminary remarks:
1. The following instructions are mere suggestions, and
should anyone be unable to follow them daily because of
lack of time or any other serious reason, let him/her nev-
ertheless be urged to become  a knight of the Immaculata.
St. Maximilian has precisely spoken out AGAINST lay-
ing down complicated and onerous rules for the reception
into the Militia Immaculatae; on the contrary, he would
like to make it as easy as possible. Anyone who gives the
Immaculata their little finger is drawn to her by herself so
that the smallest act of love can be transformed into the
greatest act of devotion. (see also point 5)

2. The text contained in this pamphlet can be referred

to at any time, before or after reception, at the time of re-
newal of the total consecration or on any other occasion.
Similarly the act of consecration can of course be renewed
without this preparation. St. Maximilian wishes for the
faithful to do this on the occasion of the greater Marian
feasts. Nevertheless it is certainly very beneficial to solemnly
renew the consecration once a year and to prepare for it dur-
ing a timespan of 13 days.

3. The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is probably

the most appropriate day for the consecration or the solemn

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 renewal thereof. St. Maximilian sees in this mystery the
revelation of Mary’s whole being, therefore he calls Her ‘the
Immaculata’ for short. Not only is She herself sinless and
‘conceived without original sin’, but it is furthermore God’s
will that She should become the source of our conversion,
purification and sanctification in and through her Son.

4. When looking at the history of the MI, it becomes

clear that the knighthood has grown most in those places
where spiritual directors have prepared the faithful in parish
settings. Preparation within  a community under the guid-
ance of a priest is without doubt a work dear beyond words
to the Immaculata and one that she will bless abundantly.
Let the faithful simply join their spiritual director in follow-
ing the steps outlined in this pamphlet.

5. You are a real knight of the Immaculata only if you

endeavour to make those around you interested in and pas-
sionate about HER and draw them to HER.
Can you recommend the knighthood of the
Immaculata to someone who has perhaps only just found
the faith, even if this person him/herself is not yet capa-
ble of living  a regular spiritual life? ABSOLUTELY! SEE
POINT 1! In this case you should make it as easy as possible
for such a person to make the consecration and not to in-

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timidate him/her by imposing difficult rules.
When giving him/her this booklet, be sure to let him/
her know that it is meant only as a small aid and not as a
condition for reception.

6. What should be done on a practical level?

◆ Put aside 15-20 minutes every day for the
Immaculata in which you offer the daily prayers and
make that given day’s meditation. If you have enough
time, also do the spiritual reading.

◆ Always endeavour to make small sacrifices in

honour of the Immaculate heart of Mary in order to
console Her and to bring a soul close to Her.

◆ Try to repeatedly offer short prayers for the sal-

vation of souls, especially for those you happen to see
around you or think of (see ejaculations 3d).

◆ Take every opportunity to hand out miraculous

medals, flyers etc. Before doing so, offer up a short prayer
to the Immaculata so that she may open the recipient’s
heart, and again afterwards. When you are rejected, you
have all the more reason to offer a short prayer for the
conversion of that person.

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 ◆ When you are asked questions, beg the
Immaculata to speak through you. As a rule it is bet-
ter to SAY LITTLE, maybe offer a few short explana-
tions as well as hints as to where those showing an
interest could possibly obtain further information
(please refer to the homepage on the flyers!).

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 3. DAILY PREPARATORY PRAYERS

A)Litany to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

We pray this litany daily because the Immaculate
Heart of Mary is the visible expression of her mission to be
the Mediatrix of all Graces for the conversion and sanctifi-
cation of all souls until the end of time. It is no mere coin-
cidence that the MI was founded in the same year in which
the Mother of God showed the world her Immaculate
Heart in Fatima as our LAST HOPE in these latter times.

B) Marian praise by St. Maximilian Kolbe

This prayer is a wonderful expression of love by a kni-
ght for his Lady. It is  a request for the will of God to be
done — God who wishes that at the end of time the ma-
sterpiece of his omnipotence, the Immaculata, be given
due recognition and praise. There is surely nothing more
pleasing to God than the will to be a faithful child and di-
ligent knight of Mary.

C) Prayer for generosity by St. Ignatius of Loyola

This prayer sums up the Ignatian Exercises and the
motto of this ‘Soldier of Mary’ to do all for the greater glory
of God. It is a humble plea to reach the eternal goal and to
achieve Christian perfection — through the Immaculata!

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 D) Ejaculations
As they are so short, they can be said many times a day.
They are flames that ascend to Heaven from our hearts, cau-
se God’s heart to open and his rivers of grace to flow into
our dark world and our souls.

A) Litany of the Immaculate Heart (for private use only)

Lord have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy on us.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary,
favorite Daughter of God the Father, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Mother of God the Son, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Spouse of the Holy Spirit, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, redeemed
in a sublime manner by the merits of thy Son, pray for us.

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Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Mother and Model of the Church, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary,
excellent exemplar in faith and charity, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, who conceived the Word of
God in Thy heart before thy did in thy womb, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, who gave precious Blood to
the Son of God in His human nature, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary,
conceived free of Original Sin, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, who embraced God's saving
will with a full heart, impeded by no sin, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, whose sweet soul
 a sword pierced beneath the Cross, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, given to us as Mother by Jesus
as He hung dying on the Cross, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, who accepted us as sons as
thou stood beneath the Cross, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, all pure and holy, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, exalted by Divine grace above
all Angels and men, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mediatrix of grace, pray for us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,

spare us, O Lord.

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Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray: O Immaculate Heart of Mary, bearing with

love for all thy children upon earth, pray for us who have
recourse to thee. Show to Our Heavenly Father the Wound
in the Heart of Thy Son and at the same time offer aga-
in the sword that pierced thy Sorrowful and Immaculate
Heart as thou suffered by compassion with Thy Divine Son
for the redemption of the world. By thy intercession, thro-
ugh the merits of Jesus Christ, bring us to salvation. Amen.

B) Marian praises by St. Maximilian Kolbe

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.

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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.

C) Prayer for generosity by St. Ignatius of Loyola

Eternal Word, only begotten Son of God,
Teach me true generosity.
Teach me to serve you as you deserve.
To give without counting the cost,
To fight heedless of wounds,
To labor without seeking rest,
To sacrifice myself without thought of any reward
Save the knowledge that I have done your will. Amen.

D) Ejaculations of the M.I.

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have reco-
urse to thee, and for all who do not have recourse to thee,
especially for the Freemasons and for those who are com-
mended to thy care.

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Jesus, Mary, I love You. Save souls!
Immaculate Heart of Mary — be my salvation!
Saint Maximilian Kolbe — pray for us!

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 4. DAILY MEDITATION
AND SPIRITUAL READING

Meditation: Every day we examine one aspect of the con-

secration prayer. The text in italics is an excerpt from
St.  Maximilian’s original commentary on the consecration
text.

Day One
O Immaculata
We address her with this title, because she herself in Lourdes
chose to state her name thus: “Immaculate Conception.” God
and each of the three divine Persons are immaculate, yet God
is not conceived. The angels are immaculate, but even in them
there is not conception. Our first parents were immaculate be-
fore their sin, yet even they were not conceived. Jesus was im-
maculate and conceived, but He was not a conception, because,
being God, He existed before time, and the words that revealed
to Moses the name of God referred to Him: “I am Who am”
[Ex 3:14], that is, the One who always exists and has no begin-
ning. All other people are a conception; yet, a conception sta-
ined by sin. Only she is not merely conceived, but Conception,
and, what is more, Immaculate Conception. That name con-
tains many other mysteries that will be revealed in time. For

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it marks the fact that Immaculate Conception belongs in some
way to the very essence of the Immaculate. That name must be
dear to her, for it indicates the first grace she received in the
first instant of her existence, and the first gift is always the most
welcome. This name, then, was fulfilled throughout her life, be-
cause she was always without sin. So she was also full of grace
and God was with her (cf. Lk 1:28) always and with her to the
point that she became the Mother of the Son of God.

Explanation:
From the beginning St. Maximilian wanted to direct
us to the unique mystery of the Immaculate Conception by
comparing Mary to all others: with God Himself, with Christ,
with human beings. Conception is a concept that is difficult
to define as it encompasses so much. It is the beginning of
the existence of a being, but this beginning is the reception of
its existence from God. My conception is the moment when
God the Creator gives me everything, what  I am and have,
and I receive it. I receive my soul directly from God, howe-
ver I receive my body via the mediation of my parents.
Thus it is obvious that all human beings ‘are conceived’.
But ‘because the sin of Adam is passed down to all men’, the
moment of my conception is not pure, immaculate, but sta-
ined with original sin. God on the other hand, forever holy
and ‘immaculatus’, cannot be conceived, as he always was

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and possesses everything within Himself. He never had a be-
ginning and has never ‘received’ anything from anyone.
Mary stands as it were between God and men: she was
conceived like all human beings and her conception was
the beginning of the existence. But she shares her sinles-
sness, her virginity, her immaculateness with God.
This is the first grace that characterises her innermost
being. When she appears in Fatima, she answers Lucia’s
question about where she came from: “I am from Heaven”.
She does not say “I come from Heaven”, but “I am from
Heaven”, as if she wanted to say: it is my essence to be from
Heaven,  I am more heavenly than earthly. Immaculata
Conceptio — the masterpiece of all creation, infinitely clo-
ser to God than all angels and saints put together. “This
name conceals many mysteries”, indeed!

Spiritual reading:
from Fr. Stehlin’s book: “The Immaculata, our Ideal”)
Chapter: The Mystery of the Immaculata, pp. 113–123

Note: If you find the proposed texts somewhat too long,

feel free to read as much as possible within your constraints
and do not be put off from praying this novena well. If the
book is not available, you can receive an online version via
email (write to director@militia-immaculatae.info).

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 Day two
Queen of Heaven and earth
In a family, the parents who love their children strive, to the
best of their ability, to fulfil the wishes of their children, as long as
such desires are not to their detriment. All the more so God, the
Creator and Prototype of earthly parents, wants to fulfil the will
of His creatures, as long as that does not cause them harm; that
is, provided that this will is in accordance with His Will.
Never and in anything did the Immaculate move away
from God’s will. In everything she loved God’s Will, she lo-
ved God, so she is aptly named “Suppliant Omnipotence”; she
exerts her influence on God Himself, on the whole universe:
she is the Queen of Heaven and earth. In Heaven, all reco-
gnize the sovereignty of her love. Instead, that part of the first
angels who would not recognize her queenship, lost their pla-
ce in Heaven.
She is also the Queen of the earth, for the fact that she is the
Mother of God. Yet she desires — and is entitled to such desire
— to be recognized spontaneously by every heart, to be loved as
Queen of all hearts, so that such heart may be purified ever more
through her, become immaculate, like her Heart and ever more
worthy of union with God, with the love of God, with the Most
Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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Explanation:
Our act of devotion begins with  a profound gaze up-
-wards to her who stands invisibly before us in all her be-
auty, might and motherly love. St. Maximilian wants that
we peer deep into her inner-most being so as to realise
that a speck of dust stands before a huge mountain. SHE
has turned her eyes of mercy towards us in order to “draw
us out of darkness into her wonderful light” long before
we turn to her with child-like love. Once SHE becomes so
important for us that our own ego melts away and we do
not waste any more time on our own trifles, but live only
towards her, in her and for her, only then do we experience
true devotion.
The title of ‘Immaculata’ allows us to take a profound
look at her innermost being, who she really is in the eyes of
God, in her eternal being so to speak.
“Queen of heaven and earth” lets us recognise her
power over the whole of creation, her ineffable greatness,
before which the entire universe shrinks as before the
boundless ocean that SHE is. We can never overestima-
te Mary's greatness. If we gather together all glory, mi-
ght and magnitude that can be mustered in the order of
creation and apply these to Mary, then we must think:
you are so much greater! How often do we lack in trust
because we forget how ineffably great SHE is! God has

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laid everything at her feet, everything and everyone! It is
also important to consider Mary’s eternal beauty and her
royal dignity side by side because power on its own wo-
uld frighten us and beauty on its own can easily lead to
sentimentality. But beauty combined with royal might
fills the soul with wonder and awe; and vice versa: power
combined with attractive beauty robs the soul of fear and
trembling.

Spiritual reading:
Chapter: The Queenship of the Immaculata, p. 133

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 Day Three
Refuge of sinners
God is merciful, infinitely merciful, but He is also just,
infinitely just, so that He cannot tolerate even the smallest sin
and must demand its complete reparation. The Dispenser of
the most precious Blood of Jesus, which has infinite value and
that washes away such sins, is God’s mercy embodied in the
Immaculate. With good reason, therefore, we invoke her as
“Refuge of sinners,” of all sinners; even if their sins were most
serious and most numerous, even if those sinners had the im-
pression they no longer deserved any mercy. Indeed, any puri-
fication of the soul is for her a new confirmation of her title
of “Immaculate Conception,” and the more a soul is plunged
in sin, the more the power of her immaculateness, which ma-
kes a soul as pure as snow, is made manifest.
Explanation:
The title of ‘Refuge of Sinners’ shows plainly who Mary
is for us, but also who we are before God, that is to say
miserable, unworthy sinners. “If thou, O Lord, wilt mark
iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it?” (Psalm 129). Our hi-
story, the history of our souls, is a tragic drama of illusion
and lies. God loves us infinitely and at every moment He
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HIM. Worse even than all indifference and negligence are
the thousands of offences that pierce His head and heart
like so many thorns. This is our condition — it is impos-
sible to look on the Most Holy Face of God who is “light,
and in him there is no darkness”.
But now the mighty Queen before whom millions of
angels kneel in awe stands before us, and it is SHE who
turns to us and opens Her loving arms. Her smile draws
me,  a miserable worm, to her like  a magnet and  I know
that there is hope here: Spes nostra, salve! Hail, our hope!

Spiritual reading:
Chapter: The Campaign of the Knight of the
Immaculata: The Struggle for the Salvation of Souls, p. 53

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 Day Four
Our most loving Mother
The Immaculata is the Mother of all our supernatural
life, for she is the Mediatrix of all graces, indeed the Mother
of divine grace, so she is our Mother in the sphere of grace,
in the supernatural sphere. Also, she is a most loving Mother,
for there is no such loving, such affectionate, such God-filled
Mother as the Immaculata, who is all divine.

Explanation:
“So much” means above all, boundless, not compara-
ble with any created love however great. This small phrase
“so much” leads us right to the heart of her innermost be-
ing. Mary is the Mother of “beautiful love”, her entire be-
ing is mere devotion and loving mercy, but “so much” that
it infinitely exceeds our understanding.
When we penetrate only slightly deeper into Mary’s
heart, we notice straight away how little we know HER,
how little we appreciate HER love and how weak our fa-
ith in it is. St. Bernard understands this love when he
prays that “never was it known that anyone who fled
to Thy protection was left unaided”. SHE loves us that
much!

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 This title is perhaps the most beautiful and moving to
the heart: “the Mother who loves us so much, so ineffa-
bly, so boundlessly”. Everything about Mary speak of love.
Kneel before her image, her statue and contemplate Her:
her eyes are flames of love; her smiling countenance — an
expression of total devotion of a mother for her child, as
if nothing else existed for Her on earth. She extends her
hands most pure towards our dirty ones so as to draw us
upwards into her light. Her feet never tire of running after
her lost children everywhere so that she may knock on the-
ir doors and implore them to let HER save them.
All this is an expression of her greatest benevolence
towards us. Finally behold her immaculate heart that be-
ats for each and everyone with ineffable pangs and pains.
She shows compassion for every pain, every suffering soul,
every broken heart! And lastly contemplate HER, comple-
te and entire, as She appeared in Guadalupe, Rue de Bac,
La Salette, Lourdes, Fatima, etc. Thus contemplate her sta-
tue, her painting on your bedroom wall and repeat: “Love!
Love only! All love! Mother, you love me so much!”

Spiritual reading:
Chapter: Per Mariam ad Jesum: To Jesus through
Mary, p. 99

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 Day Five
God has willed to entrust the entire order of mercy to you
At times, in  a family, the father rejoices when the
mother, by her own intervention, holds his hand, which wo-
uld punish the child, because in that case justice is met and
mercy manifested. It is not without reason, in fact, that ju-
stice is suspended. In the same way God, not to punish us,
gives us a spiritual mother, to whose intercession He is never
opposed. That is why the saints have said that Jesus reserved
the order of justice to himself, entrusting the entire order of
mercy to the Immaculata.

Explanation:
We know the title “Mother of Mercy”. The Immaculata
is the mother of the Saviour whose entire work of salvation
is a never ending stream of mercy. However, St. Maximilian
takes it to  a higher level by referring to St. Bernard who
links the mystery of Mary particularly to divine mercy.
God is just because He is holy. The infinite holiness of God
demands that all darkness must give way to eternal light.
Sin cannot exist before God. Good must be rewarded, evil
must be punished. Justice demands that debt be paid to
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sparing His own Son, but in sacrificing Him for all of us
in order to fulfil the demands of justice. We have sinned
— Christ pays our debt. We commit the crime — Christ
takes our punishment upon Himself. Now Christ has
made a gift of this His most beautiful privilege, the profo-
undest expression of His love for us, to His Mother as the
most precious jewel in her crown. Thus Mary may be all
mercy. She leaves judgement and the demands of sanctity
and justice entirely up to her Son. She herself is all merci-
ful in everything, nurturing the miserable, grubby wretch
that we all are as a mother does.

Spiritual reading:
Chapter: Why did god intend such an unusual role for
Mary during the end times?, p.227

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 Day Six
I, an unworthy sinner
At that point, we recognize that we are not immaculate
as she is, but sinners. Especially since none of us could pos-
sibly claim to have lived up to the present day without com-
mitting a sin, but feels guilty of many infidelities. We also say
“unworthy” because, in truth, between an unsullied Being and
one disfigured by sin there is, in a certain way, an unfathoma-
ble difference. Therefore, in all truth we recognize ourselves
unworthy to turn to her, to appeal to her, to fall at her feet
and entreat her not to let us become similar to proud Lucifer.
For that reason, we also say:
I cast myself at your feet, humbly imploring you to take me
with all that I am and have, wholly to yourself as your posses-
sion and property.
With these words we pray, implore the Immaculate that
she deign to welcome us, and we give ourselves up to her com-
pletely and in all respects as her children, her slaves of love,
her servants, her instruments, in every respect, under any
name that any person at any time could possibly still devise.
And all that as a possession and property at her full disposal,
that she may make use of us and exploit us until we are fully
consumed.

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Explanation:
After profound contemplation of the Immaculata, her
privileges and her relationship with us, we are now in a po-
sition to perform the important act of the will which defi-
nes the essence of true devotion. I cannot devote myself to
someone I do not know and whose relations to me are not
clear. Hence the preceding meditations.
But now the onus is on me. I know how right and cru-
cial it is for my salvation that  I should freely admit who
SHE is according to God's plan from the beginning of
time: my mistress, my mother, my queen. But we often
hear that 'I am not yet capable of such devotion. I am com-
pletely unworthy, surely I cannot consecrate myself to so-
meone to whom I always cause grief and whom I offend so
often. May she therefore choose better soldiers to be in her
service than such a weakling and traitor as myself.
This is exactly the reason why St. Maximilian uses the
phrase 'I, N.N., an unworthy sinner!' The wonderful thing
about our Mother is precisely that SHE wishes to take
me into her service with the full knowledge of my infini-
te weakness and my constant failings. She longs so much
for the salvation of her children that she makes do with
any instrument. After all, she can paint the most beautiful
works of art with a broom and build palaces with a dust-
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Christ. So there are no more excuses: 'I, unworthy sinner!'
This also means that I should never forget that left to my
own devices I will only suffer failure and defeat, but being
united to the Immaculata's I makes a gale force 10 — a gale
that thoroughly shakes souls up in order to save them from
eternal hell fire.

Spiritual reading:
Chapter: Being a Knight, p. 61

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 Day Seven
Please make of me, of all my powers of soul and of my
body, of my whole life, death and eternity, whatever most
pleases you
With these words, we surrender to her our whole being,
all the faculties of the soul, namely the intellect, memory and
will, all the faculties of the body, all the senses, and each in-
dividually, our strengths, health or infirmity. We give to her
our entire life with all its features, be they pleasant, sad, or
indifferent. To her we offer our death, at any time, in any pla-
ce, and in any way it shall befall us. We even surrender to her
all of our eternity. Indeed, we have the firm hope that only
in Heaven shall we belong to her in an incomparably more
perfect fashion. Thus, we voice the wish and prayer that she
grant that we will become more and more perfectly hers in
every aspect.

Explanation:
Hence all our consecrations are always rather an expres-
sion of our longing, our striving towards a state which we
can never attain here on earth. All the more reason to fix
our gaze on eternity; not only because our exile will come
to an end then, because we will 'enter into the joy of the

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Lord', but also because at that point we will really, truly fo-
rever and ever belong to HER: fully owned by our Mother,
entirely childlike, our small hearts completely engulfed by
the flames of HER loving heart. Then we shall be allowed
to completely absorb HER love and mercy within ourselves
and love our beloved Saviour as SHE has loved HIM and
shall love HIM forever.

Spiritual reading:
Chapter: Dust Rags for the Immaculata, p. 68

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 Day Eight
If it pleases you, use all that  I am and have without re-
serve, wholly to accomplish what was said of you: “She
will crush your head” (Gen 3:15)
In statues and paintings of the Immaculate, we al-
ways see at her feet  a serpent that wraps the globe be-
tween its coils and whose head she, with her foot, is about
to crush.
He, Satan, stained with sin, strives to sully all the souls
on earth with it. He hates her, who has always been unsul-
lied. He lies in wait for her children at her heel, but in the
fight with her, she always crushes his head in every soul
that has recourse to her. We implore her to deign to use us,
if she wills, as an instrument to crush the proud head of
the serpent inside unhappy souls.
Continuing the verse already cited, the Scriptures add:
“And thou shalt lie in wait for her heel,” and in fact the spi-
rit of evil undermines in a special way those who are con-
secrated to the Immaculate, because he wants to offend her
at least through them. However, his attempts against souls
faithfully consecrated always end up in even more ignomi-
nious defeat. Therefore, his impotent rage becomes even
more violent.

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Explanation:
In order to belong to the Mother of God, you have to be
hers, her child, her servant, her slave. Thus the prayer of con-
secration repeats at the beginning the essence of every true
devotion to Mary. It is with these words that St. Maximilian
defined the knight of the Immaculata who — apart from his
personal devotion to Mary for his own sanctification — con-
secrates himself as a soldier, a knight: I am ready, my mistress.
All around me stand the armies of the devil, eve-
rywhere the evil one triumphs so as to lead innumerable
souls into damnation. Facing him stands YOU alone who
have received the grace to crush his head. And it is preci-
sely for this mortal combat, for this cruel, decisive battle
that I put myself at your disposal: do with me what thou
wilt. You are the serpent crusher, but you can only really
crush Satan's head if you have children who are under your
orders, whose hands, feet, spirit and heart you can use to
end his dominion on earth, to chase him from the throne
he has erected in so many souls.

Spiritual reading:
Chapter: The Militia Immaculatae and the Great
Secret of Fatima (part 1), pp. 236–243

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 Day Nine
“You alone have destroyed all heresies in the whole world”
(Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
The words “You alone have destroyed all heresies in
the whole world” are taken from the divine Office which
the Church requires priests to recite with regard to her. The
Church speaks of “heresies,” not “heretics,” because she,
Mary, loves them and on account of this love wants to free
them from the error of heresy. It also reads: “all,” without
exception. “You alone,” because she suffices. God, in fact,
belongs to her1, with all the treasures of grace, graces of co-
nversion, and of sanctification of souls. “In the whole world”:
no corner of the earth here is excluded. In this section of the
act of consecration, we implore her to make use of us to de-
stroy the whole body of the serpent, that is to say the most
diverse heresies that hold the world captive.1

1
That is to say that God has given Himself to Her with all his treasures of
grace, that He never refuses Her anything. Even though Mary is nothing of
herself, God has, in his infinite mercy, bestowed everything, that He ever
wished to give to mankind, first of all on Mary so that she may pass his
treasures on to us in her capacity of spiritual Mother and Mediatrix of all
Graces.

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Explanation:
The devil becomes incarnate so to speak, he appears
under different forms and guises. The Church herself often
prays this line (8th antiphon of Matins on Marian feasts)
and relates it to all movements that have fallen away from
the true faith and try to lead souls astray from the true
path. St. Maximilian puts a strong emphasis on the extent
of Mary's role in overcoming heresies.
Perhaps we could elaborate a little more on the Greek ori-
gins of this word: 'haeresis' means 'cutting away' and 'separation'.
Whatever separates mankind from God, whatever separates
it from the tree of life, the Immaculata has already overcome
and destroyed it. There is nothing worse to cut men of goodwill
off from God's grace and separate them from the source of life
than today's modernism, 'the melting pot of all heresies'.
Are we not often saddened and disheartened when
we witness the continuing downward trend, the still
more cruel separation from Christ's truth, way and life?
All the more reason to adopt this phrase as a short pray-
er: You alone! Yes, the Immaculata is our last resort, the su-
rest victory: “My immaculate heart will triumph in the end!”

Spiritual reading:
Chapter: The Militia Immaculatae and the great secret
of Fatima (Part 2), pp. 243–247

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 Day Ten
Let me be a fit instrument in your immaculate and merci-
ful hands for introducing and increasing your glory to the
maximum in all the many strayed and indifferent souls
On earth, we see so many unhappy, misguided souls
who do not even know the purpose of their life, who love
many short-lived goods instead of the only good, God. Many
of them are even indifferent to the most sublime love. We
want to introduce and increase to the maximum the glory of
the Immaculate in these souls and we beseech her to make
us useful tools in her immaculate and merciful hands, not
to let us hamper her; to drive us even by force in case we
were to refuse to obey her.

Explanation:
Here true devotion is defined even more precisely.
Here lies the difference with other forms of true devotion
(among others, the one according to St. Louis de Montfort).
This devotion aims at our neighbour, at the lapsed and
lukewarm souls, at the “heretics, schismatics, unbelievers,
Jews, especially the freemasons”. It is love of neighbour
that wishes these men only happiness and thus the turning
away from the wide path that leads down the eternal abyss.

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 In order for us to avoid being useless instruments
that are more likely to rot than to serve, SHE has to “do
it”: YOU do it, Immaculata! You know your naughty, di-
sobedient child. You know that  I get everything wrong
as soon as  I forget that  I should let you guide me in eve-
rything. Force me, I beg you. Hold my hand even tighter
when I want to tear myself away at my peril.

Spiritual reading:
Chapter: The Secret of Sure Victory: Being Subject to
Our Lady, p. 162

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 Day Eleven
Extend as far as possible the blessed kingdom of the Most
Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is the love of God to-
ward mankind. His Kingdom is the domain of this love in
the hearts of men, the love that Jesus manifested in the man-
ger, throughout His life, on the Cross, in the Eucharist, and
in giving us His own Mother as our Mother; and He wants
to kindle this love in the hearts of men. To infuse and to en-
hance the glory of the Immaculate, to conquer souls over to
her, means to win souls over to the Mother of Jesus, who in-
troduces the Kingdom of Jesus into them.

Explanation:
The goal of all Marian veneration is adoration of God,
expansion of the kingdom of Christ, triumph of eternal
truth, triumph of God's eternal love that has manifested
itself in the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. We should medita-
te often on St. Maximilian's commentary in order to expe-
rience His majesty. The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus IS love
of God for mankind. You cannot sum up the essence and
significance of the Sacred Heart devotion more succinctly.
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Marian veneration against worship of Our Saviour.
'Through Mary to Jesus!' Whoever utters the word
'Mary', receives the word 'Jesus' as an echo in return. These
words invite us to join the Immaculata in contemplation of
Our Saviour's every word that falls from His lips, of each
of His miracles, but above all of His suffering and death on
the Cross. And all Christ's miracles and glories make up
HIS MOST SACRED HEART!

Spiritual reading:
Chapter: For the Greatest Glory of God, p.78

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 Day Twelve
Wherever you enter you obtain the grace of conversion and
growth in holiness, since it is through your hands that all
graces come to us from the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Immaculata is “Suppliant Omnipotence.” Each co-
nversion and each sanctification is the work of grace, and
she is the Mediatrix of all graces. So she alone is enough
to beseech and to distribute all the graces, whatever grace.
During the manifestation of the Miraculous Medal, Blessed
Catherine Labouré saw the rays that shone forth from the
precious rings that the Immaculata wore on her fingers. Such
rays symbolize the graces that the Immaculata generously
bestows upon all those who want them. Even Ratisbonne, in
the vision he had, speaks of the rays of graces.

Explanation:
All prayers, sacrifices and actions of the knight con-
sist in guiding souls to the Immaculata and in bringing the
Immaculata to souls so that SHE may enter into their lives.
Once the Mediatrix of all Graces has entered, she will
transform the robber's cave into a sanctuary. Then a cold,
empty and dark grave will turn into a shining home full of
love and joy.

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 However small the part we play in the salvation of so-
uls may seem, we should be firmly convinced that nothing
we do is ever unimportant and insignificant in HER eyes.
Even our little trifles (a pathetic ejaculation, the distribu-
tion of  a Miraculous Medal) actually have  a great signifi-
cance: to prepare the way for HER to enter into souls. How,
when, where, through whom — that is her business, not
ours. If, however, we are not convinced of the effectiveness,
often verging on the miraculous, of our miserable aposto-
late, then we will lack motivation sooner or later to be her
willing instru-ments always and everywhere.

Spiritual reading:
Chapter: Mediatrix of all Graces, p. 126

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 Day Thirteen
Allow me to praise you, O Sacred Virgin. Give me strength
against your enemies
But who is her enemy? All that is sullied by sin, which
does not lead to God, which is not love; it is all that co-
mes from the infernal serpent, who is a lie, and from him
alone: all our faults, then, all our sins. We beseech her to
give us strength against them. In fact, all devotions exist
only for that; that is why there is prayer; for that there
are the holy Sacraments: namely, to obtain the strength
to overcome all obstacles in our path to God, in ever more
ardent love, in becoming like God, uniting with God
Himself.
Just as we came from God through creation, so too we
return to God; all nature speaks to us of that, and wherever
we turn our gaze, we see that an action has an equal and
opposite reaction, as an echo of God’s activity, even of His
activity in creation. On this return path of reaction, a cre-
ature endowed with free will runs into difficulties and
adversities, which God allows in order to increase even more
the impetus with which such creature tends toward Him.
To obtain sufficient strength to achieve that goal, ho-
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the One who is the source of all energy and who looks to
the efforts of His own creatures lovingly, wishing that they
sincerely want to come to Him, sparing no assistance to-
ward them. And even if such creatures, such dear children
of His, happened to stumble along the way, to fall, to be
sullied, to become dirty, this loving Father cannot possibly
sit back before their misfortune. He sends His only begotten
Son, who with His life and His teaching shows them a clear
and safe way. With His Most Holy Blood, which has infinite
value, He washes away the dirt and heals the wounds. And
lest the soul lose hope because of fear, for violating divine
justice, God sends the One who is the personification of His
love, the Bride of the Spirit of motherly love, the Immaculate,
all beautiful, without stain (even though she is the daughter
of a human being), sister of human beings, and appoints her
to distribute generously his mercy toward souls. He appoints
her Mediatrix of the graces merited by His Son, Mother of
grace, Mother of the souls that are reborn through grace.

Spiritual reading:
Chapter: The Task of the Militia Immaculatæ in our
Time, p. 262

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 5. CEREMONY OF RECEPTION
INTO THE MILITIA IMMACULATAE
Reception preferably takes place on a Marian feast.

Opening Hymns
1/ one of the Holy Ghost hymns: 'Veni Creator Spiritus',
‘Veni Sancte Spiritus’ or 'Come, Holy Ghost' etc.
2/ one of the hymns to the blessed Virgin Mary: Ave Stella
Maris or others.

Veni Creator Spiritus

Veni, Creátor Spíritus, Infirma nostris córporis
Mentes tuórum vísita, Virtúte firmans pérpeti.
Imple supérna grátia
Hostem repéllas lóngius,
Quae tu creásti péctora.
Pacémque dones prótinus,
Qui díceris Paráclitus, Ductóre sic te praévio
Altíssimi Donum Dei, Vitémus omne nóxium.
Fons vivus, ignis cáritas,
Per Te sciámus da Patrem,
Et spiritális únctio.
Noscámus atque Fílium,
Tu septifórmis múnere, Teque utriúsque Spíritum
Dígitus paternae déxterae, Credámus omni témpore.
Tu rite promíssum Patris,
Deo Patri sit glória,
Sermóne ditans gúttura.
Et Fílio, qui a mórtuis
Accénde lumen sénsibus, Surréxit, ac Paráclito,
Infúnde amorem córdibus, In saeculórum saécula.
Amen.

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 Ave Maris Stella
Ave Maris Stella Qui pro nobis natus,
Dei Mater Alma, Tulit esse tuus.
Atque semper Virgo,
Virgo singularis,
Felix cæli porta.
Inter omnes mitis,
Sumens illud Ave, Nos culpis solutos,
Gabrielis ore, Mites fac et castos.
Funda nos in pace,
Vitam praesta puram,
Mutans Hevae nomen.
Inter para tutum,
Solve vincla reis, Ut videntes Jesum,
Profer lumen caecis, Semper collaetemur.
Mala nostra pelle,
Sit laus Deo Patri,
Bona cuncta posce.
Summo Christo decus,
Monstra te esse Matrem Spiritui Sancto,
Sumat per te preces, Tribus honor unus.
Amen.

Allocution by the priest

At this point the priest can give a short allocution in
which he explains the consecration to the Immaculata,
praises the resolution to make it and encourages the ap-
plicants to live it.

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 Renewal of baptismal promises
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 believe.
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 believe.
K: 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 believe.
K: Let us therefore pray to God the Father in the
words that Our Lord Jesus Christ taught us: Our Father… .

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Blessing and imposition of the Miraculous Medal
(from the Rituale Romanum)

V. Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini.

R. Qui fecit coelum et terram.
V. Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
V. Oremus. Omnipotens et misericors Deus, qui per
multiplices Immaculatæ Mariae Virginis apparitiones in
terris mirabilia jugiter pro animarum salute operari digna-
tus es: super haec numismatis signa, tuam bene + dictionem
benignus infunde; ut pie haec recolentes ac devote gestantes
et illius patrocinium sentiant et tuam misericordiam conse-
quantur. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen.

The priest sprinkles the Medals with holy water and

places them individually upon each person requesting en-
rollment, praying as follows:

V. Accipe sanctum Numisma, gesta fideliter, et digna

veneratione prosequere: ut piissima et immaculata caelo-
rum 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.

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After all are invested the Priest prays:
V. Kyrie, eleison.
R. Christe. eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
V. Pater noster… (continues silently until the words…)
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem.
R. Sed libera nos a malo.
V. Regina sine labe originale concepta.
R. Ora pro nobis.
V. Domine, exaudi orationem meam.
R. Et clamor meus ad te veniat.
V. Dominus vobiscum.
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
V. Oremus. Domine Jesu Christe, qui beatissimam
Virginem Mariam matrem tuam ab origine immacu-latam
innumeris miraculis clarescere voluisti, concede: ut ejus-
dem patrocinium semper implorantes, gaudia consequamur
aeterna: Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitate Spiritus
Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.

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 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 as 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 thee, so as to fulfill what is
said of thee: “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 thee, so as to increase as much as
possible thy 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 thy hands.
Grant to me to praise thee, O most Blessed Virgin,
Give me strength against thine enemies.

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 Ejaculation prayer of the M.I.
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have
recourse to thee, and for all those who do not have recour-
se to thee, especially for the Freemasons and for those who
are commended to thy care.

Blessing of the priest and Final Hymn to Our Lady.

Signing of the certificate of enrollment in the M.I.

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