Act of Offering to the Most Holy Mary
The Dominican Manual, 1913Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | THE Dominican Manual: A SELECTION OF PRAYERS AND DEVOTIONS, AUTHORISED BY THE CHURCH, AND ENRICHED WITH NUMEROUS INDULGENCES. |
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| Imprint | Dublin, BROWNE AND NOLAN, LTD., NASSAU STREET., 1913 |
| Pages | p. 351 |
| Scan | leaf 377 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Nihil Obstat: THOMAS O’DONNELL, Censor Theol. Deput. Imprimatur: ✠ GULIELMUS, Archiep. Dublinen., Hiberniæ Primas. Die 16ᵒ Junii, 1913. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
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Albrecht Dürer, The Virgin with a Starry Crown, 1508. Cleveland Museum of Art.
O VIRGIN and Mother, O sacred temple of the Divinity, O marvel of heaven and earth, my great Mother Mary, it is but just that, whilst thou hast brought forth for us an Infant God, we should venerate in thee the most exalted dignity of the Mother of God, and should consecrate to so worthy a Mother all the homage of our whole being. I therefore offer myself and give myself up wholly unto thee this day, and desire with a resolute will to serve and love thy holy Child Jesus, my Saviour and my God. I know that in doing so I shall give thee pleasure, and the homage which I pay to the Son will be also a homage paid unto the Mother.
Accept, then, O most loving Mother, this my offering of love, which, that it may be still more acceptable to thee, I present to thee by the hands of the Infant Jesus. Ah! by those swathing bands in which thou didst wrap him in the manger, bind my will so that I may never retract the offering which I have made of myself this day to thee, and to thy Holy Infant; place me under thy most holy mantle, guard me, help me, and defend me to the last moment of my life. Amen.