An Act of Consecration to the Holy Virgin
The Path to Heaven, 1866Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | The Path to Heaven. A Complete Collection of All the Public and Private Devotions in General Use: Comprising the Authorised Prayers for the Different Confraternities; Novenas, Litanies, and Hymns for the whole of the Year; A Large Number of Devotions Translated from Various Languages and Never Before Published in Any Accessible Form; to Which Are Added the Epistles and Gospels, and the Most Copious Collection of Hymns Hitherto Brought Together in One Book. |
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| Imprint | LONDON, BURNS, LAMBERT, AND OATES, 1866 |
| Pages | p. 548 |
| Scan | leaf 556 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Nihil obstat. G̃mus A. Johnson, S.T.D. Imprimatur. ✠ Henricus Eduardus, Archiep. Westmonast. Aug. 1866. “The abundance and excellence of the Devotions and Hymns contained in the Path to Heaven, and the judicious arrangement which has been made of them, will secure for it a high place among the most favorite books of devotion for public or private use.”—The Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin. “I have looked through the Path to Heaven, and find it very complete; I think I may say, unprecedentedly so. I heartily approve of it, and recommend it to the patronage of the Catholic body.”—Bishop Strain, Vic.-Apost. East. Dist. Scotland. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- protection, a happy death
Albrecht Dürer, The Virgin with a Starry Crown, 1508. Cleveland Museum of Art.
O Holy Mary, Mother of God, who, from the first moment of thy conception, wast free from the stain of original sin, I choose thee this day for my queen, my patroness, my advocate with God, and my glorious mother. I am most earnestly resolved, from this day, to persevere in thy worship, and in promoting thy honour, during the whole course of my life; I will never say any thing, nor do any thing, nor suffer any who belong to me to offer, in their conversation or their actions, the slightest injury to the reverence and homage which are due to thee by a thousand titles. Vouchsafe, then, I beseech thee, O august Queen of heaven and earth, to admit me to-day into thy service for ever, and to grant me thy holy protection every moment of my life. Above all, O most sacred Mother of my Saviour, I beseech thee not to abandon me at the hour of my death. Amen.