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Consecration Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost! Amen! Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts! The Earth is full of Thy Glory! Glory be to the Father; Glory be to the Son; Glory be to the Holy Ghost! O Blessed Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the source and fountain of all good, I most firmly believe in You, I most humbly adore You, and thank you with a grateful heart for all the blessings and benefits I have received from Your infinite goodness. I most fervently consecrate and offer to You an unreserved sacrifice of my whole being. O my God, Who hast a right to every day, hour and moment of my existence, accept the thoughts, words and actions of this day, which I offer to Thee in testimony of my sincere desire to satisfy my obligation of keeping it holy and as the first-fruits of the week; mercifully assist me to spend it in such a manner as may draw down Thy blessing. Increase in my soul the heavenly virtues of faith, hope and charity which I received at Baptism, and teach me to make faith the rule of my conduct, that thereby it may avail me to life everlasting. Eternal Father, take possession of my memory; efface from it all images of vanity and engrave therein the recollection of Thy adorable presence. Eternal Son, enlighten my understanding and conduct me in the path of salvation by the light of faith. Holy Spirit, sanctify my will by the most ardent love; render it submissive under the contradictions of this life, and never permit that by attachment to my own ideas or judgment, I should forfeit the blessings of peace offered to men of goodwill and obedient minds. Holy, adorable, undivided Trinity, by Whose power, mercy and providence I was created, redeemed, regenerated, and preserved to this moment, receive the oblation of my whole being, and take me out of the world rather than permit me to efface Your sacred Image in my soul by mortal sin. I adore you, O Holy Trinity, I worship You; I most humbly give You thanks for having revealed to man this glorious, this incomprehensible mystery, and for granting to those who persevere until death in the faithful profession of it, the reward of beholding and enjoying in Heaven what we now believe and adore upon Earth: one God in three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen! |