Fatima, Portugal, May 12, 2010 / 16:16 pm
After praying Vespers this evening in Fatima, Pope Benedict XVIconsecrated the priests of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.In order to consecrate the more than 400,000 men, he prayed thefollowing prayer while adoring the Blessed Sacrament, and accompaniedby priests, religious and consecrated persons gathered at the Church ofHoly Trinity.
Consecration Prayer
ImmaculateMother, in this place of grace, called together by the love of your SonJesus the Eternal High Priest, we, sons in the Son and his priests,consecrate ourselves to your maternal Heart, in order to carry outfaithfully the Father’s Will. We are mindful that, without Jesus, wecan do nothing good (cf. Jn 15:5) and that only through him, with himand in him, will we be instruments of salvation for the world.
Brideof the Holy Spirit, obtain for us the inestimable gift oftransformation in Christ. Through the same power of the Spirit thatovershadowed you, making you the Mother of the Saviour, help us tobring Christ your Son to birth in ourselves too. May the Church be thusrenewed by priests who are holy, priests transfigured by the grace ofhim who makes all things new.