#excerptfromtheprayerofstildephonsus

Our Morning Offering – 23 January – The Memorial of St Ildephonsus (607-667)

Excerpt from the Prayer of Saint Ildephonsus (607-667) (Read the full prayer on the site)

Act of Consecration to Mary

I pray you, I pray you, holy Virgin, may I, by the Spirit through Whom you gave birth to Jesus, have Jesus and hold Him. By that Spirit through Whom you conceived this same Jesus in your flesh, may my soul receive Jesus. Let the Spirit gift me with the knowledge of Jesus, this Spirit by Whom it was given to you to bear Jesus and to give Him birth. Let the Spirit in Whom you declared yourself the handmaid of the Lord, choosing that it should be done unto you according to the Angel’s word, grant me to proclaim the heights of Jesus with lowliness. In the Spirit you adored Jesus as your Lord and gazed upon Him as your Son; in that same Spirit may I love Him. And may I fear this same Jesus, with that reverence by which He, truly being God, became subject to His parents. Amen