72 JUBILEE ACT OF ENTRUSTMENT OF THE CONGREGATION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IMMACULATELY CONCEIVED Immaculately Conceived Mother of God, / our Mother and Patroness. We, your sons, / bearing your name, / stand before you during the Great Jubilee / of the origin of Your Congregation. / We recall today this most important event for us, / when our holy Father Stanislaus /made the act of Oblatio/ and gave himself entirely to the Triune God and to You, / uttering the words / which today each of us / speaks once again in the Holy Spirit: / “I offer and consecrate / to God the Father Almighty / to the Son, / and to the Holy Spirit / and also to the Mother of God, Ever-Virgin Mary / conceived without original sin, / my heart, / my soul, /intellect, / memory, / will, /feelings, /my whole mind, /my whole spirit, / my interior and exterior senses, / and my body, / leaving absolutely nothing for myself, / so that in this way /I may be henceforth the whole-hearted servant of the same Almighty / and of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary.” / Today, full of gratitude to the Holy Spirit / for the calling into existence of our Congregation, / we look back with faith on our history / and give thanks for Your constant care / over the community dedicated to You, / which spreads the mystery of Your Immaculate Conception. / In this mystery, / we see the anticipatory, free, unconditional, / and merciful love of God / for every human being / and we perceive Your loving response / to God’s plan of salvation. / We desire once again to entrust ourselves to Your maternal love, / “leaving absolutely nothing to ourselves.” / To become pleasing to God as You are: / in serving Christ and the Church, / in daring to take on new challenges, / in generously sacrificing ourselves for the salvation of the world, / especially where there is the greatest need / to proclaim Jesus Christ crucified and risen, / your Son and our Savior.
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