CONSECRATION OF THE YOUNG TO MARY | Fr. Ed Broom, OMV Oblates of the Virgin Mary

O Mary, Mother of God, Mother of the Church, Mother of all of the families, and in a special way Mother of the young, we implore your most powerful intercession to rescue us from the power of the enemy.

Dear Mary, Mother, guide and protector of the young we implore your intercession around and over our young people; they are surrounded by so many evils, temptations, and seductions that easily blind them from the true meaning of life and the true source of happiness which is God.

The devil tempts them to forget and even deny God’s existence; the flesh rebels against the spirit and insists on immediate gratification; the world lies to them, convincing them that true happiness can be found in this world and this world alone.

Dear Mary, our Mother and Queen help our youth to discover in the depths of their hearts, mind and souls that the reason for our existence is very simple but profound—to know, love, and serve God in this life so as to be happy with Him forever in heaven.

Dear Mary, we invoke you as our life, our sweetness and our hope. (The Hail Holy Queen) may our young people live their lives to the fullest by following Jesus who is truly the LIFE of our life. May our youth find their joy happiness and sweetness in the loving embraces of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Finally, in the midst of the storms, tempests and bitter trials of life, may our youth discover hope in Mary’s Immaculate Heart and maternal embrace.

Dear Mary, may our young people become precious and shiny jewels one day in your crown in heaven, so that they may for all eternity contemplate the beauty of the face of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for all eternity. Amen.

Father Ed Broom, OMV, is Associate Pastor of St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens, California. He is a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary and was ordained by Saint John Paul II on May 25, 1986. Fr. Ed teaches Catholic Ignatian Marian Spirituality through articles, podcasts, a radio show, retreats and spiritual direction.