First Thing You do in the Morning,
and the Last Thing at Night…
Practise: Recite morning and evening the Consecration and Three Hail Marys in honour of the three great privileges of Mary, together with the invocation at the end of each Hail Mary.
Act of Consecration to the Blessed Trinity:
(1st Ave Maria: In honour of the Father)
With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin above all Angels and Saints in Paradise, Daughter of the Eternal Father, and I consecrate to Thee my soul with all its faculties.
Ave Maria …
By thy holy and Immaculate Conception, O Mary, make my body pure and my soul holy; preserve me this day /night from mortal sin.
(2nd Ave Maria: In honour of the Son)
With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin above all Angels and Saints in Paradise, beloved Mother of the Son of God, and I consecrate to Thee my body with all its senses.
Ave Maria …
By thy holy and Immaculate Conception, O Mary, make my body pure and my soul holy; preserve me this day /night from mortal sin.
(3rd Ave Maria: In honour of the Spirit)
With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin above all Angels and Saints in Paradise, beloved Spouse of the Holy Ghost, and I consecrate to Thee my heart with all its affections, and beseech Thee to obtain for me from the Most Holy Trinity all the graces necessary for salvation.
Ave Maria …
By thy holy and Immaculate Conception, O Mary, make my body pure and my soul holy; preserve me this day /night from mortal sin.
Imprimatur: Feb. 7, 1963
Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York
Pope St. Pius X gave his Apostolic Blessing to this practice.
The devotion was raised to an Archconfraternity by Pope Benedict XV.
This devotion in its present form is from St. Leonard of Port Maurice.
See CatholicTradition.com for more information and watch the video presentation by Fr. Jean Marie F.S.S.R, below (especially between c.20:00 – 24;00) where Father examines St. Alphonsus de Liguori’s recommendation of this devotion, above all others, for the grace of final perseverance.
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Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary for a Happy Death
Consecrate the Last 2 Hours of our Life to the Virgin Mary
Prostrated at thy feet and humiliated by my sins, but full of confidence in thee, O Mary! I beg thee to accept the petition my heart is going to make. It is for my last moments. Dear Mother, I wish to request thy protection and maternal love so that in that decisive moment thou wilt do all thy love can suggest on my behalf.
To thee, O Mother of my soul, I consecrate the last two hours of my life. Come to my side to receive my last breath and when death has cut the thread of my days, tell Jesus, presenting to Him my soul, “I love it.” Those words alone will be enough to procure for me the benediction of my God and the happiness of seeing thee for all eternity.
I put my trust in thee, my Mother, and hope it will not be in vain.
O Mary! Pray for thy child and lead me to Jesus!
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Prayer to the Blessed Virgin to Obtain the Love of Jesus and a Happy Death
O Mary! Thou who so much desirest to see Jesus loved, if thou lovest me, this is the favour that I now ask of thee, to obtain for me a great love for Jesus Christ. Thou obtainest from thy Son whatever thou pleasest; pray, then, for me, and console me. Obtain for me a great love for thee, who of all creatures, art the most loving and beloved of God. And through that grief which thou didst suffer on Calvary, when thou didst behold Jesus expire on the Cross, obtainest for me a happy death, that by loving Jesus and thee, my Mother, I may come to love thee forever in heaven. Amen.
St. Joseph, patron of the dying, pray for us.
Beautiful prayer that thru God’s mercy I will recite till God calls me home.
I hadn’t ever heard about this Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
I’m happy, and relieved to have found this particular prayer.
Especially now, during these most difficult days throughout the world.
“Our Lady of Perpetual Help, please help us. Please pray for us. Holy Mother, please pray for God’s mercy for Eric. Please help Eric.Please sprinkle The Precious Blood of Jesus upon Eric’s soul. Please pray for Eric’s conversion and salvation. Please pour upon Eric the fullness of your savings graces… Please be Eric’s hope. Please help Eric to turn to Jesus, repent, and be saved…”O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee..By thy Holy and Immaculate Conception, O Mary, Deliver Us from Evil…Mary, Immaculate Queen of the Universe, Spouse of the Holy Ghost, Mediatrix of All Graces, Triumph and Reign, in the Name of Jesus, and for the Love of Jesus, Now and Forever. Amen.”
I’ve been praying this devotion for a few years now. I’ve also been looking for the Latin version of it, but so far haven’t had any luck.
Like other people here, this is the first time I heard of this devotion, and I thank Our Blessed Mother that She was able to reach me and make this prayer known to me. I will share this with my friends. Thank you for posting this. God bless.
Dear Mother,
Mother most sweet, mother so beautiful. Mother most holy, please save our country. I’m so sorry we have been so bad. Please give us another chance and send us someone to lead us. Oh please mother, save us from the grips of communism. Oh mother, you saved my family once before 58 years ago. Please mother, all my family is dead and I am all alone and scared. Please have mercy. Save our country.
To whom it may concern,
My name is Fr. Stephen Arabadjis. I am a member of the Society of St. Pius X. But I am in my 7th year of Sabbatical.
Therefore I was hoping your group could do a 54 day rosary novena for my intentions. But any prayers and sacrifices would be greatly appreciated. I know Our Lady will reward you generously for this.
In Our Lady,
Fr. Arabadjis
P.S. Thanking you in advance, since I don’t always get all my communications.
After two years of meticulously reciting “The Three Hail Marys” and the two additional prayers, my life has dramatically changed and improved. I was convinced I would never find love again. I have. I an so fully consumed with love for Jesus and Mary that I feel like exploding. My chest is on fire, hurting and burning for them. I see the hand of GOD in everything I observe. It’s a lot to take in, but I’m learning, praying like never before or imagined, and I’m hopeful and happy. I came to terms that this lifetime does not hold any happiness for me except with them.
Blessing on automatic set of prayers
Amen my friend.
Please re-post the “Dominican Litany”.
I was doing it for a long time and then it was gone. I’m sorry I didn’t copy and paste it. Will do in the future.
Thank you for all you are doing.
Our Lady will reward you handsomely.
With love,
ARB
Done! Here we are:
https://traditionalcatholicprayers.com/2021/06/20/dominican-litany-to-the-blessed-virgin-mary/
Thank you so very much! 🙏🏻♥️✝️
You are not alone. Keep your Faith and trust.
Thank you Holy Mother of God for thy Protection, Love, and Guideance. Help us all got to Jesus before it’s to late. I Pray for everyone here ad I Pray for for and end to The War in Israel. This must be breaking Jesus Heart so badly. Turn back to Jesus, Proclaim his Holy and Powerful name, ask him for forgiveness, Pray for Others an ask for Blessing for others too. We need Jesus so badly right now. Pray your Rosary and beg The Blessed Mother to guide us to her son now.
I LIKE TO JOIN THE CONFRATERNITY OF THE 3 HAIL MARY DO ANY ONE KNOW THE INFORMATION WHERE I CAN JOIN
Thank you Lord for leading me to this site to learn of the three Hail Mary’s Devotion for salvation. I was once offered the suggestion from a fellow pilgrim (to Holy Love Ministries) to say the three Hail Mary’s but didn’t know it was for salvation. And considering I was praying the Infant Jesus of Prague Devotion to make a good confession I feel the Lord has richly blessed me.
There are 2 versions of the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel.
One has “may God restrain him”, in 3? places, the other, “may God command”.
The latin “imperet” means command not restrain.
Those who would have had us respond, “And also with you.” for “Et cum spiritu tuo.” for app 40yrs, are still at it.
I’m trying to learn the Rosary in Latin. May God hasten the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Thank you much, very much, for this website, and may God bless you and yours.
May we merrily meet in Heaven.
–St. Thomas More
Thank you for your comment, the English renderings vary according to, amongst other things, national bishops’ approval which can vary from country to country and through time.
“Rebuke” is another word commonly used in the English.
For praying in Latin, these booklets may assist:
https://traditionalcatholicprayers.com/2023/11/02/latin-english-prayerbooks-free-downloadable/