Traditional Catholic prayer
Dedication of St. Aloysius to Our Lady
This dedication entrusts the soul, body, anxieties, and whole life to Mary. With God (1911) prints it under “Dedication of St. Aloysius to Our Lady,” preserving a traditional attribution.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 684.
Most holy Mary, my Lady, into thy blessed trust and special custody, and into the bosom of thy mercy I this day, every day, and in the hour of my death, commend my soul and my body: to thee I commit all my anxieties and my miseries, my life and the end of my life, that by thy most holy intercession and by thy merits all my actions may be directed and disposed according to thy will and that of thy Son. Amen.
About this prayer
Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 684.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- This dedication entrusts the soul, body, anxieties, and whole life to Mary. With God (1911) prints it under “Dedication of St. Aloysius to Our Lady,” preserving a traditional attribution.
- Prayer intention
- Entrustment to Mary and fidelity to her Son.
- When to pray
- In daily prayer, especially when anxiety makes it difficult to surrender a concern.
- Connection with a saint
St. Aloysius Gonzaga: Traditional attribution. With God (1911), page 684, names St. Aloysius Gonzaga in the heading of this prayer. Read the source.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 684. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Dedication of St. Aloysius to Our Lady
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 684.
Most holy Mary, my Lady, into thy blessed trust and special custody, and into the bosom of thy mercy I this day, every day, and in the hour of my death, commend my soul and my body: to thee I commit all my anxieties and my miseries, my life and the end of my life, that by thy most holy intercession and by thy merits all my actions may be directed and disposed according to thy will and that of thy Son. Amen.