Family Consecration

A consecration made together as a family — spouses, children, and the home itself given to the Heart of Jesus.

Why this practice

What is done individually can also be done as a family. The Family Consecration, popularized in the early twentieth century by Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey, is a formal act in which a whole household gives itself to the Sacred Heart as a single body.

Christ promised through St. Margaret Mary that He would establish peace in families that honor His Heart. The Family Consecration is the way to ask for that promise expressly, by name.

How to begin

1Speak about the practice with your spouse first. The consecration must be a real common act.

2If children are present, prepare them at a level they can understand. The act should be theirs too.

3Choose a date — a feast, an anniversary, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, or simply a Friday — and prepare in advance.

4Make the act together, kneeling before an image of the Sacred Heart, with the formal Family Consecration prayer.

5Renew it together each year. This makes it not a single event but a covenant.

Where a family is given to the Heart of Jesus, He establishes Himself as a guest, and afterward as the master of the house.

— Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey

A prayer for this practice

Sacred Heart of Jesus, we, the [Family Name] family, give ourselves to Thee. Our marriage, our children, our home, our future — all Thine. Establish here Thy promised peace. Reign over us, that we may know no other king.

Amen.

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