Consecration to the Holy Family

An imagined scene of Mary, Joseph and the young Jesus gathered around a lamplit table in a modest home.
The quiet life of Nazareth offers an image of love at home.

O Jesus, our most loving Redeemer, who having come to enlighten the world with Thy teaching and example, didst will to pass the greater part of Thy life in humility and subjection to Mary and Joseph in the poor home of Nazareth, thus sanctifying the Family that was to be an example for all Christian families, graciously receive our family as it dedicates and consecrates itself to Thee this day. Do Thou protect us, guard us and establish amongst us Thy holy fear, true peace and concord in Christian love: in order that by living according to the divine pattern of Thy family we may be able, all of us without exception, to attain to eternal happiness.

Mary, dear Mother of Jesus and Mother of us, by the kindly intercession make this our humble offering acceptable in the sight of Jesus, and obtain for us His graces and blessings.

O Saint Joseph, most holy Guardian of Jesus and Mary, help us by thy prayers in all our spiritual and temporal needs; that so we may be enabled to praise our divine Savior Jesus, together with Mary and thee, for all eternity.

Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be three times. Amen.

An indulgence of 500 days. A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this prayer is repeated with devotion every day for a month.

Further reading

This consecration looks to the home of Jesus, Mary and Joseph as a pattern for family life. David Clayton and Leila Marie Lawler's The Little Oratory offers practical ways to establish prayer in the home and connect family routines with the Church's seasons.

The Little Oratory: A Beginner's Guide to Praying in the Home by David Clayton and Leila Marie Lawler (paperback) on Amazon (paid link)