Prayer Before Communion
Almighty
and ever living God, I approach the sacrament of your only-begotten Son, our
Lord Jesus Christ. I come sick to the doctor of life, unclean to the fountain
of mercy, blind to the radiance of eternal light, and poor and needy to the
Lord of heaven and earth.
Lord, in
your great generosity, heal my sickness, wash away my defilement, enlighten my
blindness, enrich my poverty, and clothe my nakedness. May I receive the bread
of angels, the King of kings and Lord of lords, with humble reverence, with the
purity and faith, the repentance and love, and the determined purpose that will
help to bring me to salvation. May I receive the sacrament of the Lord’s body
and blood and its reality and power.
King God,
may I receive the body of your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, born
from the womb of the Virgin Mary, and so be received into his mystical body,
and numbered among his members.
Loving
Father, as on my earthly pilgrimage I now receive your beloved Son under the
veil of a sacrament, may I one day see him face to face in glory, who lives and
reigns with you for ever. Amen.
(St. Thomas Aquinas)
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