Saints LightAct of Spiritual Communion
From St Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church, in his Visits to the Most Blessed Sacrament (1745). Pray it when you cannot receive Communion: when sick, travelling, watching Mass from home, or not yet able to receive.
The prayer
My Jesus, I believe that Thou art present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love Thee above all things, and I desire to receive Thee into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive Thee sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace Thee as if Thou wert already there, and unite myself wholly to Thee. Never permit me to be separated from Thee. Amen.
Pray it this week
On one weekday this week when you cannot get to Mass, pause at noon and make this Spiritual Communion.
More in At Mass
- Anima Christi (Soul of Christ)
- Prayer Before Mass (St Ambrose)
- Prayer Before Communion (St Thomas Aquinas)
- Thanksgiving After Communion (St Thomas Aquinas)
- O Sacrament Most Holy
- The Gloria
- The Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy)
- The Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)
- The Confiteor (I Confess)
- Prayer for a Visit to the Blessed Sacrament
- The whole Prayer Book
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