O Lord, my God, I am not worthy that You should come into my soul, but I am glad that You have come to me because in Your loving kindness You desire to dwell in me. You ask me to open the door of my soul, which You alone have created, so that You may […]
PRAYER OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM To Jesus Before Communion Read More »
I adore You, Lord and Creator, hidden in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I adore You for all the works of Your hands, that reveal to me so much wisdom, goodness and mercy, O Lord. You have spread so much beauty over the earth and it tells me about Your beauty, even though these beautiful things
PRAYER OF ST. FAUSTINA BEFORE THE EUCHARIST Read More »
Divine Saviour, we come to Your sacred table to nourish ourselves, not with bread but with Yourself, true Bread of eternal life. Help us daily to make a good and perfect meal of this divine food. Let us be continually refreshed by the perfume of Your kindness and goodness. May the Holy Spirit fill us
YOUR SACRED TABLE – A Prayer Before Communion – By Saint Francis de Sales Read More »
Dear Saint Anthony, I greet you today with reverence in the knowledge of your special love of our Lord in the Eucharist. Today I ask you to help me appreciate better the graces God gives us at Holy Mass and in receiving the sacred Eucharist. I think of you especially when the liturgy speaks of
PRAYER TO SAINT ANTHONY PADUA BEFORE MASS Read More »
O gracious Lord Jesus Christ, though I, who am a sinner, in nowise presume on any merits of my own, and put all my trust in Thy goodness and mercy, yet do I fear and tremble in drawing near to the Table on which is spread Thy banquet of all delights. Many a sin has
A DAILY PRAYER BEFORE DAILY MASS (By Saint Ambrose) Read More »
O great High-Priest, the true Pontiff, Jesus Christ, who didst offer Thyself to God the Father a pure and spotless Victim upon the Altar of the Cross for us miserable sinners, and didst give us Thy Flesh to eat and Thy Blood to drink, and didst ordain this Mystery in the power of Thy Holy
A PRAYER BEFORE MASS (SUNDAY) (By Saint Ambrose) Read More »
Who can worthily be present at this Sacrifice, unless Thou, O God, makest him worthy? I know, O Lord, yea, truly do I know, and this do confess to Thy loving-kindness, that I am unworthy to approach so great a Mystery, by reason of my numberless sins and negligences; but I know, and truly with
A PRAYER BEFORE MASS (TUESDAY) (By Saint Ambrose) Read More »
For Thou hast mercy upon all, O Lord, and hatest nothing that Thou hast made. Remember how frail our nature is, and that Thou art our Father and our God. Be not angry with us for ever, and shut not up Thy tender mercies in displeasure. For it is not for our just works that
A PRAYER BEFORE MASS (THURSDAY) (By Saint Ambrose) Read More »
Mindful then, O Lord, of Thy worshipful Passion, I approach Thine Altar, sinner though I am, to join in the offering unto Thee that Sacrifice which Thou hast instituted and commanded to be offered in remembrance of Thee for our well-being. Receive it, I beseech Thee, O God most High, for Thy holy Church, and
A PRAYER BEFORE MASS (WEDNESDAY) (By Saint Ambrose) Read More »
We pray Thee also, O Lord, Holy Father, for the souls of the faithful departed: that this great Sacrament of Thy love may be to them health and salvation, joy and refreshment. O Lord, my God, grant them this day a great and abundant feast of Thee, the living Bread, who camest down from heaven
A PRAYER BEFORE MASS (FRIDAY) (By Saint Ambrose) Read More »
