ORATIO XXXV. AD CHRISTUM. Ante perceptionem corporis Christi.
Adoration and Intercession Before Communion
The soul adores Christ's body and blood given for the forgiveness of sins, petitions for worthy reception, and then intercedes for all servants, handmaids, and the Church.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God — who by the will of the Father, with the Holy Spirit at work alongside you, gave life to the world through your death — I adore and venerate your holy body and your blood, which was handed over and poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I beg for your mercy, most compassionate Lord: through the power of these, make me one of that great number, and grant that I may perceive this through faith and devotion in such a way that I truly grasp its saving effect.✦ Absolve and set free your servants and your handmaids — me and all who have confessed their sins to me, and those for whom I have promised, or am bound, to pray, and those who hope or ask to be helped through my prayers before you — from every sin and from the punishment of sin. And grant your Church to rejoice in continual protection and consolation.
Read the original Latin
Domine Jesu Christe Fili Dei vivi, qui ex voluntate Patris, cooperante Spiritu sancto, per mortem tuam mundum vivificasti, adoro et veneror hoc sanctum corpus tuum, et hunc sanguinem tuum, quod est traditum, et qui pro multis effusus est in remissionem peccatorum: deprecorque clementiam tuam, misericordissime Domine, per horum virtutem, fac me unum de illis multis, et fac me hoc sentire sic per fidem et affectum, ut sentiam ea per salutis effectum. Et absolve et libera servos et ancillas tuas, me et omnes, qui mihi confessi sunt peccata sua, et pro quibus promisi, vel obnoxius sum exorare, et qui se sperant vel petunt meis orationibus apud te juvari, ab omni peccato, et poena peccati; et fac Ecclesiam tua continua protectione et consolatione laetari.
Scripture echoes
- ↩Matt.26.28;Mark.14.24;Luke.22.20 — For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. Mark.14.24 — And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, poured out for many." Luke.22.20 — In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you."
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