Thursday — The Holy Eucharist

10 min

The Savior with the Eucharist — Juan de Juanes (c. 1545)
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Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

O Salutaris Hostia

O saving Victim, opening wide

the gate of heaven to us below;

our foes press hard on every side,

Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.

To Thy great name be endless praise,

immortal Godhead, One in Three.

O grant us endless length of days

in our true native land with Thee. Amen.

O salutaris Hostia,

quae caeli pandis ostium:

bella premunt hostilia,

da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino

sit sempiterna gloria,

qui vitam sine termino

nobis donet in patria. Amen.

Pridie quam pateretur — on the night before he suffered. The Eucharist is not a memorial of an absence; it is a Presence. The same Body broken and Blood poured out on Calvary is given in every Mass, by the hands of every priest, in every tabernacle of every parish where the lamp still burns. Could you not watch one hour with me? — Gethsemane is the question every tabernacle asks of every passerby. Today the Church responds, with adoration, with reparation for the world's indifference, and with prayer for those whom Christ has bound to himself in the priesthood.

Adoro Te Devote

Godhead here in hiding, whom I do adore,

masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more,

see, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart

lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art.

Seeing, touching, tasting are in thee deceived;

how says trusty hearing? that shall be believed;

what God's Son has told me, take for truth I do;

truth himself speaks truly or there's nothing true.

On the cross thy Godhead made no sign to men;

here thy very manhood steals from human ken:

both are my confession, both are my belief,

and I pray the prayer of the dying thief.

I am not like Thomas, wounds I cannot see,

but can plainly call thee Lord and God as he;

this faith each day deeper be my holding of,

daily make me harder hope and dearer love.

O thou our reminder of Christ crucified,

living Bread the life of us for whom he died,

lend this life to me then: feed and feast my mind,

there be thou the sweetness man was meant to find.

Bring the tender tale true of the Pelican;

bathe me, Jesu Lord, in what thy bosom ran —

blood whereof a single drop has power to win

all the world forgiveness of its world of sin.

Jesu, whom I look at shrouded here below,

I beseech thee send me what I thirst for so,

some day to gaze on thee face to face in light

and be blest for ever with thy glory's sight. Amen.

Adoro te devote, latens Deitas,

quae sub his figuris vere latitas;

tibi se cor meum totum subiicit,

quia te contemplans totum deficit.

Visus, tactus, gustus in te fallitur,

sed auditu solo tuto creditur;

credo quidquid dixit Dei Filius;

nil hoc verbo Veritatis verius.

In cruce latebat sola Deitas,

at hic latet simul et humanitas;

ambo tamen credens atque confitens,

peto quod petivit latro paenitens.

Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intueor;

Deum tamen meum te confiteor;

fac me tibi semper magis credere,

in te spem habere, te diligere.

O memoriale mortis Domini,

panis vivus, vitam praestans homini,

praesta meae menti de te vivere,

et te illi semper dulce sapere.

Pie pellicane, Iesu Domine,

me immundum munda tuo sanguine,

cuius una stilla salvum facere

totum mundum quit ab omni scelere.

Iesu, quem velatum nunc aspicio,

oro fiat illud, quod tam sitio:

ut te revelata cernens facie,

visu sim beatus tuae gloriae. Amen.

Act of Spiritual Communion

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore You and I love You with all my heart. I thank You for having given Yourself to us in the Eucharist. My soul longs for You as the deer longs for flowing streams.

Since I cannot receive You sacramentally at this moment, I beg You to come to me spiritually. Be wholly mine, and let me be wholly Yours, now and forever. Amen.

The Divine Praises, prayed in reparation for blasphemy and the profanation of the holy name.

The Divine Praises

Blessed be God.

Blessed be His Holy Name.

Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.

Blessed be the Name of Jesus.

Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.

Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.

Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.

Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.

Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.

Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.

Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.

Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.

Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.

Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.

Benedíctus Deus.

Benedíctum Nomen Sanctum eius.

Benedíctus Iesus Christus, verus Deus et verus homo.

Benedíctum Nomen Iesu.

Benedíctum Cor eius sacratíssimum.

Benedíctus Sanguis eius pretiosíssimus.

Benedíctus Iesus in sanctíssimo altáris Sacraménto.

Benedíctus Sanctus Spíritus, Paráclitus.

Benedícta excélsa Mater Dei, María sanctíssima.

Benedícta sancta eius et immaculáta Concéptio.

Benedícta eius gloriósa Assúmptio.

Benedíctum nomen Maríæ, Vírginis et Matris.

Benedíctus sanctus Ioseph, eius castíssimus sponsus.

Benedíctus Deus in Angelis suis, et in Sanctis suis.

Bring before the Lord, one by one, the priest who said your last Mass, the priest who heard your last confession, and the priest most in need of grace today.

O Jesus, Eternal High Priest, keep Thy priests within the shelter of Thy Sacred Heart, where none may touch them. Keep unstained their anointed hands, which daily touch Thy sacred Body. Keep unsullied their lips, daily empurpled with Thy precious Blood. Keep pure and unworldly their hearts, sealed with the sublime marks of Thy glorious priesthood. Bless their labors with abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they minister be their joy and consolation here and their everlasting crown hereafter. Amen.

Anima Christi

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Soul of Christ, sanctify me.

Body of Christ, save me.

Blood of Christ, inebriate me.

Water from the side of Christ, wash me.

Passion of Christ, strengthen me.

O good Jesus, hear me.

Within Thy wounds hide me.

Permit me not to be separated from Thee.

From the malignant enemy defend me.

In the hour of my death call me,

and bid me come to Thee,

that with Thy saints I may praise Thee

forever and ever. Amen.

Anima Christi, sanctifica me.

Corpus Christi, salva me.

Sanguis Christi, inebria me.

Aqua lateris Christi, lava me.

Passio Christi, conforta me.

O bone Iesu, exaudi me.

Intra tua vulnera absconde me.

Ne permittas me separari a te.

Ab hoste maligno defende me.

In hora mortis meae voca me.

Et iube me venire ad te.

Ut cum sanctis tuis laudem te

in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.