Common Prayers

Soul of Christ, sanctify me. | Body of Christ, save me. | Blood of Christ, inebriate me. | Water from Christ’s side, wash me. | Passion of Christ, strengthen me. | O good Jesus, hear me. | Within Thy wounds hide me. | Suffer me not to be separated from Thee. | From the malicious enemy defend me. | In the hour of my death, call me | And bid me come unto Thee | That I may praise Thee | with Thy saints and with Thy angels | Forever and ever.

V: The angel of the Lord declared to Mary: R: And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary… | V: Behold the handmaid of the Lord: R: Be it done unto me according to Thy word. Hail Mary… | V: And the Word was made Flesh: R: And dwelt among us. Hail Mary… | V: Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, R: that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. | V: Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. | V: 'Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you' (Lk 1: 28) | R: 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb' (Lk 1: 42).

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: | where there is hatred, let me sow love; | where there is injury, pardon; | where there is doubt, faith; | where there is despair, hope; | where there is darkness, light; | where there is sadness, joy. | O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek | to be consoled as to console, | to be understood as to understand, | to be loved as to love. | For it is in giving that we receive, | it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, | and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell;  but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life.