DEVOTION OF THE MONTH OF APRIL TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE HOLY EUCHARIST
There are many symbols used to represent the Holy Spirit, but the two most notable are fire and the dove. Fire is cleansing. Where there is fire, something imperfect is destroyed and something new arises. It indicates an intense and powerful energy capable of transforming the soul. The dove on the other hand, is used repeatedly to signal the touch of the invisible omnipresent God to the visible and limited world. Both fire and dove are powerful symbols.
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. He bestows upon us sanctifying graces such as wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. And the Holy Spirit bestows charismatic gifts, both ordinary and extraordinary, to individuals as well—most notably when the Holy Spirit descended on Pentecost and the disciples of Christ began speaking in tongues.
The other dedication this month is to the Holy Eucharist. Through the transformation of bread and wine, we receive the body and blood of Christ. What a marvel to receive Jesus in this way! The Holy Eucharist is the powerful gift of Jesus before His death, made of unleavened wheat to grant us Jesus in our body, and a reminder of His sacrifice, as well as His presence to worship. No other gift compares!
Every Catholic Church contains a tabernacle in which the Body of Christ is reserved between Masses and the faithful are encouraged to come and pray before the Blessed Sacrament. Frequent prayer before the Blessed Sacrament is a path to spiritual growth.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
The practice of Eucharistic adoration on earth not only brings us grace but prepares us for our life in Heaven. As Pope Pius XII wrote in Mediator Dei (1947):
“These exercises of piety have brought a wonderful increase in faith and supernatural life to the Church militant upon earth and they are re-echoed to a certain extent by the Church triumphant in heaven which sings continually a hymn of praise to God and to the Lamb “who was slain.”
This month, why not make a special effort to spend some time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament? It doesn’t need to be long or elaborate: You can start simply by making the Sign of the Cross and uttering a short profession of faith, such as “My Lord and my God!” as you pass a Catholic church. If you have the time to stop for five minutes, all the better.
“My Lord, I offer Thee myself in turn as a sacrifice of thanksgiving. Thou hast died for me and I in turn make myself over to Thee. I am not my own. Thou hast bought me; I will by my own act and deed complete the purchase. My wish is to be separated from everything of this world; to cleanse myself simply from sin; to put away from me even what is innocent, if used for its own sake, and not for Thine. I put away reputation and honour and influence and power, for my praise and strength shall be in Thee. Enable me to carry on what I profess. Amen.”
AN EXPLANATION OF AN OFFERING OF ONESELF TO CHRIST IN THE EUCHARIST
We should leave each visit to the Blessed Sacrament renewed in our commitment to live a Christian life. This Offering of Oneself to Christ in the Eucharist, written by John Henry Cardinal Newman, reminds us of the sacrifice that Christ made for us, in dying on the Cross and asks Christ in the Blessed Sacrament to help us to dedicate our lives to Him. It is the perfect prayer to end a visit to the Blessed Sacrament.
The month of April is dedicated both to devotion to the Eucharist and devotion to the Holy Spirit. This tradition has developed because Easter Sunday often falls in April, and when it does fall in March, the Easter season continues on through all of April. In essence, April is a month of Easter, and during the Easter celebration we remember the Eucharistic sacrifice Christ gave us and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, which would come after Jesus’s resurrection.
HOLY EUCHARIST
The Eucharist (Holy Communion), simply is Christ’s body, blood, soul, and divinity under the appearance of bread and wine. It is not a symbol of Christ, but rather, it is truly and really Jesus Christ!
At the point in the Mass known as the consecration the priest, acting in persona Christi, will say “This is my Body, which will be given up for you” and “This is my Blood…”. These were the words of Our Saviour when He turned the bread and wine at the Last Supper into His Body and Blood, and, by the divine power of God in the priesthood, the bread and wine become Jesus Christ. Note: It is correct to say the Bread and wine become Jesus, not Jesus becomes bread and wine.
At the Consecration during the Mass everyone present except the celebrant should kneel in adoration because by God’s divine power the bread and wine become His eternal Son, Jesus Christ (GIRM 21). The bread and wine become Jesus Christ’s Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity as Our Lord Himself taught in Sacred Scripture specifically at the Last Supper. The only thing remaining of bread and wine is the appearance of bread and wine (called the “accidents”).
Jesus Christ gave this awesome power to his disciples, the first bishops who have passed this down through the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, a collection of all Catholic beliefs produced in 1992, calls the Eucharist the “source and summit of our faith” (1324). It is in that moment when we receive the Eucharist that our soul is in ecstasy because Christ is truly in us. Jesus Christ loved us so much at the last Supper, even though He knew His death was near, He gave us the joy of being with Him eternally.
Clearly we need Jesus Christ as He is the “…only way, truth, and life”, and it is in the Most Holy Eucharist that the veil between Heaven and earth is the shortest and we receive Our Lord, Most High. That intimate moment can not be put into words as it is only the soul that speaks with such fervent love that some are moved to tears. We truly are living Our Saviour’s Command: “Take ye, and eat. This is my body” (Matthew 26:26).
*For those non-Catholics: The Blessed Sacrament (called the Eucharist) is truly the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. It is not a symbol but is Jesus.
Partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who visit the Most Blessed Sacrament to adore it; a plenary indulgence is granted, if the visit lasts for at least one half an hour.
PRAYERS TO THE HOLY EUCHARIST
Prayer Before the Blessed Sacrament (St. Alphonsus Liguori)
My Lord Jesus Christ, for the love which You bear to men, You remain night and day in this Sacrament full of compassion and of love, awaiting, calling, and welcoming all who come to visit You. I believe that You are present in the Sacrament of the Altar:
I adore You from the abyss of my nothingness, and I thank You for all the graces which You have bestowed upon me and in particular for having given me Yourself in this Sacrament, for having given me your holy Mother Mary for my advocate, and for having called me to visit You in this chapel. I now salute Your most loving Heart: and this for three ends:
1. In thanksgiving for this great gift;
2. To make amends to You for all the outrages which You receive in this Sacrament from all Your enemies;
3. I intend by this visit to adore You in all the places on earth in which You are the least revered and the most abandoned.
My Jesus, I love You with all my heart. I grieve for having so many times offended Your infinite goodness. I promise with Your grace never more to offend You in the future. Now, miserable and unworthy though I be, I consecrate myself to You without reserve; I give You my entire will, my affections, my desires, and all that I possess. From now on dispose of me and of all that I have as You please.
All that I ask of You and desire is Your holy love, final perseverance, and the perfect accomplishment of Your will. I recommend to You the souls in purgatory; but especially those who had the greatest devotion to the most Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. I also recommend to You all poor sinners. My dear Saviour, I unite all my affections with the affections of Your most loving Heart; and I offer them, thus united, to Your eternal Father, and beseech Him in Your name to vouchsafe, for Your love, to accept them. Amen.
PRAYER TO JESUS IN THE HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR
Dear Jesus, present in the Sacrament of the Altar, be forever thanked and praised. Love, worthy of all celestial and terrestrial love, Who, out of infinite love for me, ungrateful sinner, didt assume our human nature, didt shed Thy most precious blood in the cruel scourging, and didt expire on a shameful cross for our eternal welfare! Now, illumined with lively faith, with the outpouring of my whole soul and the fervor of my heart, I humbly beseech Thee, through the infinite merits of Thy painful sufferings, give me strength and courage to destroy every evil passion which sways my heart, to bless Thee in my greatest affliction, to glorify Thee by the exact fulfillment of all my duties, supremely to hate all sin, and thus to become a saint. Amen.
SOUL OF CHRIST (ANIMA CHRISTI)
Say this prayer for the sick, suffering, and dying that God’s mercy may intervene and save them. This prayer is from the 14th Century and commonly said after receiving Holy Communion. This prayer is one that has an indulgence attached – partial indulgence.
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
Amen.
Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord. . . that He may bestow upon you a blessing this day.” (Exodus 32:29)
“Who else among you will contribute generously and consecrate themselves to the Lord this day?” (1 Chronicles 29:5)
“Consecrate yourselves to the Lord, for tomorrow He will do wonders among you.” (Joshua 3:5)
The Eucharist is God, Our Lord Jesus Christ!
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION TO THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST
Jesus, my Lord and my God, truly present – Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity in the Most Holy Eucharist,
I believe in Thy Real Presence.
I love Thee above all things with all my heart, soul, mind and strength.
I thank Thee for giving Thyself and remaining with us in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
I worship and adore Thee profoundly.
I wholeheartedly consecrate myself entirely to Thee today
through Mary, Mother of the Eucharist and my mother,
Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Amen.
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT 
On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love.
You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by my unfaithfulness and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You.
Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light, and listen to Your voice, and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You, by Your compassion, to watch over me in my weakness.
Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds, and trusting in His Precious Blood, I implore You, Holy Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace, O Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Father and the Son, to say to You always and everywhere, “Speak Lord for Your servant listens.” Amen.
LITANY IN REPARATION TO OUR LORD IN THE EUCHARIST
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.
Sacred Host, offered for the salvation of sinners, R: Have mercy on us.
Sacred Host, annihilated on the altar for us and by us, R:
Sacred Host, despised by lukewarm Christians, R:
Sacred Host, mark of contradiction, R:
Sacred Host, delivered over to Jews and heretics, R:
Sacred Host, insulted by blasphemers, R:
Sacred Host, Bread of angels, given to animals, R:
Sacred Host, flung into the mud and trampled underfoot, R:
Sacred Host, dishonored by unfaithful priests, R:
Sacred Host, forgotten and abandoned in Thy churches,
Be merciful unto us, Pardon us, O Lord.
Be merciful unto us, Hear us, O Lord.
For the outrageous contempt of this most wonderful Sacrament,
R: We offer Thee our reparation.
For Thine extreme humiliation in Thine admirable Sacrament,
R: We offer Thee our reparation.
For all unworthy Communions,
For the irreverences of wicked Christians, R:
For the profanation of Thy sanctuaries, R:
For the holy ciboriums dishonored and carried away by force, R:
For the continual blasphemies of impious men, R:
For the obduracy and treachery of heretics, R:
For the unworthy conversations carried on in Thy holy temples, R:
For the profaners of Thy churches which they have desecrated by their sacrileges, R:
That it may please Thee to increase in all Christians the reverence due to this adorable Mystery, R: we beseech Thee, hear us.
That it may please Thee to manifest the Sacrament of Thy Love to heretics, R:
That it may please Thee to grant us the grace to atone for their hatred by our burning love for Thee, R:
That it may please Thee that the insults of those who outrage Thee may rather be directed against ourselves, R:
That it may please Thee graciously to receive this our humble reparation, R:
That it may please Thee to make our adoration acceptable to Thee, R:
Pure Host, hear our prayer.
Holy Host, hear our prayer.
Immaculate Host, hear our prayer.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.
LET US PRAY.
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who dost deign to remain with us in Thy wonderful Sacrament to the end of the world, in order to give to Thy Father, by the memory of Thy Passion, eternal glory, and to give to us the Bread of life everlasting: Grant us the grace to mourn, with a heart full of sorrow, over the injuries which Thou hast received in this adorable Mystery, and over the many sacrileges which are committed by the impious, by heretics and by bad Catholics. Inflame us with an ardent zeal to repair all these insults to which, in Thine infinite mercy, Thou hast preferred to expose Thyself rather than deprive us of Thy Presence on our altars, Who with God the Father and the Holy Spirit livest and reignest one God, world without end. R: Amen.
Since the 16th century Catholic piety has assigned entire months to special devotions. The Church traditionally encouraged the month of April for increased devotion to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. “The Church in the course of the centuries has introduced various forms of this Eucharistic worship which are ever increasing in beauty and helpfulness; as, for example, visits of devotion to the tabernacles, even every day; Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament; solemn processions, especially at the time of Eucharistic Congresses, which pass through cities and villages; and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament publicly exposed . . .
These exercises of piety have brought a wonderful increase in faith and supernatural life to the Church militant upon earth and they are re-echoed to a certain extent by the Church triumphant in heaven, which sings continually a hymn of praise to God and to the Lamb ‘Who was slain.'” –Pope Pius XII
PRAYER:
ACT OF ADORATION
I adore Thee, 0 Jesus, true God and true Man, here present in the Holy Eucharist, humbly kneeling before Thee and united in spirit with all the faithful on earth and all the blessed in heaven. In deepest gratitude for so great a blessing, I love Thee, my Jesus, with my whole heart, for Thou art all perfect and all worthy of love.
Give me grace nevermore in any way to offend Thee, and grant that I, being refreshed by Thy Eucharistic presence here on earth, may be found worthy to come to the enjoyment with Mary of Thine eternal and ever blessed presence in heaven. Amen.
FAITH IN THE EUCHARIST
O my God, I firmly believe that Thou art really and corporally present in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar. I adore Thee here present from the very depths of my heart, and I worship Thy sacred presence with all possible humility. O my soul, what joy to have Jesus Christ always with us, and to be able to speak to Him, heart to heart, with all confidence. Grant, O Lord, that I, having adored Thy divine Majesty here on earth in this wonderful Sacrament, may be able to adore it eternally in Heaven. Amen.
PETITION
Believing that Thou, my God, hast in any way revealed to us–grieving for all my sins, offenses and negligences, hoping in Thee, O Lord, who wilt never let me be confounded–thanking Thee for this supreme gift, and for all the gifts of Thy goodness–loving Thee, above all in this sacrament of Thy love–adoring Thee in this deepest mystery of Thy condescension: I lay before Thee all the wounds and wants of my poor soul, and ask for all that I need and desire. But I need only Thyself, O Lord; I desire none but Thee–Thy grace, and the grace to use well Thy graces, the possession of Thee by grace in this life, and the possession of Thee forever in the eternal kingdom of Thy glory.
FOR THE PEACE OF CHRIST
O most sacred, most loving heart of Jesus, Thou art concealed in the Holy Eucharist, and Thou beatest for us still. Now as then Thou sayest, “With desire I have desired.” I worship Thee, then, with all my best love and awe, with my fervent affection, with my most subdued, most resolved will. O make my heart beat with Thy heart. Purify it of all that is earthly, all that is proud and sensual, all that is hard and cruel, of all perversity, of all disorder, of all deadness. So fill it with Thee, that neither the events of the day nor the circumstances of the time may have power to ruffle it; but that in Thy love and Thy fear it may have peace. –Cardinal Newman
ACT OF LOVE
I believe Thou art present in the Blessed Sacrament, O Jesus. I love Thee and desire Thee. Come into my heart. I embrace Thee, O never leave me. I beseech Thee, O Lord Jesus, may the burning and most sweet power of Thy love absorb my mind, that I may die through love of Thy love, who wast graciously pleased to die through love of my love. –St. Francis of Assisi
ACT OF REPARATION
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, well known in connection with devotion to the Sacred Herat of Jesus, led the way in making reparation to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament for the coldness and ingratitude of men. This prayer of hers can become our own as we attempt to make amends for our own and others’ neglect of the great Sacrament of His love, the Eucharist. O kind and merciful savior, from my heart I earnestly desire to return Thee love for love. My greatest sorrow is that Thou art not loved by men, and, in particular, that my own heart is so cold, so selfish, so ungrateful. Keenly aware of my own weakness and poverty, I trust that Thy own grace will enable me to offer Thee an act of pure love. And I wish to offer Thee this act of love in reparation for the coldness and neglect that are shown to Thee in the sacrament of Thy love by Thy creatures. O Jesus, my supreme good, I love Thee, not for the sake of the reward which Thou hast promised to those who love Thee, but purely for Thyself. I love Thee above all things that can be loved, above all pleasures, and above myself and all that is not Thee, promising in the presence of heaven and earth that I will live and die purely and simply in Thy holy love, and that if to love Thee thus I must endure persecution and suffering I am completely satisfied, and I will ever say with Saint Paul: Nothing “will be able to separate us from the love of God.” 0 Jesus, supreme master of all hearts, I love Thee, I adore Thee, I praise Thee, I thank Thee, because I am now all Thine own. Rule over me, and transform my soul into the likeness of Thyself, so that it may bless and glorify Thee forever in the abode of the saints. –Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
OFFERING
My Lord, I offer Thee myself in turn as a sacrifice of thanksgiving. Thou hast died for me, and I in turn make myself over to Thee. I am not my own. Thou hast bought me; I will by my own act and deed complete the purchase. My wish is to be separated from everything of this world; to cleanse myself simply from sin; to put away from me even what is innocent, if used for its own sake, and not for Thine. I put away reputation and honor, and influence, and power, for my praise and strength shall be in Thee. Enable me to carry out what I profess. Amen. –Cardinal Newman
DEVOTIONALS FOR APRIL
THE 1st OF APRIL
ONLY IN JESUS CAN WE FIND TRUE REST
THE 2nd OF APRIL
GOD BLESSED THE DAY OF REST FOR OUR GOOD
THE 3rd OF APRIL
BY FAITH IN GOD WE MAY ENJOY SUCCESS AND PEACEFUL SLEEP
THE 4th OF APRIL
THE FRUIT OF A PURE HEART ARE EVERLASTING PEACE AND REST
THE 5th OF APRIL
ARE WE CALM AND COLLECTED OR ANGRY AND QUICK-TEMPERED?
THE 6th OF APRIL
LET US CONTROL OUR LUSTS SO THAT WE CAN BE HOLY IN ALL WE DO
THE 7th OF APRIL
WE HAVE BEEN REDEEMED WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, THE PERFECT SACRIFICIAL LAMB
THE 8th OF APRIL
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO FATHER GOD
THE 9th OF APRIL
LET US SINCERELY LOVE ONE ANOTHER
THE 10th OF APRIL
GOD’S WORD IS EVERLASTING
THE 11th OF APRIL
IF WE REMAIN IN JESUS AND HIS WORD REMAINS IN US, WE RECEIVE WHAT WE ARE PRAYING FOR
THE 12th OF APRIL
THE PRAYER ACCORDING TO GOD’S WILL RECEIVES THE REQUIRED ANSWERED
THE 13th OF APRIL
GOD DESERVES ALL OUR PRAISE AND GRATITUDE
THE 14th OF APRIL
GOD FORGIVES AND HEALS US
THE 15th OF APRIL
GOD’S GOODNESS IS UNLIMITED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM
THE 16th OF APRIL
GOD KNOWS OUR WEAKNESSES AND TREATS US AS HIS BELOVED CHILDREN
THE 17th OF APRIL
GOD IS GOOD AND MERCIFUL WITH THOSE WHO LIVE FOR HIM
THE 18th OF APRIL
ONLY IN THE LORD DO WE FIND TRUE AND LONG-LASTING HAPPINESS
THE 19th OF APRIL
THE LORD COUNSELS AND STRENGTHENS HIS CHILDREN
THE 20th OF APRIL
THOSE WHO HABITUALLY DO RIGHT WILL RECEIVE GLORY, HONOR AND PEACE
THE 21st OF APRIL
THROUGH THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST WE BECOME BORN-AGAIN AND INHERIT HEAVEN
THE 22nd OF APRIL
BY MEDITATING ON GOD’S WORD WE TRUST THE LORD AND CAN BE HAPPY
THE 23rd OF APRIL
WHEN JESUS IS OUR SHEPHERD, WE LACK NOTHING
THE 24th OF APRIL
JESUS RESTORES OUR SOULS AND LEADS US ON THE PATH TO HEAVEN
THE 25th OF APRIL
WE SHOULD FEAR NOTHING WHILE JESUS IS OUR SHEPHERD
THE 26th OF APRIL
GOD TREATS US WITH GOODNESS AND MERCY
THE 27th OF APRIL
BY OBEYING GOD’S WORD WE ARE HIS DISCIPLES, WILL KNOW THE TRUTH AND BE SET FREE
THE 28th OF APRIL
ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD’S PROMISES, IN SPITE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
THE 29th OF APRIL
ABRAHAM CHOSE TO BELIEVE WITHOUT DOUBTING, GOD’S PROMISE
THE 30th OF APRIL
BY FAITH WE ARE CONSIDERED RIGHTEOUS
THE MONTH OF APRIL IS DEDICATED TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT ~~ THE SACRAMENT OF LOVE!
PRAYER TO THE EUCHARISTIC HEART OF JESUS:
Heart of Jesus in the Eucharist, I adore You!
Sweet Companion of Our Exile, I seek You!
Holy God Become Man, I beat with Your Heart!
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus,
Solitary, abandoned, humiliated, cursed,
Despised, outraged, ignored by men,
Have mercy on us!
Lover of our hearts, pleading for Your Beloved,
patiently waiting for us, eager to hear our confidences,
desirous of our devotion, have mercy on us!
Heart of Grace, silent and wishing to speak,
Refuge of the hidden life,
Sharer of the secrets of Union with God,
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
Jesus, Victim, I want to comfort You. I unite myself with You.
I offer myself in union with You.
I count myself as nothing before You.
I desire to forget myself and think only of You,
to be forgotten and rejected for love of You,
not to be understood, not to be loved, except by You.
I will hold my peace that I may listen to You.
I will forsake myself in order to be lost in You.
Grant that I may quench Your thirst for my salvation,
Your burning thirst for my sanctification,
and that, being purged, I may give You a true and pure love.
I no longer want to deny Your expectations.
I give myself to You.
I entrust to You all my actions and thoughts:
my mind, that You may enlighten it,
my heart, that You may fill it,
my will, that You may establish it,
my soul and body, that You may feed and sustain them.
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus,
Whose Blood is the life of my soul,
may it no longer be I who live, but You alone Who lives in me!
Come, O Holy Spirit
Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love.
v. Send forth Your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created.
R. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
LET US PRAY:
God our Father, pour out the gifts of Your Holy Spirit on the world. You sent the Spirit on Your Church to begin the teaching of the gospel: now let the Spirit continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who believe. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
O God, in this wonderful Sacrament You left us a memorial of Your passion. Grant us so to venerate the sacred mysteries of Your body and blood that we may ever continue to feel within us the blessed fruit of Your redemption Who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer Source: Prayer Book, The by Reverend John P. O’Connell, M.A., S.T.D. and Jex Martin, M.A., The Catholic Press,
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