While the priest communicates.
O sacred banquet, in which Christ is received, the memory of His passion is renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us !
Grant, Lord Jesus, that we may so reverence the sacred mysteries of Thy body and blood, that we may ever find in ourselves the fruits of Thy redemption. Amen.
ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT INTEND TO COMMUNICATE.
O my most loving Saviour, since I cannot have the happiness of receiving Thee this day, suffer me to gather up the precious crumbs that fall from Thy table, and to unite myself to Thy divine heart by faith, hope, and charity. I confess I do not deserve the children's bread ; but I venture humbly to declare that, away from Thee, my soul is dried up with thirst, and my heart cast down with faintness. Come, then, into me, O my divine Jesus, come into my mind, to illuminate it with Thy light ; come into my heart, to enkindle in it the fire of Thy love, and to unite it so intimately with Thy own, that it may be no more I that live, but Thou that livest in me, and reignest in me for ever.
