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Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas
[Recited in Preparation for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass]
| Almighty and ever-living God, I approach the sacrament of your
only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I come sick to the Doctor
of Life, unclean to the Fountain of Mercy, blind to the Radiance of
Eternal Light, and poor and needy to the Lord of Heaven and Earth.
Lord, in your great generosity, heal my sickness, wash away my defilement,
enlighten my blindness, enrich my poverty, and clothe my nakedness.
May I receive the bread of angels, the King of kings and the Lord
of lords with humble reverence and with the purity and faith, the
repentance and love, and the determined purpose that will help to
bring me salvation. May I receive the Lord’s body and blood,
and its reality and power. Kind God, may I receive the Body of your
only begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, born from the womb of the
Virgin Mary, and so be received into His Mystical Body and numbered
among his members. Loving Father, as on my earthly pilgrimage I now
receive your beloved Son under the veil of a sacrament, may I one
day see Him face to face in glory, who lives and reigns with you forever.
AMEN. |
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Saint Mary Catholic Church
310 South Royal Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Rectory: 310 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phone: 703-836-4100 Fax: 703-549-3605
www.saintmaryparish.net