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    • what is spiritual communion

      Spiritual communion consists in awakening within the heart a lively desire to receive holy communion.
      In his encyclical, "Ecclesia de Eucharistia" ("A Eucharistic Church"), in April 2003, Pope John Paul II encouraged the practice of spiritual communion, “which has been a wonderful part of Catholic life for centuries and recommended by saints who were masters of the spiritual life.”
       
      St. Thomas Aquinas described it as “an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the most holy sacrament and lovingly embrace him” at a time or in circumstances when we cannot receive him in sacramental Communion. The Catechism of the Council of Trent devoted a special section to spiritual communion in its program of renewal in the late 16th century. In the past, instruction manuals gave as the most familiar situation, the need of a parent to stay home from Sunday Mass to care for a sick child, thereby missing the opportunity for Communion.
       
      Spiritual communion is the means of enriching the soul with many and precious graces.
      To make a spiritual communion is a matter of no difficulty; it is enough to recollect one’s self for a few minutes, to place one’s self in spirit before the tabernacle, and to say: “Lord Jesus, come, I beseech Thee, into my heart.”
       
      Prayer of Spiritual Communion
      One of the most popular is that composed by St. Alphonsus Liguori:
      “My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Blessed Sacrament.
      I love you above all things and I desire you with all my heart.
      Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally,
      I ask you to come spiritually into my heart.
      I embrace you as if you were already in my heart
      and unite myself to you completely.
      Please do not let me ever by separated from you.”

       

    • padre pio's prayer

      Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You.
      Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength,
      that I may not fall so often.
      Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life, and without You, I am without fervor.
      Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light, and without You, I am in darkness.
      Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.
      Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You.
      Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much, and always be in Your company.
      Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.
      Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is, I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of love.
      Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close, and life passes; death, judgment, eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength, so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You.
      It is getting late and death approaches,
      I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows.
      O how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile!
      Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all it’s dangers. I need You.
      Let me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread, so that the Eucharistic Communion be the Light which disperses the darkness, the force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart.
      Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to You, if not by communion, at least by grace and love.
      Stay with me, Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation, because I do not merit it, but the gift of Your Presence, oh yes, I ask this of You!
      Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart, Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.
      With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth
      and continue to love You perfectly during all eternity.    Amen

       

    • O holy Angel at my side go to the Church for me.
      Kneel in my place at Holy Mass where I desire to be.
      At Offertory in my stead take all I am and own
      And place it as a sacrifice upon the altar throne.
      At holy Consecration's bell adore with Seraph's love,
      My Jesus hidden in the Host come down from Heaven above.
      And when the Priest Communion takes,
      O bring my Lord to me,
      That His sweet Heart may rest on mine
      And I His temple be.

       

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