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PRAYERS TO BE USED

AFTER HOLY COMMUNION

The first priest to have the five wounds of Our Lord (called the stigmata) was Padre Pio. Born in 1887, he received the invisible stigmata (pain without visible wounds) in 1915 at his home in Pietrelcina, southern Italy. Three years later, as a Capuchin, he received the visible stigmata at Our Lady of Grace Monastery in San Giovanni Rotondo. He died in 1968 and was canonized in 2002.

To say that Padre Pio was extraordinary would be an understatement. Many are the stories of his bilocations, healings, reading of souls (knowing the state of a person’s soul before God) prophecies, ecstasies, etc. He will accept "all of America" (his words) as his Spiritual Children.

PADRE PIO’S PRAYER AFTER HOLY COMMUNION

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, 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 and 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 its 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, 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.

THANKSGIVING

Jesus says: "I am the Living Bread that came down from Heaven! If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever!"

To receive Holy Communion! What a Promise! What a Privilege! How can we ever thank Our Lord Jesus Christ for uniting Himself so intimately with us at Holy Communion time?

"0 Sacred Heart of Jesus, I implore - that I may love Thee more and more!"

(Pray slowly the above words

several times.)

"Jesus in the Eucharist, we glorify You, above all, in union with Mary Immaculate, Queen of Heaven. We offer You through her, her homage of boundless love and fervent reparation. Yes, adorable Jesus, it is in union with her that we come today to praise Your infinite mercies."

(Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey)

"Give me the grace to long for Your holy sacraments, and especially to rejoice in the presence of Your body, sweet Savior Christ, in the holy sacrament of the altar."

St. Thomas More

"Lord Jesus Christ, pierce my soul with your love so that I may always long for you alone, who are the bread of angels and the fulfillment of the soul's deepest desires. May my heart always hunger for you, so that soul may be filled with the sweetness of your presence."

Saint Bonaventure

I adore You,

Blood of the new, eternal Testament, flowing from the veins of Jesus in Gethsemane, from the flesh torn by scourges in the Praetorium, from His pierced hands and feet and from His opened side on Golgotha. I adore You in the Sacraments, in the Eucharist, where I know You are substantially present.... I place my trust in You, O adorable Blood, our Redemption, our regeneration. Fall, drop by drop, into the hearts that have wandered from You and soften their hardness." St. Albert the Great

The Precious Blood which we worship is the Blood which the Savior shed for us on Calvary and reassumed at His glorious Resurrection;

It is the Blood which courses through the veins of His risen, glorified, living body at the right hand of God the Father in heaven,

It is the Blood made present on our altars by the words of Consecration ("The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not the sharing of the Blood of Christ?" 1 Cor. 10:16);

It is the Blood which merited sanctifying grace for us and through It washes and beautifies our soul (Eph. 1:6-8) and inaugurates the beginning of eternal life in it.

"May His Blood be for us, we pray,

a fountain of water springing up to eternal life."

MY JESUS, I THANK YOU for coming to me.

I know I could never deserve such an honor.

May I live always in a spirit of gratitude for Your kindness to me.

I now offer You all the thanksgiving of all the Masses that are being offered today

and will ever be offered in the world.

May You be blessed and praised forever in the Eucharist.

MY JESUS, I LOVE YOU with all my heart and want to love You daily more and more.

I OFFER YOU, O LORD,

my whole life, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. You have given them all to me: now I give them back to You.

Give me only Your love and Your grace. With these, I will be rich enough and will have no more to ask.

MAY YOUR HOLINESS purify me, Your wisdom direct me.

MY JESUS, I BELIEVE

You are here present in the consecrated Host. Give me the faith of St. Peter to proclaim: “You are Christ, the son of the Living God”.

Give me the faith of St. Thomas to cry out, “My Lord and my God.”

Dear Lord, increase my faith.

O JESUS, I ADORE YOU,

in union with all here present, with all Your people over the earth, with the holy souls in Purgatory and with Your angels and saints in Heaven.

I gladly acknowledge that I come from You, that in You I live , move and have my being, and I depend on You in all things.

May I live always in this spirit of humble recognition of Your infinite majesty and goodness.

Jesus, I love you, Save Souls!

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, grant that I may ever love Thee ever more and more.

"My soul, if you wish to penetrate the depths of this Mystery, your gaze must be illumined by Love! You need to see and understand!

Contemplate the Last Supper: see Jesus Who knows that He will soon be separated from the body of His humanity, and yet wishing to be united to us forever; contemplate the Love by which He institutes this Sacrament which permits Him to be bodily forever united to mankind.

O Inextinguishable Love! O Love of Christ! O Love of the human race! What a true Furnace of Love!

O Jesus, You already saw the death which awaited You; the sorrows and atrocious tortures of the Passion were already breaking Your Heart, and yet You offered Yourself to Your executioners, and permitted them, by means of this Sacrament, to possess You forever as an Eternal Gift, O You, Whose delights are to be with the children of men!

"O my soul, how can you refrain from plunging yourself ever deeper and deeper into the love of Christ, who did not forget you in life or in death, but who willed to give Himself wholly to you, and to unite you to Himself forever?" St. Angela Foligno

BRING TO MY MIND THE UPPER ROOM

O God, who dost govern the thoughts of men;

Bring to my mind the upper room where the Lord Jesus broke bread with His disciples the night before He was crucified.

Grant that, being of that company, I may look into the face of Him who gave Himself for the world.

While I eat of His bread and drink of His cup, fill my life with His life; and send me forth to think His thoughts, to say His words, to do His deeds.

And so, O blessed Father, grant that the light of His face may shine in my face, that all men may take note that I have been with Jesus; who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Spirit, the God of everlasting Love. Amen

THANKSGIVING AFTER

COMMUNION

O JESUS, I BELIEVE that in this holy sacrament of the Eucharist

You have really and truly come into my inmost soul to share Your divine life with me. I believe because You have said it and Your word is true.

MAY YOUR SACRED BODY, which I have received, so transform me that no stain of sin may remain in me.

MAY WHAT I HAVE received with my mouth, O Lord, dwell ever in my heart and from a passing benefit become an eternal reward.

MY LORD AND MY GOD, I am happy to acknowledge that I came from Your hands, that I depend on You for everything in time and eternity.

Help me to live so that I may honor You more and more daily and die in Your love.

SOUL OF CHRIST,

Sanctify me.

Body of Christ, save me.

Blood of Christ, inebriate me.

Water from the side of Christ, wash me.

Passion of Christ,

strengthen me.

O good Jesus, hear me.

Within Your wounds, hide me

Suffer me not to be separated from Thee.

From the malignant enemy; defend me.

At the hour of my death,

call me and bid me come to Thee,

That through Your saints, I may praise Thee forever and ever.

LOOK DOWN UPON ME,

good and gentle Jesus, while before Thy face I humbly kneel, and with burning soul pray and beseech Thee to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity, true sorrow for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment: while I contemplate with great love and tender pity, Thy five most precious wounds, pondering over them within me, having in mind the words David, Your prophet, said of Thee, “They have pierced my hands and my feet, they have numbered all my bones.”

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, etc. for the intentions of the Holy Father.

INSPIRE, O LORD,

and direct our actions

by the aid of Your grace

so that every word and

work of ours may

always begin from

You, and through

You be happily

ended. Amen

“I praise, and bless, and give myself wholly to Him, who is the true Bread of my soul, and my everlasting joy.”

John Henry Newman

“I adore Thee, Jesus, in the Blessed Sacrament, and with all my heart I wish to make myself a fitting temple for Thee.” Stay with me always, O loving Jesus. St. Thomas Aquinas

SILENT GUEST OF THE TABERNACLE

Take me in Your silence, far from noise and the world's agitation.

In a silence in which my being finds itself in its truth, in its nakedness, and in its misery so that this silence will allow me to discover myself.

Take me into the divine wealth of Your silence, a fullness capable of filling my whole soul.

Silence in me everything that is not You, that which is not Your pure and simple presence; Your solitary and peaceful presence.

Impose silence on my desires, my caprices, my dreams of evasion, the violence of my passions.

Cover the voice of my demands and complaints with Your silence.

With Your silence suppress my nature, too impatient to speak, too inclined to outward and noisy action.

Also impose Your silence on my prayer so that it may be a pure ascent towards You.

Make Your silence descend to the intimacy of my being, and let this silence rise up to You like a gift of love.

Padre Pio

THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION

Glory to Thee, O Christ the King, that Thou hast counted us, Thy sinful and unworthy servants, worthy to enjoy Thy pure mysteries: Glory to Thee.

O Christ, our Lord and God, I give Thee thanks for all the benefits that Thou hast bestowed upon me, and most of all for the gift of Thy holy and life-giving mysteries which I have this day received. I pray Thee, O loving and merciful Lord, to grant me a pure conscience, unto my last breath, to make me partake of Thy Sacrament, for the remission of sins and for everlasting life, for Thou art the Bread of Life, the Fountain of holiness, the Giver of all good things; to Thee we give glory, now and forevermore. Amen.

DEAR JESUS, I believe that you are present within my heart. You said, “This is my Body and my Blood” And I know you love me and want to be with me. From my heart, I thank you for all you have given to me—my life, my family, my health, Baptism, protection, all that I have. Make me more grateful to You.

Generous Lord, I ask for still more. Protect my soul and body. Be good to those I love. Grant me this special favor—(mention request) Watch over me and make me good and happy. Jesus, I promise to receive you often in Holy Communion. Remain with me, dear Jesus, today and always. Never leave me in life, and be with me at the hour of my death. Amen

Act of Thanksgiving

From the depths of my heart, I thank You, dear Lord, for Your infinite kindness in coming to me. How good You are to me. With Your most holy Mother and all the angels, I praise Your mercy and generosity toward me, a poor sinner. I thank You for nourishing my soul with Your sacred Body and Precious Blood. I will try to show my gratitude to You in the Sacrament of Your love, by obedience to Your holy commandments, by fidelity to my duties, by kindness to my neighbor and by an earnest endeavor to become more like You in my daily conduct. Grant that I may spend the hours of the day gladly working with You according to Your will.

Help me just for today and be with me in it.

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In the long hours of work, that I may not grow weary or slack

in serving You.

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In conversations, that they may not be to me occasions of

uncharitableness.

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In the day’s worries and disappointments, that I may be

patient with myself and with those around me.

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In moments of fatigue and illness, that I may be mindful of

others rather than of myself.

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In temptations, that I may be generous and loyal, so that

when the day is over I may lay it at Your feet, with its

successes which are all Yours, and its failures which are all

my own, and feel that life is real and peaceful, and blessed

when spent with You as the Guest of my soul. Amen

From Padre Pio’s “Sursum Corda”

I believe, O my Jesus, Thy divine word, that under this appearance of bread Thou Thyself art here present as Thou art in heaven sitting glorious at the right hand of Thy Father and there interceding for me.

O most loving Jesus, Who in this Sacrament hast left me a pledge of future glory, I hope through the merits of Thy death and Passion to behold Thee face to face in heaven.

I love Thee, O Jesus Who, in Thy essence, art true God and true man. I love Thee, O Jesus, Who, for love of me, hast made Thyself like unto me; kindle within me the flame of sacred love, that, loving Thee, I may grow into Thy likeness.

I adore Thee, O Living Bread, descended from heaven, for my spiritual food; give me grace worthily to receive Thee in life and in death.

I adore Thee, divine food of the strong; strengthen my weakness, that I may ever be constant and faithful to Thy love.

With the whole Church, we unite the offering of ourselves and of all created things with Christ’s offering to the Father. We adore God, we thank Him, we atone for our sins and we ask Him for help. The Mass nourishes us with the Word of God and the Body and Blood of Christ. In Holy Communion, Christ comes to our souls to give us a fuller share in His Sacrifice and to unite us more closely to Himself and to one another. St. Peter Eymard

"When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon Him in your soul where He is present for your happiness; welcome Him as warmly as possible, and behave outwardly in such a way that your actions may give proof to all of His Presence." St. Francis de Sales

"Every time we come before the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus He touches the heart of all humanity! The Blessed Sacrament is the heartbeat of evangelization."

Excerpts from "The Sacred Eucharistic

Heart of Jesus" audio tape

THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION

I give Thee thanks, O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, Eternal God, Who in Thine own mercy, not because of my merits, hast vouchsafed to nourish me, a sinner and Thy unworthy servant, with the precious Body and Blood of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Let not this Holy Communion, I pray Thee, turn to my judgment and condemnation: let it rather obtain for me pardon and salvation. Let it cleanse me from all my vices; let it destroy all my concupiscences and evil desires. Let it increase my charity, my patience, my humility, my obedience. Let it defend me from all my enemies, visible and invisible. Let it appease all the evil inclinations of my mind and body; and guide me so straightly to Thee, my true and only God, that I may look forward to Thee as the happy goal of all my endeavors. Thus lead me, I pray Thee, to that unspeakable festival, where Thou, and Thy Son, and the Holy Spirit, will be to me and all the saints, the complete fullness, the end of hope, the everlasting joy, and the never-changing happiness: through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

(St. Thomas)

"Lord Jesus, You are in the Holy Eucharist! You are there, a yard away in the tabernacle! How close You are: my God, my Savior, my Jesus, my Brother, my Spouse, my Beloved! You were not nearer to the Blessed Virgin during the nine months she carried You in her womb than You are to me when You rest on my tongue at Holy Communion. You were not closer to the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph in the cave at Bethlehem or in the house at Nazareth or during the flight into Egypt, or at any moment of that divine family life than You are to me and others at this moment--in the tabernacle" and in my heart.

(Ven. Charles de Foucauld)

It was Thy wish, in short, O God, enamored of our souls, to make, by means of this sacrament, Thine own heart, by an inseparable union, one and the same heart with ours!”

O Jesus, present in the Sacrament of the Altar, teach all the nations to serve you with willing hearts, knowing that "to serve God is to reign." May your Sacrament, 0 Jesus, be light to the mind, strength to the will, joy to the heart. May it be the support of the weak, the comfort of the suffering, the wayfaring bread of salvation for the dying, and for all the "pledge of future glory." Amen.

"The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in Heaven, and will help bring about everlasting peace on earth,"

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

“Our participation in the Eucharistic Sacrifice should deepen our desire for the whole human family to come to the light of the faith…It should inspire us to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all those who do not yet believe in Him.”

Pope John Paul II

"You must propagate veneration of the Most Blessed Sacrament with all your might, for the devotion to the Holy Eucharist is the queen of all devotions."

(Pope Benedict XV)

"Blessed be Thou, my Lord Jesus Christ, who didst foretell Thy death before its time, and in the Last Supper didst wonderfully consecrate Thy precious Body of material bread, and also charitably gave it to Thy Apostles, in memory of Thy most worthy Passion, and by washing their feet with Thy sacred and precious hands, didst humbly show Thy very great humility."

(St. Bridget of Sweden)

Jesus of the Eucharist! Come to us and be our Ruler. All that we have and are is Thine to command, for all that we have is Thine. If our hearts are poor, enrich them with Thy Grace. If they have been wretched and stained, accept them purged and cleansed through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Suffering Heart of Jesus! To Thee we confide all the trails of our souls.

Sweet Heart of Jesus! To Thy care, we confide our weaknesses and ask Thee to accept our sincere repentance.

Compassionate Heart of Jesus! We confide our souls to Thee, tormented by our suffering conscience.

Gentle Heart of Jesus! We confide to Thee the peace and salvation of our families.

Eucharistic Heart of Jesus! The world finds a refuge in Thy Heart, where the lance once opened for us the source of Life. Come, O Jesus! Be our Brother in the pure joy of Christian love!! Come, O Jesus! Be our Friend in the depths of this world’s sorrows.

May You Always Be my hope, my trust, my riches, my delight, my joy and gladness, my peace and quiet, my food, my refreshment, my refuge and help, my wisdom, portion and possession, my treasure in which my mind and heart shall be rooted forever, fixed, firm and immovable. Amen

---St. Bonaventure

“It was Mary who first adored the Incarnate Word. He was in her womb, and no one on earth knew of it. Oh! how well was our Lord served in Mary's virginal womb! Never has He found a ciborium, a golden vase more precious or purer than was Mary's womb! Mary's adoration was more pleasing to Him than that of all the Angels. The Lord ‘hath set His tabernacle in the sun,’ says the Psalmist. The sun is Mary’s heart,” and “Mary is the aurora of the beautiful Sun of Justice,”

St. Peter Julian Eymard

"Every Mass is a memorial of that one sacrifice…which restored life to the world. Every Mass puts us into intimate communion with…Our Lady, the mother, whose sacrifice 'becomes present' just as the sacrifice of her Son 'becomes present' at the words of consecration.... At the root of the Eucharist is the virginal and maternal life of Mary."

Pope John Paul II

“When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now." Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"Grieve over the contempt cast upon Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, and try to make amends for it by a greater and more ardent love."

The Cure' of Ars, St. Jean Vianney

Our Lady of the

Most Blessed Sacrament

Virgin Immaculate, perfect lover of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, we ask you to obtain for us the graces we need to become true adorers of our Eucharistic God. Grant us, we beg of you, to know Him better, to love Him more, and to center our lives around the Eucharist, that is, to make our whole life a constant prayer of adoration, thanksgiving, reparation, and petition to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Amen.

Pray for us, O Virgin Immaculate, Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, that the Eucharistic Kingdom of Jesus Christ may come among us!

Mary Most Holy Virgin and Mother,

I have received your beloved son, Jesus. With love, I give Him back to you to offer Him to the Most Holy Trinity for your honor and for all our needs. Mother, obtain for me pardon of all my sins, and grace to serve God faithfully until death, so that with you I may praise Him in the endless happiness of Heaven.

WHAT SHALL I GIVE THEE?

I HAVE RECEIVED into my heart Jesus Christ, His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity. I begin this day, as a day in Heaven. He is in my soul the Divine Infant in the crib, the growing Boy at Nazareth, the Apostle acclaimed by crowds on the roads of Galilee, the Miracle Worker Who performed such prodigies, the Martyr Who completed His Sacrifice on Calvary.

And now, 0 good Master, what shall I give Thee in exchange for Thy visit....

I would like to pray to Thee with the burning words of Thy Mother, but I feel riveted to earthly things....

I would like to offer Thee courageous loyalty to my Baptismal Vows and Confirmation Graces but alas, I have so often been disloyal....

I would like, at least, to have a desire for the Christian life, but I allow myself to be discouraged by my failures....

0 good Jesus, I have nothing to give Thee, and Thou hast given Everything; Thou hast given Thyself to me. I can only join my poor voice in the chorus of praise to Thee, rising out of all the works of Thy Creation here on earth, you I may praise Him in the endless happiness of Heaven.

With fifteen hundred million now living on earth, I shall praise Thy Mercy! May our voices unite with the billions of those who inhabited the earth before us, and out of whose dust the beauty of Nature perpetually rises to praise Thy Glory!

May an infinite concert of voices from cottages and palaces, from fields and forests, from towns and deserts, from workshops and cathedrals, from earth and from heaven, from time and from eternity, arise to give my thanks unto Thee! Amen.

Mother of tender mercy, Most Blessed Virgin Mary, though I am a wretched and unworthy sinner, yet I turn to you with all my heart and all my love. I implore your loving kindness, that even as you stood beside your dear Son when He hung upon the Cross, so mercifully deign to stand beside me, a miserable sinner, and beside all your faithful people as we receive the most sacred Body of your Son, that we may be enabled to receive Him worthily and fruitfully. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

My Jesus, with burning desire I wish to receive You into my soul in this Holy Mass. Would that my heart were as pure and holy, and as full of love for You, as that of Your Immaculate Mother, so that thus I might receive You even as Mary received You from the hands of St. John! But my heart loves You too little. It is still full of sin, void of all virtues, and attached to the pleasures and goods of this world. I take refuge in her whom You have always loved so deeply. In union with her, I want to receive You into my heart. Come to dwell in the place of your choice, the Immaculate Heart of Your Mother.

The Short Way to Heaven

Holy Communion is the shortest and surest way to Heaven. There are others, Innocence for instance, but that is for little children; Penance, but we are afraid of it; A generous endurance of the trials of life, but when they approach us we weep and pray to be delivered.

Once for all, beloved children, the surest, easiest, shortest way is by the Holy Eucharist. -Plus X.

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