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Preparation for Personal Prayer

Holy Spirit, breath of God and fire of love, I cannot pray without your aid: Kindle in me the fire of your love, and illumine me with your light; that with a steadfast will and holy thoughts I may approach the Father in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ my Lord, who reigns with you and the Father in eternal union. Amen.

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For Spiritual Communion

Dear Jesus, I believe that you are truly present in the Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I desire to possess you within my soul. And since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, I beseech you to come spiritually into my heart. I unite myself to you, together with all your faithful people, and I embrace you with all the affections of my soul. Never permit me to be separated from you.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 677

Provenance

ACNA 2019

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer for uniting oneself to Christ when unable to receive Communion in person, its devotional root traditionally credited to St. Alphonsus Liguori and its bracketed clause echoing Anglo-Catholic usage.