Commontide

For the Acceptance of Prayer

Heavenly Father, you have promised to hear what we ask in the Name of your Son: Accept and fulfill our petitions, we pray, not as we ask in our ignorance, nor as we deserve in our sinfulness, but as you know and love us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For Union with Christ

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 thy wounds hide me. Permit me not to be separated from thee. From the wicked foe defend me. In the hour of my death call me, and bid me come to thee, that with thy saints I may praise thee for ever and ever.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 674

Provenance

Anima Christi, c.1330 / ACNA 2019

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A medieval Latin prayer of devotion to the crucified Christ, made famous by St. Ignatius of Loyola, long sung by Anglicans as a hymn and finally given an official place in the 2019 Book of Common Prayer.