Prayer After Holy Communion

[anglicanmale]

***Prayer After Holy Communion
by St. Thomas Aquinas

Lord, Father all-powerful and ever-living God, I thank you, for even though I am a sinner, your unprofitable servant, not because of my worth but in the kindness of your mercy, you have fed me with the precious body and blood of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that this communion may not bring me condemnation and punishment but forgiveness and salvation. May it be a helmet of faith and a shield of good will. May it purify me from evil ways and put an end to my evil passions. May it bring me charity and patience, humility and obedience, and growth in the power to do good. May it bring me charity and patience, humility and obedience, and growth in the power to do good. May it be my strong defense against all my enemies, visible and invisible, and the perfect calming of all my evil impulses, bodily and spiritual. May it unite me more closely to you, the one true God, and lead me safely through death to everlasting happiness with you. And I pray that you will lead me, a sinner, to the banquet where you, with your Son and Holy Spirit, are true and perfect light, total fulfillment, everlasting joy, gladness without end, and perfect happiness to your saints. Grant this through Christ our Lord.***

 

[JRKH]

Beautiful. I pray this one after every mass communion every time.
I also pray the Anima Christi

Soul of Christ, be my sanctification;
Body of Christ, be my Salvation;
Blood of Christ, Fill all my veins;
Water from Christ’s side, wash out my stains;
Passion of Christ, my comfort be,
O good Jesus listen to me.
In Thy wounds I fain would hide,
Ne’er to be parted from Thy side.
Guard me when the foe assails me;
Guide me when my feet shall fail me;
Bid me come to Thee above,
With Thy Saints to sing Thy love, forever and ever
Amen

Peace
James

 

[JRKH]

St Thomas Aquanis also offers a beautiful prayer for before communion. I try to say this on before every mass.

Prayer of St Thomas Aquinas
O almighty and eternal God, behold I approach the Sacrament of Thine only begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I come as one sick to the physician of life, as one unclean to the source of all mercy, as one blind to the light of the eternal sun, as one poor and needy to the Lord of heaven and earth. I beseech Thee, therefore, out of the abundance of Thine immense goodness, deign to heal my infirmity, cleanse me from my sins, illume my blindness, enrich my poverty, clothe my nakedness.
Grant that I may receive the Bread of angels, the King of kings, The Lord of lords, with as much reverence and humility, contrition and devotion, purity and faith, with such uprightness of purpose and intention, as may be profitable to the salvation of my soul.
Grant me, I beseech Thee, to receive not only the Sacrament of the Lords body and blood, but also the grace and virtue of the Sacrament. O most merciful God, Grant me so to receive the body of Thy only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, which he took from Mary ever virgin, that I may merit to be incorporated into His mystical body, and numbered amongst His members. O most Loving Father grant that Thy beloved Son, whom now hidden beneath the sacramental veil, I propose to receive, I may at length contemplate forever, face to face: who with Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
Amen

 

[mangy_dog]

***Prayer After Holy Communion
by St. Thomas Aquinas

Lord, Father all-powerful and ever-living God, I thank you, for even though I am a sinner, your unprofitable servant, not because of my worth but in the kindness of your mercy, you have fed me with the precious body and blood of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that this communion may not bring me condemnation and punishment but forgiveness and salvation. May it be a helmet of faith and a shield of good will. May it purify me from evil ways and put an end to my evil passions. May it bring me charity and patience, humility and obedience, and growth in the power to do good. May it bring me charity and patience, humility and obedience, and growth in the power to do good. May it be my strong defense against all my enemies, visible and invisible, and the perfect calming of all my evil impulses, bodily and spiritual. May it unite me more closely to you, the one true God, and lead me safely through death to everlasting happiness with you. And I pray that you will lead me, a sinner, to the banquet where you, with your Son and Holy Spirit, are true and perfect light, total fulfillment, everlasting joy, gladness without end, and perfect happiness to your saints. Grant this through Christ our Lord.***

I put together a musical arrangement for the Anima Christi, which we sing after communion.