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I forgot my Magnificat in the pew at church one Sunday early this month, and so I have been without it for the past few weeks.
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So I started taking in the blue Pieta prayer book to Mass and figured I’d learn one of those “old school” prayers that are so neat. I had heard the “Anima Christi” prayer before in different contexts, but I had never learned it myself.
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I have been praying it after receiving Jesus in Communion, and it is a very moving prayer. Here it is from memory (so I may make a mistake):
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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.
Oh good Jesus, hear me!
Within thy 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 with thy saints I may praise thee,
Forever and ever,
Amen.
