PRAYER FOR FAITH IN THE REAL PRESENCE
A CONTRACT WITH JESUS
BEFORE COMMUNION
PRAYER BY AN OLD LADY
O MOST HOLY GOD
WHAT SHALL I GIVE THEE?
OFFERING OF ONESELF
TO OUR LADY OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
TO JESUS ABANDONED IN THE TABERNACLE
TO JESUS FORSAKEN
APPEAL FOR PARDON
ACT OF REPARATION
Prayers from the Father Stedman Jesus, Mary Joseph Novena Manual:
PRAYER FOR FAITH IN THE REAL PRESENCE
WE COME to Thee, dear Lord, like the Apostles, saying: "INCREASE OUR
FAITH."
Give us a VIVID FAITH, that Thou art really present in the Blessed
Sacrament, a STRONG and ACTIVE FAITH that we may live by it.
Give us the FAITH of Thy beloved disciple, John, to recognize Thee and
say: "It is the Lord." "My God and my All!"
Give us the FAITH of Peter to fall on our knees and confess: "Thou art
the Christ, the Son of the Living God."
Give us the FAITH of Mary Magdalen to fall at Thy Feet, crying,
"Rabboni, Master!"
Give us the FAITH of the father of the sick boy, that FAITH which Thou
didst reward with a miracle when he cried out in tears, "I do believe,
Lord! help my unbelief."
Give us the FAITH of all Thy Saints to whom the Blessed Sacrament was
Heaven begun on earth.
In every Communion and at every visit, increase our FAITH, our
LOVE, our HUMILITY, our REVERENCE, and all good things will come to us.
Dearest Lord, INCREASE OUR FAITH.
A CONTRACT WITH JESUS
O JESU! my Savior, I desire above all things to show my love for Thee
and for my neighbor, loved by Thee; to praise Thee as far as lies
within my power and to make Thy Kingdom come amongst men. Therefore, I
make the following contract. I shall try to remain faithful to it to
the end of my life.
WHEREAS: FIRST I propose in my EVERY LOOK to consecrate myself entirely
to Thee, to see Thee through the eyes of faith, in all creatures and in
all things of earth.
SECOND I propose in EVERY THROB OF MY HEART to prove that I love Thee
enough to detach myself from sin and its occasions; and in all my human
loves to love them through Thee.
THIRD I propose that EVERY BREATH I breathe shall be in praise of Thee,
my Giver of Eternal Life. O, breathe Thy Grace abundantly upon my
heart, and on all men's hearts, thereby to establish Thy Reign amongst
us.
FOURTH I propose, finally, O my Jesus, in every act of my soul
and in every action of my body, to unite with Thee in Thy Sacrifice of
love on Calvary and in Thy continued Sacrifice in all the Masses that
have been, are being, or will be celebrated, all the merits of Thy
Passion and Death, and the merits for all of us in the holy life and
sufferings of Thy Blessed Mother and of all the Saints. Accept these
offerings, O Merciful Jesus, in adoration of Thy Divine Majesty, as
reparation for all sins, as thanksgiving for all of God's gifts and
graces, for the conversion of infidels and sinners, for the
perseverance of the just and the deliverance of the Souls in Purgatory.
O JESUS, deign to accept and confirm this contract. Amen.
BEFORE COMMUNION
COME, O JESUS! My poor soul calls for Thee and awaits Thee. Comfort my
poor soul distressed. Come and dwell within my breast. My Savior,
Jesus, come to me. With all my heart I long for Thee. Most firmly I
believe in Thee. Most truthfully I hope in Thee. Most ardently I love
Thee. Then come, O Jesus, come to me. Let me receive Thy BODY, so weary
with suffering, so tortured to save me. Let me receive Thy BLOOD, Which
agony for me pressed from Thy Brow in the Garden and Which Thou didst
shed for love of me, every step of the Way of Thy Cross. Let me receive
Thy SOUL, so sweet, and strong, meek and compassionate. Let It lift my
soul to Thee.
Come, dear Jesus, with Thy DIVINITY. Print Thy Divine Image on my soul,
and make it holy through Thy grace.
Every day I need Thy LIGHT to guide me in the way God wants me to go.
Come, then, O my Host, and day by day enlighten my soul with Thy Divine
Grace.
Every day I need Thy STRENGTH to fulfill God's reason for my creation.
Come, O my Host, and give me strength to set aside every obstacle in
following Thee.
In my trials and afflictions of every day, come, O my Host, and give me
patience and resignation.
In the duties and obligations which every day brings, come, O my Host,
and give me strength to be faithful to them.
Every day I ought to do good about me, to set good example to my
neighbors, perhaps to console and counsel them. Come, then, O my Host,
day by day, and inspire me with Thy Divine Charity.
Every day is full of temptations and I am weak. Come, O my Host, and
day by day renew my powers; raise me up from my falls; purify me from
my faults.
O ]ESUS,when dawns the day which shall be my last, come to me as my
Divine Friend. Come to me as my Host for the last time on earth so
that, having begun every day of my life on earth with Thee, I may also
begin the day of eternity that shall never end with Thee. Amen.
PRAYER BY AN OLD LADY
MY LOVING LORD, a thousand welcomes! O Son of Mary, I love Thee, indeed
I do. Who am I at all that Thou shouldst come next or near me? O God of
Heaven! make a little corner for me in Thy Heart, and never, while
there's life in me, let me lose my place there, and after death may I
still hide there. Amen.
Have pity on me, O Blessed Mother! Talk to my God for me. Tell Him I'm
a poor ignorant creature, full of nothing but sin and misery; but that
I love thee, His Own dear Mother; and that I am a poor follower of Him,
and for thy sweet sake, to help and pity me. Amen.
O MOST HOLY GOD
O MOST HOLY GOD, I adoreThee, through the Adorable Sacrament of the
Altar, and I offer Thee, through the holy hands of the Immaculate
Virgin Mary, all the consecrated Hosts on our Altars as a sacrifice of
expiation, reparation, and atonement for all the sacrileges,
profanations, impieties, blasphemies, and crimes committed against Thee
throughout the universe.
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 Messiah
acclaimed by crowds on the roads of Galilee, the Miracle Worker Who
performed such prodigies, the Martyr Who completed His Sacrifice on
Calvary.
He is in me. What more can I desire when I possess Jesus?
And now, O good Master! what shall I give Thee in exchange for Thy
visit . . .? I would like to give Thee a soul all sparkling with purity
and sincerity, but mine is afflicted with so many miseries!
I would like to pray to Thee with the burning words of Thy Mother and
her court of Heaven, 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 . . .
O 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 . . .
With the majesty of the mountains, the immensity of the desert,
the roar of the ocean, the fury of the storm, I shall praise Thy Power!
With the flowers of the field, the colors of the rainbow, the whiteness
of the snow, the blue of the skies, I
shall praise Thy Beauty!
With the fruits of the earth, the air I breathe, the light I
see, the life I enjoy, I shall
praise Thy Goodness.
With the splendor of the stars, the rays of the sun, the moon's
pale light, the depths of space, I
shall praise Thine Immensity.
With millions and millions 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.
OFFERING OF ONESELF
ACCEPT, O Lord, this offering of my
liberty, memory, understanding and will. All that I am and have, Thou
hast given me. I want
to restore everything to Thee, O Lord. Dispose of me as it shall please
Thee. All that I ask is Thy Grace and Thy Love. With these alone I
shall be rich enough. I ask for nothing more.
TO OUR LADY OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
O VIRGINMARY, Our Lady of the IBlessed Sacrament, glory of the Catholic
people; joy of the universal Church; salvation of the world; pray for
us, and arouse among the faithful everywhere such devotion to the Most
Holy Eucharist, as will make them worthy to receive It every day.
TO JESUS ABANDONED IN THE TABERNACLE
Ask Mary, who was entirely faithful to Jesus in His earthly
life, when He was the tortured object of so much ignorance,
indifference, defiance: Ask Mary to direct your prayers to some
neglected or abandoned Tabernacle somewhere in the world. Spread the
word about this devotion to others, so that there may be not one
Abandoned Tabernacle in the whole world.
WITH Mary Immaculate, let us Adore, thank, implore and console the Most
Beloved and Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
O DIVINE JESUS! lonely tonight in so many Tabernacles, without visitor
or worshipper . . . I offer Thee my poor heart. May its every throb be
an act of Love for Thee! Thou art always watching beneath the
Sacramental Veils, in Thy Love Thou dost never sleep and Thou art never
weary of Thy vigil for sinners. O lonely Jesus! May the flame of my
heart burn and beam always in company with Thee. O Sacrament most Holy!
O Sacrament Divine! All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment
Thine!
TO JESUS FORSAKEN
SWEET JESUS! For how many ages hast Thou hung upon Thy Cross and still
men pass Thee by and regard Thee not!
How often have I passed Thee by, heedless of Thy great Sorrow, Thy many
Wounds, Thine infinite Love!
How often have I stood before Thee, not to comfort and console Thee,
but to add to Thy Sorrows, to deepen Thy Wounds, to spurn Thy Love!
Thou hast stretched forth Thy Hands to raise me up, and I have taken
those Hands and bent them back on the Cross.
Thou hast loved me with an infinite love, and I have taken advantage of
that love to sin the more against Thee.
My ingratitude has pierced Thy Sacred Heart, and Thy Heart responds
only with an outpouring of Thy Love in Thy Precious Blood.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins
of the world, have mercy on me.
APPEAL FOR PARDON
ACCEPT, O Lord, this appeal for pardon wrung from our afflicted and
repentant souls, and in true sorrow for our sins and the sins of our
relatives and friends.
We ask Pardon, O Divine Heart! for public scandals and evil living, for
all who try to stir up disorder,f or all who corrupt Thy little ones,
for those who spend their youth and fortune in sensuous living, for
crimes in families, the sins of parents and children.
We ask Pardon, O Divine Heart! for those who traffic in public crime,
for those who lead and lure souls to eternal damnation by riches and
corrupt literature, for those who excite evil passions by immodest
fashions, corrupt plays and degenerate art.
We ask Pardon, O Divine Heart! for all attacks against our Holy Father
the Pope, for all organized disobedience against Holy Mother the
Church, for all weak and straying souls, for sinners who resist grace,
for all abuse of the Sacraments or any outrage against the Holy
Eucharist. Amen.
ACT OF REPARATION
O GOOD JESUS, in gratitude for Thy many Graces, and in sorrow for many
abuses of these Graces, I wish at this moment, both for myself, ever
ungrateful, and for the world, ever criminal, to make an Act of Solemn
Reparation.
Listen then, O merciful Savior of our souls, listen to these Acts of
Faith, to these expressions of sorrow:
For the irreverence we have committed in the House of God I wish to make reparation.
For our careless and distracted attendance at Sunday Mass I
wish to make reparation.
For our lack of preparation before, and
our poor thanksgiving after Holy Communion I
wish to make reparation.
For our failure to co-operate with Thy
daily Graces I wish to make
reparation.
For our sins of pride, sensuality and of our entire life I
wish to make reparation.
For our bad example and the sins we have
caused in others I
wish to make reparation.
For our tragic indifference to Thy words
of Holy Scripture and to the words of our Holy Father the Pope
I
wish to make reparation.
For the deplorable untruths of heresy, for all deserters and
apostates I
wish to make reparation.
For the pleasure-seeking and money-mad profaners of the Lord's
Day I
wish to make reparation.
For the sacrilegious treatment of Thy
churches and Altars I
wish to make reparation.
For the diabolical agents of Hell, ever
seeking whom they may devour I
wish to make reparation.
For the heartbreaking outrages committed
by those who should be Thy greatest consolation
I
wish to make reparation.
"O Love neglected! O Goodness but too little known."
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