Pious Intentions for Communion

Source: THE SCHOOL OF JESUS CRUCIFIED, Fr. Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, TAN BOOKS, 
with Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur, 1895


1. The love of God: That through this most holy Sacrament the soul may be more and more united to its God by the way of perfect love.

2. Devotion to the sacred Passion of Jesus Christ: That Our Lord, in the Blessed Sacrament, may impress upon our soul the memory of His bitter sufferings, and bestow upon it grace constantly and devoutly to think of them.

3. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin: To obtain tender filial affection and loving confidence in this most amiable Queen, from Jesus, who bequeathed her to us from the Cross, to be our Mother.

4. Adoration of the Divine Majesty of God: Desiring and intending to acknowledge, adore and love It in Jesus Christ, and through Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, from Whom God receives infinite honor and glory.

5. Desire to thank God for all the blessings received from His hand: And we cannot offer the Eternal Father anything more pleasing or dear to Him than His adorable Son in the Blessed Sacrament.

6. Satisfaction for our sins: Offering this Divine Victim, Who is sacrificed for our salvation, and the price of His Precious Blood, in payment and expiation of all the offenses we have committed against God's Majesty.

7. Desire to obtain some particular favor from God, through the merits of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, either for ourselves or for our neighbors.
8. The cure of our own spiritual infinities, in order that this Divine Physician, on coming into our soul, may heal and cure it, and infuse into it fresh strength and vigor, that so it may relapse no more.

9. Victory over temptations: That through the power and merits of Jesus Christ, Who has by His death triumphed over the devil, we may be defended from his assaults, and preserved from his snares, and that by virtue of this Sacrament we may be strengthened to combat with valor.

10. Perseverance in God's grace: Fervently asking, through the merits and love of Jesus, for grace never to commit mortal sin, nor to displease the infinite goodness of God.

11. Desire to praise God in His Saints, and to honor their memory, offering our Communion to the most holy Trinity in thanksgiving for the favors bestowed upon them, and for the glory they enjoy. You should have this intention especially on their festival days.

12. On the festivals of the Blessed Virgin, you should go to Communion, in honor of the Queen of Saints, thanking Our Lord, in her name, for having made her His Mother, and for having endowed her with innumerable singular privileges.

13. Zeal for the salvation of poor sinners: Since there is nothing that can more efficaciously make intercession for them with the Eternal Father than that precious Blood which His most holy Son has shed for them.

14. Compassion for the sorrows of your neighbor: To obtain for all the needy, afflicted, and suffering, the grace of patience, comfort and consolation
from Jesus Christ, who is the loving Father of all mankind.

15. An especial devotion toward Jesus Himself in the Blessed Sacrament, that our Divine Redeemer, who has been pleased to institute the most holy Sacrament of the Altar that so He may forever abide with us, may enkindle in our hearts, and in those of all mankind, a true love and sincere devotion toward Him and an earnest desire to receive Him frequently.

16. Desire to acquire the spirit of Christ, and to be entirely transformed into Him, that is to say, that by means of this Sacrament you may put on the spirit of Jesus Christ, and follow Him in His life and virtues, and thus become entirely His, for this should be the principal end of each of your Communions.

Having called to mind one or other of these pious intentions, and made an offering of your Communion to that end, you should place yourself with great recollection in the presence of God, and then, if you like, you can read the following Acts, as a preparation for the great action you are about to perform. Be careful not to go through them hurriedly and in a cursory manner, but read them more with your heart than with your eyes, and with great feeling and devotion. Pause whenever any expression excites in your heart especial feelings of piety and recollection. Your soul will not be so much benefited by reading many pages as by sincere compunction for your sins and tender love for Jesus Christ. If you act thus, the consequence will be that your heart will be well prepared and you will derive great fruit from your Communions.




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