our soul was made for Thee, and can enjoy true peace only when it rests in Thee! From the bottom of my heart, therefore, do I thank Thee and I firmly resolve ever to fly sin and its occasions and to take up my lasting dwelling in Thy divine Heart, from which I hope the grace and help to love Thee until death. Amen.
(Ind. of 300 days, when said after Holy Communion. Leo XIII. June 3, 1896.)
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.
PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN
O MOST Holy, O most benign, O noble and glorious Virgin Mary, who wast worthy to bear in thy sacred womb the Creator of all, and at thy virginal breast to nourish Him Whose true, real, and most holy Body and Blood I, an unworthy sinner, have just now dared to receive: vouchsafe, I humbly beseech thee, to intercede
