A
Litany of Preparation for Receiving
Holy Communion
(Contemporary English)
God the Father:
Have mercy on us.
God the Son:
Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit:
Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God:
Have mercy on us.
Help us, O God our Savior:
Have mercy on us.
From the dominion of all vices:
Lord, deliver us.
From blindness of heart:
Lord, deliver us.
From all evil:
Lord, deliver us.
Spare us from our sin:
Grant this,
Lord
Give us a sure hope:
Grant this,
Lord
Give us a right faith:
Grant this,
Lord
Bestow on us a perfect love:
Grant this,
Lord
Mortify in us all vices:
Grant this,
Lord
Enliven us in all virtues:
Grant this,
Lord
By your Incarnation open for us an entrance into the Holy of
Holies:
Grant this,
Lord
By this most holy Mystery renew our souls and bodies:
Grant this,
Lord
By it, purify our consciences:
Grant this,
Lord
Let not this tremendous Mystery be to our condemnation:
Grant this,
Lord
That we may handle with pure hands this Holy Sacrament:
Grant this,
Lord
That we may receive it with pure minds:
Grant this,
Lord
That by it we may obtain pardon of all sins:
Grant this,
Lord
That by it we may evermore cleave to you:
Grant this,
Lord
That by it we may dwell in you, and you in us:
Grant this,
Lord
That through it you will pour into our hearts the Grace of the Holy
Spirit:
Grant this,
Lord
That it may please you to preserve the Christian people who have been
redeemed by your most precious Blood:
Grant this, Lord
That through it we may find repentance:
Grant this,
Lord
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.
Take away from us, O Lord, all our sins and the spirit of pride and
arrogance which you resist, and fill us with the spirit of a godly fear, giving
us a contrite and humble heart, which you do not despise, that we may be
enabled with pure minds to enter into the Holy of Holies; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
Adapted
from an ancient Litany, c. 900 AD.
The
closing collect was adapted from the
Mozarabic original.
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