Anima Devota (prayer After Communion) Lyrics

I Believe, Dearest Jesus,
That Thou Art United To
My Soul, By Thy Real Presence.

Filled With Consolation,
I Clasp Thee To My Breast,
And Return Thee Thanks
For This Thine Infinite
Mercy.

Why Unite Thyself To A
Soul So Full Of Self-love,
So Cold Towards Thee, So
Averse To Mortification
And Self-denial?

Thou Knowest How Much I
Am Attached To Pleasure,
Comfort And Honour, How Ill
I Endure The Slightest
Provocation, A Harsh Word,
Or The Most Trifling Adversity.

Why, Then, My Sweet Saviour,
Unite Thyself To So Vile And
Despicable A Creature?

It Is Not Sufficient For Thee
To Visit My Soul With Thy Divine
Lights, To Lead Me On In The Paths
Of Salvation? Why Condescend To
Visit Me In Person?

Dear Jesus,
I Have Neither Words Nor Feelings
Adequately To Express The Extent
Of Thy Goodness.

I Clasp Thee To My Heart;
I Adore Thee As My First Treasure,
My Supreme Lover, My First Beginning,
And My Last End, My Chief And Only
Good.

O That I Could Adore Thee
With Those Feelings With Which
The Blessed Virgin Adored Thee
On Earth, And With Which She Now
Adores Thee In Heaven! O That Like
Her, I Could Die, Consumed By
Transports Of The Most Ardent Love
For Thee!

Complete, My Dear Saviour,
The Salutary Designs Which
Thou Hast In Paying Me This Visit.

Thou Hast Given Me Light And Strength
To Abandon The Paths Of Perdition;
Grant Me Now Light And Grace To Know,
And Steadily To Advance In The Ways Of
Salvation.

Dear Jesus,
Deny Me Not The Grace
Requisite For Overcoming My Passions,
And Remaining Faithful To Thee.

Grant That I May Renounce All Earthly
Satisfactions, And Place My Delight In
Pleasing Thee, My God, My Treasure,
And My All.

By Thine Infinite Goodness,
And By Thine Infallible Promise Of
Never Abandoning Those Who Cast
Themselves Into Thine Arms, To Be
Directed By Thee, I Beseech Thee,
O Lord, To Grant Me This Grace.

Grant It To Me,
By The Merits Of Thy Most
Precious Blood, Of That
Saving And Vivifying Blood,
So Profusely Shed For The
Salvation Of All, And For The
Tender Consolation Of Thy
Faithful Servants.

Come To My Aid,
O Mary,
My Dearest Mother;
Intercede For Me And Enable
My Unworthy Petition To Find,
Through Thine Intercession,
A Ready Acceptance.

Alas! Have Pity On Thy Poor Child,
And Cease Not To Exert A Mother’s
Care In Its Behalf.

Take Me, O Mary,
Take Me Under Thy Protection;
Thou Shalt Not Always Find Me
So Unworthy As I Have Hitherto Been.

I Will Endeavour To Copy Thy Virtues,
Especially Thy Humility And Purity,
Which Have Ever Been So Dear To Thee.

Hail, August Mother Of Jesus Christ!
Receive My Humble Homage Of Praise
And Thanks.

Obtain For Me Innocence Of Heart
And Purity Of Mind, That So My
Thoughts And Affections May Be Ever
Pure And Chaste.

By Thy Most Powerful Intercession,
Obtain For Me The Grace To Reap
Solid And Lasting Advantages From
The Holy Sacrament, Of Which I Have
Just Participated; To Imitate
Faithfully Thy Virtues, And To
Steadily Follow Thine Example
During My Life, So That In Heaven
I May Be Associated With Thee
In Eternally Praising The Unspeakable
And Infinite Goodness Of Thy Son.

Thou Who Wast Never Defiled By Sin,
Preserve Me In Future From Its Cursed
Contagion; Inflame My Heart With Divine
Love, That I May Ever Adhere To My Jesus,
And Be Never Separated From Him Eternally.

Amen.