Chapter 24. A Prayer To Be Said When You Goest To Receive Our Lord's Holy... (A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom) (Suso, Henry)

O You living fruit, You sweet blossom, You delicious paradise apple of the blooming fatherly heart, You sweet vine of Cyprus in the vineyard of Engaddi, who will give me to receive You so worthily this day that You will desire to come to me, to dwell with me, and never to separate from me!

O unfathomable good, that fillest heaven and earth, incline Thyself graciously this day, and despise not Your poor creature. Lord, if I am not worthy of You, yet do I stand in need of You. Ah, gentle Lord, are You not He who with one word created heaven and earth? Lord, with one word can You restore health to my sick soul. O Lord, do to me according to Your grace, according to Your infinite mercy, and not according to my deserts.

Yes, You are the innocent Paschal Lamb, which at this day is still offered up for the sins of all mankind. Ah, You sweet-tasting bread of heaven, which contains all sweet tastes according to the desire of everyone's heart, make the hungry mouth of my soul to rejoice in You this day; give me to eat and to drink; strengthen, adorn, and unite me interiorly to You. Ah,

Eternal Wisdom, come down so powerfully this day into my soul, that all my enemies may be driven out of her, all my crimes be melted away, and all my sins be forgiven. Enlighten my understanding with the light of true faith.

Inflame my will with Your sweet love. Cheer up my mind with Your glad presence, and give virtue and perfection to all my powers. Watch over me at my death, that I may enjoy Your beatific vision in eternal bliss. Amen.