I Beseech Thee,
O Lord, that this Holy Com- munion may be my guide, and my food for the journey, unto the haven of eternal salvation. May i Missal published by Matthias Flaccos lUyricus in 1557. k Saram. 1 Sarom. 158 EUCHARISTIC PRAYERS. it be to me a consolation while I am harassed in thoughts, a source of sweetest love in the time of good purposes, patience in tribulation and distress, medicine in sickness. By these most sacred Mys- teries which I have received, grant me right faith, firm hope, and perfect love, strength to renounce the world, purification of desires, inward sweetness, ardent love for Thee, a recollection and tender sympathy for the Passion of Thy beloved Son, and grace to keep my life full of virtue in the praise of Thee and in sincere faith. And grant me in the hour of my departure to receive the gift of so great a Mystery with true faith, certain hope, and sincere love, that I may see Thee with- out end ". 8. For a Friend, MAT Thy Sacrament, O Lord, which I have received, be my cleansing; and grant Thy servant N. to be delivered from all sin, that he may rejoice in the fullness of the heavenly remedy ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
