Anima Christi

[joymercy]

Anima Christi, sanctifica me.
Corpus Christi, salva me.
Sanguis Christi, inebria me.
Aqua lateris Christi, lava me.
Passio Christi, conforta me.
O Bone Iesu, exaudi me.
Intra tua vulnera absconde me.
Ne permittas me separari a te.
Ab hoste maligno defende me.
In hora mortis meae voca me.
Et iube me venire ad te,
ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te
in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

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Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O good Jesus, hear me.
Within thy wounds hide me.
Suffer me not to be separated from thee.
From the malicious enemy defend me.
In the hour of my death call me
and bid me come unto thee,
that with thy saints I may praise thee
for ever and ever. Amen.

 

[R.W. Smith]

I have yet to memorize this in Latin, but it is the last prayer I say at the end of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

I assist (ie, "attend") at the Novus Ordo parish down the road from me. My heart is in the Traditional Mass, but I am unable to get to it anymore.
In spite of the roar that emanates from the congregation at the end of the Mass, I stay kneeling and try to thankfully contemplate the Divine miracle that I have just witnessed there at the foot of the Cross. To think that the very Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is now PHYSICALLY inside me (for about 15 minutes I've heard") is amazing.

I find it a little insulting towards our God that so many people (people who are more generous and holy than I) do not pause a while in silence before carrying on with their social demands. I take refuge in a couple of rote prayers, the Anima Christi being one.

I'll repeat it here:

Anima Christi, sanctifica me.
Corpus Christi, salva me.
Sanguis Christi, inebria me.
Aqua lateris Christi, lava me.
Passio Christi, conforta me.
O Bone Iesu, exaudi me.
Intra tua vulnera absconde me.
Ne permittas me separari a te.
Ab hoste maligno defende me.
In hora mortis meae voca me.
Et iube me venire ad te,
ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te
in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

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Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O good Jesus, hear me.
Within thy wounds hide me.
Suffer me not to be separated from thee.
From the malicious enemy defend me.
In the hour of my death call me
and bid me come unto thee,
that with thy saints I may praise thee
for ever and ever. Amen.