Prayer to the Most Blessed Sacrament
Prayer to the Most Blessed Sacrament
by St. Alphonsus Liguori
My Lord Jesus Christ, for the love which You bear
to men, You remain night and day in this Sacrament
full of compassion and of love, awaiting, calling,
and welcoming all who come to visit You. I believe
that You are present in the Sacrament of the Altar:
I adore You from the abyss of my nothingness, and
I thank You for all the graces which You have
bestowed upon me and in particular for having
given me Yourself in this Sacrament, for having
given me your holy Mother Mary for my advocate,
and for having called me to visit You in this chapel.
I now salute Your most loving Heart: and this for
three ends:
1. In thanksgiving for this great gift;
2. To make amends to You for all the outrages
which You receive in this Sacrament from all
Your enemies;
3. I intend by this visit to adore You in all the
places on earth in which You are the least revered
and the most abandoned.
My Jesus, I love You with all my heart. I grieve
for having so many times offended Your infinite
goodness. I promise with Your grace never more
to offend You in the future.
Now, miserable and unworthy though I be, I
consecrate myself to You without reserve;
I give You my entire will, my affections, my
desires, and all that I possess. From now on
dispose of me and of all that I have as You
please. All that I ask of You and desire is
Your holy love, final perseverance, and the
perfect accomplishment of Your will. I recommend
to You the souls in purgatory; but especially
those who had the greatest devotion to the
most Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed
Virgin Mary. I also recommend to You all poor
sinners.
My dear Saviour, I unite all my affections with
the affections of Your most loving Heart; and I
offer them, thus united, to Your eternal Father,
and beseech Him in Your name to vouchsafe, for
Your love, to accept them.
Amen.