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Prayer for Preparation for Mass Prayer of St. Ambrose |
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| Lord, Jesus Christ, I approach your banquet table in fear and
trembling, for I am a sinner, and dare not rely on my own worth but only
on your goodness and mercy. I am defiled by many sins in body and soul,
and by my unguarded thoughts and words. Gracious God of majesty and awe,
I seek your protection, I look for your healing, poor troubled sinner
that I am, I appeal to you, the fountain of all mercy. I cannot bear
your judgment, but I trust in your salvation. Lord, I show my wounds to
you and uncover my shame before you. I know my sins are many and great,
and they fill me with fear, but I hope in your mercies, for they cannot
be numbered. Lord Jesus Christ, eternal King, God and man, crucified for
mankind, look upon me with mercy and hear my prayer, for I trust in you.
Have mercy on me, full of sorrow and sin, for the depth of your
compassion never ends. Praise to you, saving sacrifice, offered on the
wood of the cross for me and for all mankind. Praise to the noble and
precious blood, flowing from the wounds of my crucified Lord Jesus
Christ and washing away the sins of the whole world. Remember, Lord,
your creature, whom you have redeemed with your blood. I repent my sins,
and I long to put right what I have done. Merciful Father, take away all
my offenses and sins; purify me in body and soul, and make me worthy to
taste the holy of holies. May your body and blood, which I intend to
receive, although I am unworthy, be for me the remission of my sins, the
washing away of my guilt, the end of my evil thoughts, and the rebirth
of my better instincts. May it incite me to do the works pleasing to you
and profitable to my health in body and soul, and be a firm defense
against the wiles of my enemies.
Amen.
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