01 December 2019

A Prayer of the Venerable Archbishop Sheen

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Here is an excellent eucharistic prayer by the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen commended by Fr. Sebastian White, OP to the readers of Magnificat magazine:


Here is my body. Take it. Here is my blood. Take it. 
Here is my soul, my will, my energy, my strength, my property, my wealth—all that I have. It is yours. Take it! Consecrate it! Offer it with yourself to the heavenly Father.... Consecrate these trials of my life which would go unrewarded unless united with you; transubstantiate me so that like bread which is now your Body, and wine which is now your Blood, I too may be wholly yours.... My station in life, my routine duties, my work, my family—all these are but the species of my life which may remain unchanged; but the substance of my life, my soul, my mind, my will, my heart—transubstantiate them, transform them wholly into your service, so that through me all may know how sweet is the love of Christ. 
Amen.