Love Letters to the Latin Mass 9: Seeking Eternal Life in Holy Communion
Corpus Dómini nostri Jesu Christi custódiat ánimam tuam in vitam aetérnam. Amen. [The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve thy soul unto life everlasting.
Corpus Dómini nostri Jesu Christi custódiat ánimam tuam in vitam aetérnam. Amen. [The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve thy soul unto life everlasting.
O gracious Lord Jesus Christ, I, a sinner, presuming not on my own merits, but trusting to Thy mercy and goodness, fear and tremble in
Cleanse my heart and my lips, O almighty God, who didst cleanse the lips of the Prophet Isaias with a burning coal, and vouchsafe, through
Looking at the priest has no importance. What matters is looking together at the Lord. It is not now a question of dialogue, but of
Asperges me, Dómine, hyssópo, et mundábor; lavábis me et super nivem dealbábor. (Thou shalt sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed;
O Gracious Lord Jesus, I, a sinner, presuming not on my own merits, but trusting in thy goodness and mercy, fear and tremble in drawing
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