Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer After Communion to Jesus Crucified
Faith, hope, charity, and sorrow for sin.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 371.
Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, while before Thy face I humbly kneel, and with burning soul pray and beseech Thee to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity, true contrition for my sins and a firm purpose of amendment.
And while I contemplate with great love and tender pity Thy five wounds, pondering over them within me, and calling to mind the words which David, Thy prophet, said of Thee, my good Jesus: They have pierced My hands and My feet; they have numbered all My bones.
About this prayer
Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 371.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- This prayer before an image of Jesus crucified asks for faith, hope, charity, contrition, and amendment of life while contemplating His five wounds.
- Prayer intention
- Faith, hope, charity, and sorrow for sin.
- When to pray
- It may be prayed during the day and at any time.
- Languages
- English and Latin
- Latin prayer source
- The Raccolta: Collection of Indulgenced Prayers and Good Works (1910), Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, pages 107-108. View the Latin source.
- English prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 371. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer After Communion to Jesus Crucified
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 371.
Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, while before Thy face I humbly kneel, and with burning soul pray and beseech Thee to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity, true contrition for my sins and a firm purpose of amendment.
And while I contemplate with great love and tender pity Thy five wounds, pondering over them within me, and calling to mind the words which David, Thy prophet, said of Thee, my good Jesus: They have pierced My hands and My feet; they have numbered all My bones.