Various Exercises
FOR the purpose of varying your devotions at communion the following exercises may be found helpful. These acts and prayers may be used at times in place of those which are found in the Mass for communion days. We should not adhere slavishly to one form of prayers. Learn to converse with God familiarly. Speak to Him from your heart with the simplicity of a child, humbly, contritely, respectfully, lovingly, hopefully, confidently. Jesus, our dear Lord, loves us with the love of a Father, Friend, and Brother.
He is, moreover, our God, all-powerful, able, and willing to help us in all our needs; let us approach Him with confidence, and let us pray with perseverance.
Before receiving holy communion, direct your intention, that is, offer to God your Mass and communion for the glory of His holy name in thanksgiving for benefits received, in reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the outrages committed against the Blessed Sacrament, in satisfaction for your own sins, and in humble supplication that you may obtain new graces and blessings, above all the gift of final perseverance. Offer to God also some
