Three of Fr Gerry Reynolds’ Favourite Prayers Prayer for Unity by Paul Couturier
Prayer of Abandonment by Charles de Foucauld
Act of Spiritual Communion by St Alphonsus
Lord Jesus, who prayed that we might all be one, we pray to You for the unity of Christians, according to Your will, according to Your means. May Your Spirit enable us to experience the suffering caused by division, to see our sin, and to hope beyond all hope. Amen
Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you: I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only your will be done in me, and in all your creatures I wish no more than this, O Lord. Into your hands I commend my soul: I offer it to you with all the love of my heart, for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself, to surrender myself into your hands without reserve, and with boundless confidence, for you are my Father.
My Jesus, I believe that you present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things and I desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot now receive Thee sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already and I unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you.
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