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It may or may not be relevant to your question that some of the same themes
appear in these two prayers from the Mass of the Roman Rite. The celebrant
prays them privately just prior to his communion. (Since the Missal of 1970,
the celebrant may choose one of the two.)
Domine Jesu Christe, Fili Dei vivi, qui ex voluntate Patris,
cooperante Spiritu Sancto, per mortem tuam mundum vivificasti: lebera me per
hoc sacrosanctum Corpus et Sanguinem tuum ab omnibus iniquitatibus meis, et
universis malis, et fac me tuis semper inhaerere mandatis, et a te numquam
separari permittas. Qui cum eodem Deo Parte et Spiritu Sancto vivis et
regnas Deus in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the
living God, Who, by the will of the Father, with the cooperation of the Holy
Spirit, have by Your death given life to the world, deliver me by this Your
most sacred Body and Blood from all my sins and from every evil. Make me
always cling to Your commandments, and never permit me to be separated from
You Who with the same God the Father and the Holy Spirit, live and reign,
God, forever and ever. Amen.
Perceptio Corporis tui, Domine Jesu Christe, quod ego indinus sumere
praesumo, non mihi proveniat in judicium et condemnationen; sed pro tua
pietate prosit mihi ad tutamentum mentis et corporis, et ad medelam
percipiendam. Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitate Spiritus Sancti
Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. Let not the partaking of Your
Body, Lord Jesus Christ, which I, though unworthy, presume to receive, turn
to my judgment and condemnation; but through Your goodness, may it become a
safeguard and an effective remedy, with God the Father in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wyn Thomas" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:54 AM
Subject: [M-R] Prayer of humble access
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Dear list members,
>
> I should be grateful for information on the 'Prayer of Humble Access' from
> the Book of Common Prayer. Is the text older than the Book of Common
Prayer
> or am I correct in thinking that Thomas Cranmer is the author. I'm
> particularly interested in the last phrase and the theme of the
indwelling
> of God/Christ in the believer. This theme occurs in Patristic theology,
> following John 6:56 and John 14:23, but I don't have any precise
> references. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The text of the prayer
> is as follows:
>
> We do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord,
> trusting in our own righteousness,
> but in thy manifold and great mercies.
> We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table.
> But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy;
> Grant us therefore, gracious Lord,
> so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood,
> that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body,
> and our souls washed through his most precious blood,
> and that we may evermore ever dwell in him, and he in us.
> Amen
>
> Yours sincerely
> Wyn
>
> Wyn Thomas
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