Commontide
Dear Jesus, I believe that you are truly present in the Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I desire to possess you within my soul. And since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, I beseech you to come spiritually into my heart. I unite myself to you, together with all your faithful people, and I embrace you with all the affections of my soul. Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.
BCP 2019, p. 677
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A prayer for uniting oneself to Christ when unable to receive Communion in person, its devotional root traditionally credited to St. Alphonsus Liguori and its bracketed clause echoing Anglo-Catholic usage.