{"product_id":"bm-309-cpc-prayer-before-mass-thanksgiving-after-mass","title":"BM-#309\/CPC-Prayer Before Mass-Thanksgiving After Mass","description":"\u003cp\u003eA devotional prayer card featuring Saint Thomas Aquinas's traditional prayers of preparation before Mass and thanksgiving after receiving Holy Communion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"margin-top: 20px; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 8px; background: #f8f8f8; padding: 12px;\" open=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: pointer;\"\u003eAdditional Product Information\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 12px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAYER before MASS\u003cbr\u003eAlmighty and ever-living God, I approach the sacrament\u003cbr\u003eof Your only-begotten Son Our Lord Jesus Christ,\u003cbr\u003eI come sick to the doctor of life, unclean to the fountain of mercy, blind to the radiance of eternal light, and poor and needy to the Lord of heaven and earth.\u003cbr\u003eLord, in your great generosity, heal my sickness, wash away my defilement, enlighten my blindness, enrich my poverty, and clothe my nakedness. May I receive the bread of angels, the King of kings and Lord of lords, with humble reverence, with the purity and faith, the repentance and love, and the determined purpose that will help to bring me to salvation. May I receive the sacrament of the Lord's Body and Blood, and its reality and power.\u003cbr\u003eKind God, may I receive the Body of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, born from the womb of the Virgin Mary, and so be received into His mystical body and numbered among His members.\u003cbr\u003eLoving Father, as on my earthly pilgrimage I now receive Your beloved Son under the veil of a sacrament, may I one day see him face to face in glory, who lives and reigns with You for ever. Amen. - Saint Thomas Aquinas\u003cbr\u003e©2011 www.CatholicPrayerCards.org 1-888-244-2788 email: orders@CatholicPrayerCards.org Card #309\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHANKSGIVING after MASS\u003cbr\u003eLord, Father all-powerful and ever-living God, I thank You, for even though I am a sinner, your unprofitable servant, not because of my worth but in the kindness of your mercy, You have fed me with the Precious Body \u0026amp; Blood of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.\u003cbr\u003eI pray that this Holy Communion may not bring me condemnation and punishment\u003cbr\u003ebut forgiveness and salvation.\u003cbr\u003eMay it be a helmet of faith and a shield of good will. May it purify me from evil ways and\u003cbr\u003eput an end to my evil passions.\u003cbr\u003eMay it bring me charity and patience, humility and obedience, and growth in the power to do good. May it be my strong defense against all my enemies, visible and invisible, and the perfect calming of all my evil impulses, bodily and spiritual. May it unite me more closely to you, the One true God, and lead me safely through death to\u003cbr\u003eeverlasting happiness with You. And I pray that You will lead me, a sinner, to the banquet where you, with Your Son and holy Spirit, are true and perfect light, total fulfillment, everlasting joy, gladness without end, and perfect happiness to your saints. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen. - Saint Thomas Aquinas\u003cbr\u003e©2011 www.CatholicPrayerCards.org 1-888-244-2788 email: orders@CatholicPrayerCards.org Card #309\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e","brand":"Catholic Prayer Cards","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58337776763183,"sku":"PC-309\/CPC","price":0.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0803\/6066\/9487\/files\/5A614F6F-BAEF-4B33-B50D-951FA84C46E1.jpg?v=1786820840","url":"https:\/\/shopheavenlyhelpers.com\/products\/bm-309-cpc-prayer-before-mass-thanksgiving-after-mass","provider":"Heavenly Helpers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}