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Soul of Christ

Also known as Anima Christi, Soul of Christ, sanctify me

A fourteenth-century prayer said after Communion, and the prayer St. Ignatius placed at the front of the Spiritual Exercises. Short enough to have by heart within a week.

Traditional English

Cardinal Newman’s translation.

Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.

O good Jesus, hear me.
Within thy wounds hide me.
Suffer me not to be separated from thee.
From the malicious enemy defend me.
In the hour of my death call me,
and bid me come unto thee,
that with thy saints I may praise thee
for ever and ever.
Amen.

Latin

Ánima Christi, sanctífica me.
Corpus Christi, salva me.
Sanguis Christi, inébria me.
Aqua láteris Christi, lava me.
Pássio Christi, confórta me.

O bone Iesu, exáudi me.
Intra tua vúlnera abscónde me.
Ne permíttas me separári a te.
Ab hoste malígno defénde me.
In hora mortis meæ voca me,
et iube me veníre ad te,
ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te
in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.

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