Universal Prayer or Prayer of the Faithful: Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Father most holy, in our hunger and thirst for all that You desire for us, fill us with the Holy Spirit’s fire of love that each may live the life of Jesus Your Son and witness to His life-giving presence in the world today.

1. Loving Father, Your Son Jesus took the bread of His disciples. Take the offering of Your Church. Continue to make Her the leaven that transforms the world through the Real Presence of Jesus, the Bread of Life and Blood of the New and Eternal Covenant. As the Body of Christ we pray …

2. Loving Father, Your Son Jesus blessed the bread of His disciples. Bless the world in which we live. Renew within the hearts of all people a deeper experience of reverence, sanctity and gratitude for human life. Help us to serve the needs of all, especially the hungry and impoverished. As the Body of Christ we pray …

3. Loving Father, Your Son Jesus broke the bread of His disciples. Break our attachment and addiction to sin and the desires of self. Through the Gift of Yourself in the Most Holy Eucharist, heal the brokenness of our lives that, as people made whole and complete, we may worship You in Spirit and in Truth embracing always the Cross of Your Son. As the Body of Christ we pray …

4. Loving Father, Your Son Jesus gave to the crowd the abundant bread He transformed. Give to our parish and each person a renewed reverence and hunger for Your Son’s Real Presence in the Sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist. May our demeanor at Mass and lives outside of Mass witness clearly to all that Your Son is truly present – Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity – in the Most Holy Eucharist. As the Body of Christ we pray …

5. Loving Father, Your Son Jesus comforted and healed the sick. May His Eucharistic Presence comfort and heal the sick in our midst, especially … [PAUSE] Raise up to Eternal Life all who have died, especially ... As the Body of Christ we pray …

O God,
Who have called us to participate in this Most Holy Supper,
in which Your Only Begotten Son,
when about to hand Himself over to death,
entrusted to the Church a sacrifice new for all eternity,
the banquet of His love,
grant, we pray, that we may draw from so great a Mystery,
the fullness of charity and of life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
Who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God for ever and ever.</div>

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