THE REAL PRESENCE

Prayers from the Father Stedman Jesus, Mary Joseph Novena Manual:

PRAYER FOR FAITH IN THE REAL PRESENCE

WE COME to Thee, dear Lord, like the Apostles, saying: "INCREASE OUR FAITH."

Give us a VIVID FAITH, that Thou art really present in the Blessed Sacrament, a STRONG and ACTIVE FAITH that we may live by it.

Give us the FAITH of Thy beloved disciple, John, to recognize Thee and say: "It is the Lord." "My God and my All!"

Give us the FAITH of Peter to fall on our knees and confess: "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God."

Give us the FAITH of Mary Magdalen to fall at Thy Feet, crying, "Rabboni, Master!"

Give us the FAITH of the father of the sick boy, that FAITH which Thou didst reward with a miracle when he cried out in tears, "I do believe, Lord! help my unbelief."

Give us the FAITH of all Thy Saints to whom the Blessed Sacrament was Heaven begun on earth.

In every Communion and at every visit, increase our FAITH, our LOVE, our HUMILITY, our REVERENCE, and all good things will come to us. Dearest Lord, INCREASE OUR FAITH.

A CONTRACT WITH JESUS

O JESU! my Savior, I desire above all things to show my love for Thee and for my neighbor, loved by Thee; to praise Thee as far as lies within my power and to make Thy Kingdom come amongst men. Therefore, I make the following contract. I shall try to remain faithful to it to the end of my life.

WHEREAS: FIRST I propose in my EVERY LOOK to consecrate myself entirely to Thee, to see Thee through the eyes of faith, in all creatures and in all things of earth.

SECOND I propose in EVERY THROB OF MY HEART to prove that I love Thee enough to detach myself from sin and its occasions; and in all my human loves to love them through Thee.

THIRD I propose that EVERY BREATH I breathe shall be in praise of Thee, my Giver of Eternal Life. O, breathe Thy Grace abundantly upon my heart, and on all men's hearts, thereby to establish Thy Reign amongst us.

FOURTH I propose, finally, O my Jesus, in every act of my soul and in every action of my body, to unite with Thee in Thy Sacrifice of love on Calvary and in Thy continued Sacrifice in all the Masses that have been, are being, or will be celebrated, all the merits of Thy Passion and Death, and the merits for all of us in the holy life and sufferings of Thy Blessed Mother and of all the Saints. Accept these offerings, O Merciful Jesus, in adoration of Thy Divine Majesty, as reparation for all sins, as thanksgiving for all of God's gifts and graces, for the conversion of infidels and sinners, for the perseverance of the just and the deliverance of the Souls in Purgatory.

O JESUS, deign to accept and confirm this contract. Amen.

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