Offering to Mary and the Saints After Communion
Join Mary and the saints in adoration and thanksgiving for Christ.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
O MOST blessed Virgin Mary, behold, I most humbly and lovingly set before thee thy Son, whom thou didst conceive in thy spotless womb, didst bring forth, and nourish at thy breasts, and press to thy heart with most tender and thrilling embraces; him in whose countenance thou didst ever joy, and find ever fresh delights, and who has this day given himself to me in the ineffable condescension of his divine love. I offer him to thee that thou mayest fold him in thine arms, and kiss him with the kisses of thy mouth, and love and worship him for me and together with me, and offer him, in deepest adoration, to the most Holy Trinity for my sins and the sins of all the world; so that the prerogative of thy great dignity may obtain for me what I dare not presume to hope of myself.
O all ye Saints of God, and ye especially my most beloved patrons, behold Jesus Christ, your Lord and Spouse, whom while ye lived in the flesh ye loved with all your heart and all your strength; for in and through him whom I have now received in the most holy Sacrament, I salute you all and each of you, and offer him to you for the signal increase of your joy, your glory, and your blessedness, with all the love and the faithfulness which he showed you in time, and now showeth you evermore in eternity; beseeching you all to worship and adore him for me, and to offer him to the most Holy Trinity with all your consummate devotion on behalf of my necessities and those of the whole Church, and in thanksgiving for all the benefits he has ever bestowed upon me. And whatever I am unable to obtain of myself, do you impetrate for me, through your merits and intercessions. Amen.