Prayer of Unworthiness Before Communion
Draw near to Communion with humility and trust in Christ’s compassion.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
Say the following words with great fervour:
AND although I know myself to be a most utterly unworthy, an execrable and most abominable sinner, yet, trusting in thine ineffable compassion, I draw near to this most holy participation of thy Body and Blood with this firm intention, that for thy love and thy glory I should deem it a light thing to receive in this Sacrament the sentence of my eternal condemnation, were that possible, if the glory of thy divine compassion in not disdaining to give thyself to me might thereby shine forth with the greater splendour.