Prayer after Communion in Illness

My Jesus, I have fervently desired to receive the Holy Supper before I die. This desire has now been granted. Thou hast given me Thy body to eat and Thy blood to drink; and for This I thank Thee from my inmost soul. I lie here upon my bed, from which Thou canst enable me to rise, but on which I may also die, if it be Thy will. Therefore I have prepared myself. My soul is now recovered, since I am united with Christ. And I will gladly die, now that I have entered into closest communion with Thee, O Jesus. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits. Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy Word; for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation. O Jesus, live in me. Grant me a tranquil mind, Christian contentment, and a soul completely resigned to Thee. Let my thoughts dwell always upon good and holy things, and my heart abide in the sweet remembrance of Thee.

If Thou dost will, O God, that I shall depart from this life, Thy will be done. I know that my sins are forgiven. Therefore I need not fear to appear before Thee; for where there is forgiveness of sins, there life and salvation are also. I know that Jesus has bestowed His righteousness upon me; and if I come before Thee, God, clothed with this glorious robe, Thou wilt for its sake pronounce me free from guilt. I have now become justified by faith, and I have peace with God through my Lord Jesus Christ. He has opened heaven for me, and given me access to the throne of grace. I know that Jesus is my Intercessor, and that I die in the grace of God and at peace with Him. I am assured of the sustaining grace of the Holy Spirit. And thus I am saved; I die saved; my departure from the world is blessed, and I shall enter upon eternal life.

Thou hast been very merciful to my soul. O God, in permitting me to keep this heavenly feast of love with Jesus in the full possession of my senses. Let this heavenly food strengthen and preserve me in true faith unto everlasting life. Thus is my wish fulfilled, that the Holy Supper might be my food before I die. Grant that the last Word which I may speak on earth may be the name of Jesus, and the last thoughts that I think thoughts of Jesus’ blood and death and pain and sufferings and holy merit. Then I know that I shall live and die cheerful and happy. If God be for us, who can be against us? Yea, who will separate us from the love of Christ? I will cling to Him till He brings me to the assembly of the saints and the elect in heaven. Amen.