An Act of Spiritual Communion
St. Alphonsus Liguori, 1696–1787
My Jesus, I believe that thou art present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love thee above all things, and I desire to receive thee into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive thee sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace thee as if thou wert already there, and unite myself wholly to thee. Never permit me to be separated from thee. Amen.
On Saint Alphonsus Liguori — the life, the feast, and where else the saint appears.
The most widely said of all St. Alphonsus’ prayers, and the ordinary recourse of anyone who cannot get to Mass — the sick, the housebound, and those at work when the bell rings. His Visits to the Blessed Sacrament did more than any other book to spread the habit it belongs to.