Catholic Prayer: Anima Christi (in English and Latin)

Posted on August 9, 2012, 12:01 am, by Supplex, under Catholic Prayers.

The “Anima Christi” is one of my favorite prayers to say before I receive communion. Even if I’ve had a bad day and didn’t feel properly disposed, after praying this prayer, I realize what a privilege it is to commune with the Lord in the Holy Eucharist.

May his body and blood always sustain us and may he never permit us to be separated from him.

Anima Christi

Anima Christi, sanctifica me.
Corpus Christi, salva me.
Sanguis Christi, inebria me.
Aqua lateris Christi, lava me.
Passio Christi, conforta me.
O bone Jesu, exaudi me.
Intra tua vulnera absconde me.
Ne permittas me separari a te.
Ab hoste maligno defende me.
In hora mortis meae voca me.
Et iube me venire ad te,
Ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te.
In saecula saeculorum.
Amen

Soul of Christ, sanctify me
Body of Christ, save me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me
Water from the side of Christ, wash me
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
O good Jesus, hear me
Within Thy wounds hide me
Permit me not to be separated from Thee
From the malignant enemy defend me
In the hour of my death call me
And bid me come unto Thee
That I may praise Thee with Thy saints (“That with thy Saints I may praise Thee”)
Forever and ever
Amen