Prayer of Reparation

For Offenses Against the

Holy Eucharist

 

My Lord Jesus Christ,

only Way to the Father,

Son of God, Divine Redeemer, Savior of the world:

I worship, adore, and glorify You.

I offer to You infinite praise for the sublime gift

of the Most Blessed Sacrament,

the sacrament of Your Sacred Body

and Precious Blood.

I beg of You mercy, grace, and peace

upon this unworthy world,

and especially upon Your Holy Catholic Church.

I offer to You, O Eucharistic Lord,

my adoration, prayer, study, and good works,

my hardships, humiliations,

temptations, and daily crosses.

I accept them and I offer them up to You

in reparation for countless offenses

against the Holy Eucharist.

 

I offer them for irreverent bishops,

priests, deacons, and lay people,

for heresies, schisms, and apostasies,

for errors, trivialities, and novelties

preached in place of Catholic truth,

for deliberate violations of Church laws,

for countless liturgical abuses,

for illicit additions and omissions,

for reluctance to bend the knee,

for familiarity with the sacred,

for scandalous behavior at the altar,

for perfunctory devotion and unworthy communions,

for unbelief and lukewarm faith,
 for immodest dress and profane music,

for talk and laughter before the tabernacle,

for the neglect that is sacrilege,

for the laxity that is blasphemy,

for the ignorance that is indifference to revealed truth,

and for every evil assault upon the sanctity

of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

In reparation for all such godlessness

which daily occurs within Your Holy Catholic Church,

I offer to You, O Lord Jesus Christ,

all the difficulties of my life,

and most especially the anguish I feel

at the sight and sound of irreverence

before the Holy Eucharist.

All that You have given to me

I accept and offer up to You,

my Eucharistic Lord,

in reparation for countless offenses

thrown at Your Most Holy Presence.

 

Have mercy upon Your Church, O Lord.

Defend her against the attacks of the devil.

Fill her with Your Spirit of Truth.

Embolden her with missionary zeal.

Animate her with the deepest devotion.

Arm her with saints and scholars.

Guide and protect Your vicar on earth.

Bless Your clergy and religious.

Inspire the faithful to serve You

as courageous soldiers of Christ.

And may Your Holy Gospel be proclaimed

to all the nations and to the end of time,

with fortitude and perfect fidelity,

for the salvation of souls

and the glory of Your Thrice-Holy Name:

(Bow)

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Amen.