We pray Thee, hea­ven­ly Fa­ther,
To hear us in Thy love,
And pour up­on Thy child­ren
The unc­tion from above;
That so in love abid­ing,
From all de­file­ment free,
We may in pure­ness of­fer
Our Euc­ha­rist to Thee.

Be Thou our guide and help­er,
O Je­su Christ, we pray;
So may we well ap­proach Thee,
If Thou wilt be the way:
Thou, ve­ry truth, hast pro­mised
To help us in our strife,
Food of the wea­ry pil­grim,
Eternal source of life.

And Thou, Cre­at­or Spi­rit,
Look on us, we are Thine;
Renew us in Thy grac­es,
Upon our dark­ness shine;
That, with Thy be­ne­dic­tion,
Upon our souls out­poured,
We may re­ceive in glad­ness
The bo­dy of the Lord.

O Tri­ni­ty of Per­sons!
O Uni­ty most high!
On Thee alone re­ly­ing
Thy ser­vants would draw nigh;
Unworthy in our weak­ness,
On Thee our hope is stayed,
And blest by Thy for­giv­eness
We will not be afraid.