"Jesus, my friend and brother…"

" Thank you for calling me to this celebration of the Holy Eucharist. Calm down my mind…. Surround my heart with your peace….Take away my nervous restlessness…. Show me how to offer myself with your sacrificial offering and to give thanks and praise…. Motivate me to carry the effects of the Mass into my daily life and to be a missionary of your Good News." — From the prayer "For Calm and Attentiveness"

Here are traditional and original prayers to help you:

• Prepare for the celebration of Mass

• Step forward to receive Holy Communion

• Offer thanks and praise after accepting the Body and Blood of Christ

• Come before Our Lord in Eucharistic adoration

• Make a Spiritual Communion when attending Mass is not possible.

"The Eucharist… spurs us on our journey through history and plants a seed of living hope in our daily commitment to the work before us." — Pope John Paul II, "The Church and the Eucharist"