Freely Thou hast given me Thy Body for my food, O Thou Who art a fire
consuming the unworthy. Consume me not, O my Creator, but instead enter
into my members, my veins, my heart. Consume the thorns of my
transgressions. Cleanse my soul and sanctify my reasonings. Make firm my
knees and body. Illumine my five senses. Nail me to the fear of Thee.
Always protect, guard, and keep me from soul-destroying words and deeds.
Cleanse me, purify me, and adorn me. Give me understanding and
illumination. Show me to be a temple of Thy One Spirit and not the home
of many sins. May every evil thing, every carnal passion flee from me as
from a fire as I become Thy tabernacle through communion. I offer Thee as
intercessors all the saints: the leaders of the bodiless hosts, Thy
Forerunner, the wise apostles, and Thy pure and blameless Mother. Accept
their prayers in Thy love, O my Christ, and make me, Thy servant, a child
of light. For Thou art the only Sanctification and Light of our souls, O
Good One, and to Thee, our Master and God, we ascribe glory day by day.