Res sacramenti

A Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas:

Grant me, I beseech Thee, that I may not only receive the Sacrament [non solum suscipere sacramentum] of the Body and Blood of the Lord, but also the reality and power of the Sacrament [sed etiam rem et virtutem sacramenti]. O most kind God, grant that I may receive [sic suscipere] the Body of Thine only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, born of the Virgin Mary, and so received that I may be worthy to be incorporated into His mystical body, and numbered among His members [mystico merear incorporari, et inter eius membra connumerari]. O most loving Father, grant me Thy beloved Son, which I now receive under the veil of a sacrament [quem nunc velatum in via suscipere propono], that I may one day behold Him face to face in glory, Who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever. Amen.