Prayers Before and After Communion: St Thomas Aquinas

I recently noticed these prayers in my church missal. They are for preparing before receiving communion and for the proper effects of communion after mass. From the preeminent theologian, Saint Thomas Aquinas: 

Prayer before communion: 

https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/prayer-before-mass-325


Prayer after mass: 

https://www.stmarycherryhill.org/home/180021590/180021590/Images/St%20Thomas%20Aquinas%20after%20Communion.pdf


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