Send Your Angel to Holy Mass
O holy Angel, at my side,
Go to the church for me,
Kneel in my place, at holy Mass,
Where I desire to be.
At Offertory, in my stead,
Take all I am and own,
And place it as a sacrifice
Upon the Altar Throne.
At holy Consecration's bell,
With Seraph adore in love,
My Jesus, hidden in the Host,
Come down from heaven above.
And when the priest communion takes,
Oh, bring my Lord to me,
That His sweet Heart may rest on mine,
And I His temple be.
Mitte Angelum Tuum ad Missam Sanctam
O sancte Angele, a latere meo,
Vade ad ecclesiam pro me,
Flecte genua in loco meo, ad sanctam Missam,
Ubi desidero esse.
Ad Offertorium, vice mea,
Accipe omnia quae sum et possideo,
Et pone illa ut sacrificium
Super thronum Altaris.
Ad campanam sanctae Consecrationis,
Cum Seraphim in amore adora,
Iesum meum, in Hostia absconditum,
Descendentem de caelo superno.
Et cum sacerdos Communionem accipit,
O adduc Dominum meum ad me,
Ut Cor dulce Eius requiescat in meo,
Et ego templum Eius sim.
Indulgence information (traditional sources): VC 185 (partial indulgence mentioned in older prayer cards). Litho in Italy (common imprint on such devotional cards).
Notitia indulgentiae (ex fontibus traditionalibus): VC 185 (indulgentia partialis in veteribus schedulis precatoriis commemorata). Lithographia in Italia (impressio communis in huiusmodi schedulis devotionis).