Since we are not able to receive the Eucharist at a public Mass, the faithful are encouraged to make an act of spiritual communion. 

Spiritual Communion is a pious practice in the history of the Church. As the Archbishop stated, “it is simply to ask the Lord Jesus to give us the graces that would come to us were we able to receive his body and blood, soul and divinity sacramentally. We ask God to work in our hearts, the Holy Spirit to work in us, to do what he would be doing if we were to be receiving the sacrament.”
We therefore are encouraged to be resolved every Sunday, and every day, as we are suspended from our public assemblies, to make a spiritual communion. Above all, the Archbishop asks that we do this in our families and that we do it together.

Elements of a Spiritual Communion

• Begin with the Sign of the Cross
• Scripture reading (e.g. Mass readings, found at usccb.org or listen/watch televised Mass. Options can be found here.)
• Optional: Share a reflection on the reading together (e.g. What do you hear God saying?)
• Shared prayer (e.g. Lord’s Prayer, Hail Mary)
• Spontaneous prayer (e.g. Prayers from the heart, for each other and our community)
• Recite the Spiritual Communion prayer together, followed by a moment of silence to receive the Lord
• Conclude with the Sign of the Cross

Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love you above all things and I desire to receive you in my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally,
Come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already there.
And unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me to be separated from you.
Amen.