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 Booklet no. 9 
 
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THE SUFFERINGS OF 
 PURGATORY 
 
 According to the Holy Fathers, the 
 fire of Purgatory does not differ from 
 the fire of Hell, excepting in point of 
 duration. “It is the same fire,” says 
 St. Thomas, “that torments the rep¬ 
 robate in hell, and the just in Purga¬ 
 tory. “The least pain in Purgatory,” 
 he adds, “surpasses the greatest suf¬ 
 ferings of this life.” Nothing but 
 eternal duration makes the fire of hell 
 more terrible than that of Purgatory. 
 
 St. Alphonsus writes: “Far greater 
 still than the pain of sense in Purga¬ 
 tory is that pain which the holy souls 
 must endure in being deprived of the 
 vision of God. Because these souls 
 are inflamed, not only with a natural, 
 but with a supernatural love of God, 
 they are so vehemently attracted to 
 the union with their highest good, 
 that, in being repulsed through their 
 own fault, they experience a pain so 
 violent that it would kill them in¬ 
 stantly, if death were possible to 
 them.” 
 
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 Therefore, says St. Chrysostom: 
 “This pain of being deprived of God 
 is a far greater pain for them than 
 the pain of the senses. The fire of hell 
 increased a thousand times would not 
 cause them such great suffering, as 
 does this pain of the loss of God.” 
 
 Practice: Endeavor to spread the 
 devotion for the holy souls as much 
 as possible. 
 
 THE DURATION OF 
 PURGATORY 
 
 Concerning the duration of Purga¬ 
 tory, the Church simply tells us that 
 it is not a place of eternal pain, but 
 will end at the last judgment; neither 
 are we informed of the length of 
 time required for the purification of 
 a soul. According to St. Thomas 
 Aquinas, the soul, to be reunited to 
 her Creator in Heaven, must be in 
 the state of primitive innocence 
 which adorned her when she pro¬ 
 ceeded from His hand. The image of 
 
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 God .must be entirely restored within 
 her, commensurate with the degree of 
 glory awaiting her in Heaven. 
 
 From this it is evident that the 
 suffering souls cannot enter Heaven, 
 until perfectly .cleansed, either by 
 their pains or by the suffrages of the 
 faithful. With the royal Prophet 
 they cry out in plaintive voices: “As 
 the hart panteth after the fountains 
 of water, so my soul panteth after 
 Thee, O God! When shall I come 
 and appear before the face of God?” 
 (Ps. xli. 2-3.) They suffer until en¬ 
 tirely purified, until the last farthing 
 of their debt is discharged. 
 
 Special Intercession.—Pray for the 
 souls who are most desirous of ob¬ 
 taining help from you. 
 
 Lord grant them eternal rest, and 
 let perpetual light shine upon them: 
 may they rest in peace. Amen. 
 (Three times.) 
 
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 OUR DUTY TO RELIEVE THE 
 SOULS IN PURGATORY 
 
 In bestowing charity upon any per¬ 
 son, we are usually guided by the de¬ 
 gree of his poverty; but, who is in 
 such great need as he who possesses 
 absolutely nothing, owes a heavy 
 debt, is unable to labor or gain any 
 merit, or even to beg. There is a 
 universal law to assist the needy, 
 which extends even to strangers; but 
 here the obligation is greater because 
 among these souls in Purgatory, are 
 such as were intimately connected 
 with us, who suffer, perhaps, for hav¬ 
 ing loved us excessively. Among the 
 sufferers are our fathers, mothers, 
 brothers, sisters, relatives and friends. 
 How exceedingly painful for them to 
 be forgotten and deserted even by 
 those whose happiness they pro¬ 
 moted during their sojourn upon 
 earth; to see the possessions left to 
 their children foolishly squandered, 
 they themselves not receiving the 
 benefit of the least farthing thereof. 
 
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 Practice: Pray for the souls who 
 are neglected by their relatives and 
 friends, and who are most desirous 
 of obtaining help from you. 
 
 Lord grant them eternal rest, and 
 let perpetual light shine upon them; 
 may they rest in peace. Amen. 
 
 THE VALUE OF GOOD 
 WORKS OFFERED FOR 
 THE SUFFERING SOULS 
 
 St. Thomas of Aquin, the Angelic 
 Doctor, affirms that the succor and 
 suffrage given to the departed is 
 more acceptable to God than that 
 which is bestowed upon the living, 
 because the former are more in need 
 and unable to obtain help for them¬ 
 selves as the living can. The Vener¬ 
 able Ludovico Blosio, a great master 
 of the spiritual life, says: “Our good 
 and. merciful Lord helps the sou’s of 
 his elect, yv r ho must yet be purified 
 after death, and desires their release 
 so ardently, that whenever in Chris¬ 
 tian charity we set free, by our suf¬ 
 frages, any soul from Purgatory, we 
 
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 do a thing as acceptable to God as if 
 we had delivered the Lord Himself 
 from a hard captivity.” 
 
 Bishop Colmar of Mayence, a great 
 friend of the holy souls, writes: 
 “These destitute, suffering souls do 
 not wait until they enter heaven to 
 exhibit their gratitude towards their 
 benefactors: whilst they still lan¬ 
 guish in Purgatory, they pray with¬ 
 out intermission for the welfare of 
 soul and body of their charitable 
 friends on earth, obtain for them re¬ 
 covery from disease, assistance in 
 poverty, help in necessities, counsel 
 and protection on journeys and in 
 danger, preservation and increase of 
 their temporal goods, aid them in the 
 salvation of their souls, and above 
 all, come to their relief in the agonies 
 of death, and before the judgment 
 seat of God.” 
 
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 THE GRATITUDE OF THE 
 SUFFERING SOULS TO¬ 
 WARDS THEIR BENEFAC¬ 
 TORS 
 
 “Do good to the just, and thou 
 shalt find great recompense.”—Ec- 
 Hus. 2. 
 
 Whosoever offers unto God his 
 good works as a relief for the Suf¬ 
 fering Souls, insures unto himself in¬ 
 tercessors who, before the throne of 
 God on High, out of pure gratitude 
 will procure for him all those graces, 
 needful for his temporal and ever¬ 
 lasting welfare. 
 
 Dionysius, the Carthusian, writes 
 of a pious young lady, called Ger¬ 
 trude, who every morning offered up 
 for the poor souls, whatever merits 
 she would gain the coming day. 
 Filled with a lively Faith, she be¬ 
 sought our dear Lord to dispose of 
 these treasures in behalf of the suffer¬ 
 ing souls, according to His own good¬ 
 ness. Now it happened that on her 
 deathbed she was sorely troubled in 
 
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 mind, tempted by the enemy of man, 
 lest having bereft herself of all merit 
 in behalf of others, she should now 
 undergo the most dreadful pains of 
 Purgatory for all, even her slighest 
 faults. Thus cast down by dread 
 and sorrow she beheld her heavenly 
 Bridegroom stepping forth from a 
 cloud of glittering brightness, and 
 speaking to her: “Wherefore art thou 
 so sorrowful, Gertrude?” Whereupon 
 she answered: “Behold, O my beloved 
 Lord, I am troubled, for I must soon 
 die, and have not wherewithal to 
 cancel my debt. Thou art aware 
 that I have given all my merits to 
 the poor souls.” Then our dear Lord 
 bestowed upon her a most loving 
 glance, and said: “My daughter Ger¬ 
 trude, that thou mayest understand how 
 pleasing to Me was thy love and pity for 
 the suffering souls, know that I now 
 will blot out the handwriting that stood 
 against thee for all thy shortcomings, 
 misdeeds and delinquencies. More¬ 
 over, since I have promised to re¬ 
 ward every good deed a hundredfold, 
 therefore will I bestow upon thee for- 
 
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 ever a far greater glory than thou 
 hast .merited by thine own good 
 works. Ail those souls whose suffer¬ 
 ings thou hast lightened, and all 
 those souls whom thou hast ran¬ 
 somed, shall come forth to meet thee 
 after thy death, and with loud songs 
 of thanksgiving lead thee into the 
 heavenly Jerusalem.” Boundless was 
 her confidence on receiving this as¬ 
 surance of her heavenly Lord and 
 God; and with this joy and confi¬ 
 dence flooding her heart and filling 
 her soul, she calmly and quietly fell 
 asleep in the Lord. 
 
 St. Alphonsus Liguori says: “He 
 who assists these distressed souls, so 
 tenderly loved by God, may con¬ 
 fidently hope for his salvation; for 
 when such a soul obtains deliverance 
 through his prayers and good works, 
 it incessantly prays for his salvation, 
 and God will deny nothing to such a 
 soul.” 
 
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 THE EFFICACY OF HOLY 
 MASS FOR THE SOULS IN 
 PURGATORY 
 
 The Sacrifice of the Mass is the 
 great devotion of the Catholic church, 
 and, of all means to assist the souls 
 in Purgatory, none is more valuable 
 or meritorious, for there Jesus Christ 
 offers Himself and His infinite merits 
 to His heavenly Father, by the hands 
 of the priest, in behalf of the suffer¬ 
 ing souls. To understand this prop¬ 
 erly, we must not lose sight of the 
 fact that the Sacrifice of the altar is 
 the same as that offered on the cross, 
 with this difference, that on the cross 
 the blood of Jesus Christ was really 
 shed, whilst on the altar it is only 
 mystically shed. During the Mass 
 then, let us offer to the Eternal 
 Father the sacred Heart of Jesus 
 with all its merits, and thereby we 
 shall make complete satisfaction to 
 God for the sins of men, we shall be 
 procuring the most abundant graces 
 for those on earth, and the greatest 
 relief for the suffering souls in Pur- 
 
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 gatory; we shall be working for the 
 salvation of the whole world. 
 
 It is true, however, that although 
 the Holy Mass is of infinite value, 
 God accepts it only in a finite man¬ 
 ner, according to the individual dis¬ 
 position of each one present. St. 
 Thomas Aquinas tells us, it was not 
 the intention of Jesus Christ to be¬ 
 stow the full efficacy of His suffer¬ 
 ing and death in every Holy Mass 
 upon us; His merits are applied ac¬ 
 cording to His adorable will, for the 
 ways of God are often inscrutable. 
 
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 Devotions for Holy Mass 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 SOULS IN PURGATORY 
 
 Prayer at the beginning of Mass 
 
 O almighty Lord of heaven and 
 earth, behold I, a wretched sinner, 
 presume to appear before Thee this 
 
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 day, to offer up to Thee, by the 
 hands of our High Priest, Jesus 
 Christ, Thy Son, the sacrifice of His 
 Body and Blood, in union with that 
 sacrifice which - He offered to Thee 
 upon the cross; first, for Thine own 
 honor, praise, adoration and glory; 
 secondly, in remembrance of His 
 death and passion; thirdly, in thanks¬ 
 giving for all Thy blessings bestowed 
 on Him and on His whole church, 
 whether triumphant in heaven or 
 militant on earth, and especially for 
 those bestowed on me, the most un¬ 
 worthy of all; fourthly, to obtain the 
 pardon and remission of all my sins, 
 and of those of all others, whether 
 living or dead, for whom I ought to 
 pray; and lastly, to obtain all graces 
 and blessings both for myself and for 
 Thy whole Church. O! be Thou 
 pleased to assist me by Thy grace, 
 that I may conduct myself this day 
 as I ought; and that I may so com¬ 
 memorate the passion and death of 
 Thy Son as to partake most plenti¬ 
 fully of the fruits thereof. Through 
 the same Jesus Christ, our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
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 For the Faithful Departed 
 
 O God, the Creator and Redeemer 
 of all men, grant to the souls of Thy 
 servants departed the remission of all 
 their sins, that, through the help of 
 pious supplications, they may obtain 
 the pardon which they have always 
 desired; who livest and reignest, 
 world without end. Amen. 
 
 Our Father. Hail Mary. 
 
 At the Epistle 
 
 Thou hast vouchsafed, O Lord, to 
 teach us Thy sacred truths by the 
 prophets and apostles: O! grant that, 
 by their doctrine and examples, we 
 may increase the love of Thy holy 
 name and of Thy holy law, that we 
 may show forth by our lives whose 
 disciples we are; that we may no 
 longer follow the corrupt inclinations 
 of flesh and blood, but master all our 
 passions; that we may be ever di¬ 
 rected by Thy light, and strengthened 
 by Thy grace, to walk in the way of 
 Thy commandments, and to serve 
 Thee with clean hearts. Through our 
 Lord, Jesus Christ. 
 
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 At the Gospel 
 
 May I never be ashamed, O my 
 Saviour, of Thy gospel or Thy cross; 
 may I never fear openly to profess 
 what I firmly believe in my heart; 
 may Thy divine word produce in me 
 fruits of grace and of salvation; and 
 grant me, dear Jesus, as much cour¬ 
 age to accomplish it as Thou inspirest 
 me with firmness to believe it. 
 
 When the Priest says the Creed, say: 
 
 I believe in God, the Father almighty, 
 etc. 
 
 During the Offering of the Bread and 
 the Wine 
 
 Accept, 0 holy Father, Almighty 
 and eternal God, this unspotted Host, 
 which I, Thy unworthy servant, offer 
 Thee, my living and true God, for my 
 innumerable sins, offences and negli¬ 
 gences, and for all here present and 
 for all faithful Christians, living and 
 dead, that it may avail me and them 
 to life everlasting. Amen. 
 
 We offer to Thee, O Lord, the 
 chalice of salvation, beseeching Thy 
 clemency, that it may ascend before 
 
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 Thy Divine Majesty, as a sweet per¬ 
 fume, for our salvation, and for that 
 of the whole world. 
 
 In the spirit of humility and with 
 a contrite heart, we beg Thee, O 
 Lord, to hear us and grant tnat the 
 sacrifice we offer this day in Thy 
 sight may be pleasing to Thee, O 
 Lord God. 
 
 At the Secreta 
 
 Look favorably down, O Lord, we 
 beseech Thee, upon this sacrifice 
 which we offer for the souls of Thy 
 departed servants, that as Thou wast 
 pleased to bestow on them the grace 
 of Christian faith, Thou mayest also 
 grant them its reward. Through 
 Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 At the Canon of the Mass 
 
 I offer Thee, O eternal Father, 
 with this Thy minister at the altar, 
 this oblation of the Body and Blood 
 of Thy only Son, to Thy honor and 
 glory; in remembrance of my Sa¬ 
 viour's passion, in satisfaction for 
 
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 all my sins, and for the obtaining of 
 Thy grace, whereby I may be en¬ 
 abled to live virtuously and die hap¬ 
 pily. I desire Thee likewise to ac¬ 
 cept it, O God, for my parents, rela¬ 
 tives, friends and associates; grant 
 them all blessings, spiritual and tem¬ 
 poral. I offer it up also (name the 
 particular intention you offer it up 
 for; as for obtaining this virtue, over¬ 
 coming that vice; for blessings, such 
 as health, etc.). Likewise for all that 
 are in misery; for those I have in 
 any way injured in word or deed; for 
 all my enemies; for all those for 
 whom my pra3^ers are desired. I im¬ 
 plore Thee also to grant persever¬ 
 ance to the just, consolation to the 
 afflicted, relief to the suffering souls in 
 Purgatory, and conversion to bad 
 Catholics. Give to them all, O Lord, 
 Thy grace, Thy love and eternal Life. 
 Amen. 
 
 Our Father. Hail Mary. 
 
 Before the Consecration 
 
 My Jesus, by the pain Thou didst 
 endure when Thy left Hand was nailed 
 
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 to the Cross, preserve me from the 
 pains of hell. 
 
 My Jesus, by the pain Thou didst 
 endure when Thy right Hand was 
 nailed to the Cross, grant me per¬ 
 severance in Thy grace. 
 
 My Jesus, by the pain Thou didst 
 endure when Thy left Foot was nailed 
 to the Cross, grant me perseverance 
 in Thy grace. 
 
 My Jesus, by the pain Thou didst 
 endure when Thy right Foot was 
 nailed to the Cross, grant me the 
 grace of loving Thee eternally in 
 heaven. 
 
 My Jesus, by the wound of Thy 
 adorable Heart, grant me the happi¬ 
 ness of loving Thee always in this 
 life and in the next. 
 
 O my God! Why have I not the 
 ardent desire w T ith which the holy 
 patriarchs longed for the coming of 
 the Messiah? Why have I not their 
 faith and love? Come, Lord Jesus, 
 come, Thou Restorer of the world, 
 and accomplish that mystery which 
 is an abridgment of all Thy marvels. 
 
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 The Lamb of God is coming; be¬ 
 hold the Adorable Victim by Whom 
 all the sins of the world are effaced. 
 
 AT THE CONSECRATION 
 
 At the Elevation of the Host 
 
 Most adorable Body, I adore Thee 
 with all the powers of my soul. 
 Lord, who hast given Thyself en¬ 
 tirely to us, grant that we may be¬ 
 come entirely Thine. I believe, O 
 Lord; help my unbelief. 
 
 Most merciful Saviour, be Thou 
 my protector; strengthen and defend 
 me by Thy heavenly grace, now, and 
 especially at the hour of my death, 
 good Jesus. Amen. 
 
 At the Elevation of the Chalice 
 
 Most adorable Blood, that washeth 
 away all our sins, I adore Thee; 
 happy we, could we return our life 
 and blood for Thine, O blessed Vic¬ 
 tim. 
 
 O Jesus, do Thou cleanse, sanctify 
 and preserve our souls to eternal 
 life. Live, Jesus, in us, and may we 
 live in Thee. Amen. 
 
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 After the Elevation 
 
 And now, O Lord, with grateful 
 hearts we call to mind the sacred 
 mysteries of Thy passion and death, 
 of Thy resurrection and ascension. 
 Here is Thy Body that was crucified; 
 here is Thy Blood that was shed for 
 us, of which these signs are but the 
 figures, and yet in reality contain the 
 substance. Now we truly offer Thee, 
 O Lord, that pure and holy Victim 
 which Thou hast been pleased to give 
 us, of which all the other sacrifices 
 were but so many types and figures. 
 
 Prostrate here before Thee, O Al¬ 
 mighty God, we beseech Thee, com¬ 
 mand these offerings to be brought 
 up to Thine altar on high, into the 
 sight of Thy Divine Majesty, that all 
 who partake of the most sacred Body 
 and Blood of Thy Son at this altar 
 may be filled with every heavenly 
 grace and blessing. Through the 
 same Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 At the Memento for the Dead 
 
 Lord, we beseech Thee, through 
 the merits of Thy holy death and 
 
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 THE LITTLE MONTH 
 
 passion, and through the love of Thy 
 Sacred Heart, to deliver from Purga¬ 
 tory all the souls which are there 
 detained, and in particular those of 
 our parents, friends, associates, bene¬ 
 factors, and all those for whom we 
 are obliged to pray. Grant them, 
 dear Lord, the eternal repose after 
 which they so ardently sigh. 
 
 At the Pater Noster 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 Deliver us from those evils which 
 we labor under at present; from past 
 evils, which are our manifold sins; 
 and from all the evils to come, which 
 will be the just chastisement of our 
 offences, if our prayers, and those 
 more powerful ones of Thy saints 
 who intercede for us., intercept not 
 Thy justice, or excite not Thy bounty. 
 
 At the Agnus Dei 
 
 Lamb without spot, holy Victim, 
 who takest away the sins of the 
 world, purify my heart from all those 
 sins of which I know I have been 
 
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 guilty, and from those also which I 
 do not remember. I detest them all 
 with my whole heart, for Thy sake, 
 and I am sorry for having committed 
 them, because they displease Thee, 
 who art infinitely amiable. Give me 
 a new heart, O divine Jesus, a heart 
 conformable to Thine. Remove from 
 the world all iniquity, destroy vice, 
 make Thy holy religion triumph, con¬ 
 vert and save sinners, and give us 
 eternal peace. 
 
 For such as do not intend to com- 
 
 MUNICATE SACRAMENTALLY, IT IS 
 WELL TO COMMUNICATE SPIRITUALLY, 
 AS FOLLOWS: 
 
 Most loving Jesus, with a lively 
 faith I adore Thee, present in this 
 sacrament of love. All my hope is 
 in Thee. I love Thee, O Lord, with 
 all my heart, Who hast so loved me; 
 and, therefore, I desire to receive 
 Thee now spiritually. Come, there¬ 
 fore, O Lord, to me in spirit, and 
 
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 heal my sinful soul. Feed me, for 
 I am hungry; strengthen me, for I 
 am weak; enliven and sanctify me in 
 spirit with Thy sacred Body and 
 Blood; deliver me from all sin, and 
 make me always keep Thy command¬ 
 ments; let me never be separated 
 from Thee, my Saviour, who, with 
 the Father and the Holy Ghost, livest 
 and reignest one God, forever and 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 Thanksgiving after Communion 
 
 We give Thee thanks, O God, for 
 Thy mercy, in admitting us to Lave a 
 part in offering this sacrifice to Thy 
 holy name; accept it, O Lord, and be 
 ever mindful of our weakness. 
 
 Most gracious God, Father of 
 mercy, grant, I beseech Thee, that 
 this adorable sacrifice of the blessed 
 Body and Blood of Thy Son, our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, may obtain for 
 me and all men, at Thy hands, 
 mercy and the remission of all our 
 sins. Amen. 
 
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 At the last Gospel 
 
 Adorable Word, without beginning 
 and without end, grant me the grace 
 to know Thee, to hear Thee, and to 
 imitate Thee all my life, in order 
 that I may adore Thee and contem¬ 
 plate Thee eternally with Thy Father, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost. 
 Amen. 
 
 Consecration to the Sacred Heart 
 of Jesus 
 
 My amiable Jesus, how can I re¬ 
 fuse giving myself to Thee, since 
 Thou hast given me Thy Body, Thy 
 Blood, Thy Heart—all Thyself? I 
 offer Thee all I have and all I am. I 
 abandon myself to Thee entirely. I 
 consecrate to Thee my whole will; 
 vouchsafe to accept it and dispose of 
 it according to Thy good pleasure. 
 
 I have nothing and can do noth¬ 
 ing; but I have a heart which Thou 
 hast given me and which no one can 
 take from me. With this heart I can 
 love Thee; with this heart I wish to 
 love Thee. But, in order to love 
 
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 Thee, I need Thy help and I implore 
 it. It is for Thee, my loving Saviour, 
 to make my poor heart all Thine 
 own, that heart which, in the past, 
 has repaid Thy love with so much in¬ 
 gratitude. May my heart be all on 
 fire for Thee, as Thine is all on fire 
 for me! For the future, may I re¬ 
 main so entirely united to Thee that 
 Thy holy will may be the only rule 
 of my thoughts, my desires, and all 
 my actions! 
 
 Immaculate Mary! Thou whose 
 heart was always in perfect conform¬ 
 ity with the Heart of Jesus, obtain 
 for me the grace of henceforth only 
 desiring and wishing what is pleasing 
 to Jesus and Mary. Amen. 
 
 An Act of Thanksgiving and Re¬ 
 paration after Mass 
 
 I return Thee thanks, with all my 
 hearr, O my amiable Jesus, for Thy 
 goodness in permitting me to remain 
 in Thy divine presence, whilst Thou 
 didst offer Thyself, through the 
 priest, in sacrifice on this altar for 
 
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 my sake. I most humbly ask pardon 
 of Thee, for the little attention and 
 devotion I have had at these divine 
 mysteries. Penetrated with sorrow, 
 I desire to make some reparation to 
 Thy Sacred Heart for all the acts of 
 irreverence which are ever commit¬ 
 ted during this august sacrifice; and 
 I conjure Thee to grant me the 
 grace always to feel the effects of this 
 sacrifice, to preserve the fruits there¬ 
 of, and to assist at it every day with 
 increasing fervor. 
 
 Our Father. Hail Mary. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, etc. 
 
 Prayers after Low Mass 
 
 Salve Regina 
 
 Hail! Holy Queen, Mother of 
 Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and 
 our hope! To thee do we cry, poor, 
 banished children of Eve; to thee do 
 we send up our sighs, mourning and 
 weeping in this valley of tears! 
 Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, 
 thine eyes of mercy towards us, and 
 after this, our exile, show unto us the 
 
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 blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O 
 clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin 
 Mary! 
 
 V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of 
 God. 
 
 R. That we may be made worthy 
 of the promises of Christ. 
 
 Let us Pray 
 
 O God, our refuge and our 
 strength, look down with favor upon 
 Thy people, who cry to Thee; and 
 through the intercession of the glori¬ 
 ous and Immaculate Virgin Mary, 
 Mother of God, of her Spouse, Bles¬ 
 sed Joseph, of Thy holy Apostles, 
 Peter and Paul, and all the saints, 
 mercifully and graciously hear the 
 prayers which we pour forth to Thee, 
 for the conversion of sinners, and 
 the liberty and exaltation of Holy 
 Mother Church. Through Jesus 
 Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 St. Michael, the Archangel, defend 
 us in battle; be our protection against 
 the malice and snares of the devil. 
 We humbly beseech God to command 
 him; and do thou, O Prince of the 
 
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 heavenly hosts, by the divine power 
 thrust into hell Satan and the other 
 evil spirits who roam through the 
 world seeking the ruin of souls. 
 Amen. 
 
 To all those who recite these 
 prayers as directed? our Holy Father, 
 Pope Leo XIII. granted an indul¬ 
 gence of 300 days. 
 
 

 
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