PRAYER GROUP OF ST. GERTRUDE FOR THE SUFFERING SOULS IN PURGATORY Discussions - Crusaders of the Immaculate Heart2024-03-28T17:18:15Zhttps://op54rosary.ning.com/groups/group/forum?groupUrl=prayer-group-of-st-gertrude-for-the-suffering-soul&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMay all the poor souls in purgatory have a peaceful deathtag:op54rosary.ning.com,2023-08-10:5691517:Topic:11256482023-08-10T03:18:02.669ZGloriahttps://op54rosary.ning.com/profile/GloriaIllies
<p> St. Padre Pio</p>
<p>May all the poor souls in purgatory have a peaceful death.</p>
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<p> St. Padre Pio</p>
<p>May all the poor souls in purgatory have a peaceful death.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10995696270?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10995696270?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="400"></img></a> Eternal Father</strong>, by virtue of Thine generosity and love, I ask that Thou accept all my actions, and that Thou dost multiply their value in favor of every soul in Purgatory. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">O gentle Heart of Jesus, ever present in the Blessed…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10995696270?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10995696270?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="400" class="align-center"/></a>Eternal Father</strong>, by virtue of Thine generosity and love, I ask that Thou accept all my actions, and that Thou dost multiply their value in favor of every soul in Purgatory. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">O gentle Heart of Jesus, ever present in the Blessed Sacrament, ever consumed with burning love for the poor captive Souls in Purgatory, have merch on them. Be not severe in Your judgments, but let some drops of Your Precious Blood fall upon the devouring flames. And, Merciful Savior, send Your angels to conduct them to a place of refreshment, light and peace. Amen. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong>Saint Mary Magdalen Dei Pazzi visit to Purgatory</strong></span><br></br><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9005890493?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9005890493?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="500"></img></a> <br></br><span style="font-size: 14pt;">One evening, as she was walking in the garden of the Convent, she was suddenly taken away in spirit and she was heard to say: "Yes, I will walk around it; I will walk around it! " With these words she consented to her…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong>Saint Mary Magdalen Dei Pazzi visit to Purgatory</strong></span><br/><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9005890493?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9005890493?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full" width="500"/></a><br/><span style="font-size: 14pt;">One evening, as she was walking in the garden of the Convent, she was suddenly taken away in spirit and she was heard to say: "Yes, I will walk around it; I will walk around it! " With these words she consented to her Guardian Angel's request to visit Purgatory. Once the ecstasy was over, she wrote her account about it. Mary Magdalen Dei Pazzi witnessed the intensity of the suffering in Purgatory and visited the different places where the souls are imprisoned. There was an abyss filled with tormented Priests and religious, another place which was not so severe held the souls of children and those who were guilty through ignorance. She saw souls being pricked by the points of very sharp needles and almost torn to shreds..these were the souls of those who had tried to please others during their lives and so had been hypocrites. Further on were observed the souls of the impatient and disobedient..they were being crushed under enormous weights. To her horror she witnessed a group of souls having molten lead poured into their mouths while at the same time having their bodies immersed in a pool of ice. These souls, who were burning and freezing at the same time, belonged to those who were liars. The avaricious were being liquefied with lead whilst the souls of the ambitious suffered excruciating pain in darkness. The hard-hearted and ungrateful to God were immersed in a lake of of molten lead as punishment for allowing the source of Grace to remain sterile through their ingratitude. Finally she visited the prison of those who during their lives held no great vices but they suffered also, but to a lesser degree than the others, all the castigation of all those lesser vices which they had. After two extremely painful hours Mary Magdalen Dei Pazzi returned to herself, physically weak and in a state of moral prostration.....requiring several days to recover. The body of Saint Mary Magdalen Dei Pazzi remains incorrupt after several hundred years.</span></p> A GLIMPSE OF PURGATORYtag:op54rosary.ning.com,2018-07-14:5691517:Topic:4563322018-07-14T22:36:20.562ZDawn Mariehttps://op54rosary.ning.com/profile/DawnMarie
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>A GLIMPSE OF PURGATORY</strong></span></p>
<p><br></br> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">(From the manuscript of Sister M. de L.C., written from 1874-1890)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">To get an idea of how Purgatory is arranged, we can get a good glimpse…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>A GLIMPSE OF PURGATORY</strong></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">(From the manuscript of Sister M. de L.C., written from 1874-1890)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">To get an idea of how Purgatory is arranged, we can get a good glimpse <span class="text_exposed_show">of it from a nun from France who had died on February 22, 1871 at the age of 36, and 2-1/2 years later (in November 1873) she began appearing from Purgatory to a fellow nun in her convent, named Sister M. de L.C (name kept anonymous in the manuscript to protect the nuns identity, as the manuscript was published while the nun was still living) as related in the booklet “An Unpublished Manuscript on Purgatory” published by The Reparation Society of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Inc., 2002:</span></span></p>
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<div class="text_exposed_show"><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">“I can tell you about the different degrees of Purgatory because I have passed through them. In the great Purgatory there are several stages. In the lowest and most painful, it is like a temporary hell, and here there are the sinners who have committed terrible crimes during life and whose death surprised them in that state. It was almost a miracle that they were saved, and often by the prayers of holy parents or other pious persons. Sometimes they did not even have time to confess their sins and the world thought them lost, but God, whose mercy is infinite, gave them at the moment of death the contrition necessary for their salvation on account of one or more good actions which they performed during life. For such souls, Purgatory is terrible. It is a real hell with this difference, that in hell they curse God, whereas we bless Him and thank Him for having saved us.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Next to these come the souls, who though they did not commit great crimes like the others, were indifferent to God. They did not fulfill their Easter duties and were also converted at the point of death. Many were unable to receive Holy Communion. They are in Purgatory for the long years of indifference. They suffer unheard of pains and are abandoned either without prayers or if they are said for them, they are not allowed to profit by them.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">There are in this stage of Purgatory religious of both sexes, who were tepid, neglectful of their duties, indifferent towards Jesus, also priests who did not exercise their sacred ministry with the reverence due to the Sovereign Majesty and who did not instill the love of God sufficiently into the souls confided to their care. I was in this stage of Purgatory.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In the second Purgatory are the souls of those who died with venial sins not fully expiated before death, or with mortal sins that have been forgiven but for which they have not made entire satisfaction to the Divine Justice. In this part of Purgatory, there are also different degrees according to the merits of each soul.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Thus the Purgatory of the consecrated souls or of those who have received more abundant graces, is longer and far more painful than that of ordinary people of the world.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Lastly, there is the Purgatory of desire which is called the Threshold. Very few escape this. To avoid it altogether, one must ardently desire Heaven and the vision of God. That is rare, rarer than people think, because even pious people are afraid of God and have not, therefore, a sufficiently strong desire of going to Heaven.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This Purgatory has its very painful martyrdom like the others. The deprivation of the sight of our loving Jesus adds to the intense suffering.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Two Saints See Purgatory and How Long Does Purgatory Last and Why We Must Continuously Pray For The Holy Souls</strong></span><br></br> <br></br> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>CATHOLIC DOCTRINE: PURGATORY</strong></span><br></br> <br></br> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO ARE NEGLECTFUL OF THE HOLY SOULS?…</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Two Saints See Purgatory and How Long Does Purgatory Last and Why We Must Continuously Pray For The Holy Souls</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>CATHOLIC DOCTRINE: PURGATORY</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO ARE NEGLECTFUL OF THE HOLY SOULS?</strong></span></p>
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<p><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">ST. ANTONINUS AND HIS FRIEND</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">St. Antoninus, the illustrious Archbishop of Florence, relates that a pious gentleman had died, who was a great friend of the Dominican Convent in which the Saint resided. Many Masses and suffrages were offered for his soul. The Saint was very much afflicted when, after the lapse of a long time, the soul of the poor gentleman appeared to him, suffering excruciating pains.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Oh, my Dear Friend, " exclaimed the Archbishop, "are you still in Purgatory, you who led such a pious and devout life?"</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Yes, and I shall remain there still for a long time, " replied the poor sufferer, "for when on Earth I neglected to offer suffrages for the souls in Purgatory. Now, God by a just judgment has applied the suffrages which have been offered for me to those souls for whom I should have prayed. "</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">"But God, too, in His Justice, will give me all the merits of my good works when I enter Heaven; but first of all, I have to expiate my grave neglect in regard to others. "</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">So true are the words of Our Lord: "By that measure with which you measure, it will be measured to you again. "</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">A Prayer for the Souls in Purgatory</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">O gentle Heart of Jesus, ever present in the Blessed Sacrament, ever consumed with burning love for the poor captive souls in Purgatory, have mercy on them. Be not severe in Your judgments, but let some drops of Your Precious Blood fall upon the devouring flames. And, Merciful Savior, send Your angels to conduct them to a place of refreshment, light and peace. Amen.</span><br/> <br/></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">St. Frances of Rome is led to the deepest Dungeon of Purgatory</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Angel brought Frances to the lowest level of Purgatory, to a a cavern filled with a roaring fire, its red-hot flames cutting through the black smoke that darkened the cave. But as horrible as it was, Frances said it was not as hot as in Hell. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she could see bodies being plunged into what appeared to be a cauldron of raging fire, its flames enveloping them, pulling them down. She was told that these were souls who had been guilty of committing serious sins, had confessed and were absolved of their sins by a priest, but had not satisfied the wrong done by their act against God.[1]</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this vision, she was told that for each mortal sin committed and forgiven, a payment of seven years of reparation[2] in Purgatory was necessary to erase it from the soul. Since the damage done by each mortal sin affects the world differently, some more deadly and lasting, the length of time and punishment differs. The type of pain and suffering measured out to each of these souls, was in proportion to the type of sin, the damage done by the sins, and the number of wounds inflicted on our Lord’s Sacred Heart by these sins.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this level, she found the Poor Souls of the Laity and Religious, alike. Those of the Laity were souls who had led a life of sin, and converted toward the end of their lives. Conversion to the Lord and His Church is God’s gift to us, as only the Holy Spirit can convert men’s hearts. As they had not paid their debt on earth, they had to clear the invoice due the Lord here in Purgatory.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Souls of the Religious were those who had not kept the vows they had professed. No sooner had this been explained to her than St. Frances saw the soul of a priest who was very well known. He had a covering on his face, to try to hide the ugly blemish that had remained. Now, this priest had led a truly priestly life, faithfully administering the Sacraments and pastoring his flock. His only sin had been an intemperate need to gouge himself at mealtime, seeking his reward from God’s creation rather than God alone.</span><br/> <br/></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Angel then led Frances to the Intermediate Dungeon</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">This region was reserved for those souls who had not sinned as seriously as those of the lowest dungeon, nor caused irreparable damage by their transgressions. As their souls were not free from the ugly blemishes that are a result of sin, they were required to spend time in Purgatory; but because of God’s Justice they did not need to spend time suffering the intense punishment of souls in the dungeons below. This dungeon had three compartments:</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">(1) The first was a cavern of ice, sharp icicles threatening the souls below. It was incredibly cold in here. She could see the poor souls trying to warm themselves to no avail, as ice seemed to be hemming them in, closing in on them, surrounding them; the walls, the floor, the ceiling, nowhere to get away from the endless freezing cold!</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">(2) Next, there was an underground prison of boiling oil and pitch.[3] The sickening odor of burning flesh filled the area. She could see the Poor Souls, covered with black pitch, writhing in pain. No matter what they did, they could not escape the boiling petroleum nor the sticky hot, black mess which clung to them.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">(3) In the third and last level she saw Souls struggling not to drown in what appeared to be a pool filled with liquefied ore, resembling melted gold and silver. Had these Souls attached too much importance to the rewards of the world, counting the Graces from the Lord as nothing in comparison?</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Saint visits the Upper Dungeon</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our Saint does not go into detail on this level of atonement, only that this is the place where the Poor Souls condemned themselves, upon seeing that one time[4] before the Lord, how they had transgressed against Him.</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Saint Mary Magdalen Dei Pazzi visit to Purgatory</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">One evening, as she was walking in the garden of the Convent, she was suddenly taken away in spirit and she was heard to say: "Yes, I will walk around it; I will walk around it! " With these words she consented to her Guardian Angel's request to visit Purgatory. Once the ecstasy was over, she wrote her account about it. Mary Magdalen Dei Pazzi witnessed the intensity of the suffering in Purgatory and visited the different places where the souls are imprisoned. There was an abyss filled with tormented Priests and religious, another place which was not so severe held the souls of children and those who were guilty through ignorance. She saw souls being pricked by the points of very sharp needles and almost torn to shreds..these were the souls of those who had tried to please others during their lives and so had been hypocrites. Further on were observed the souls of the impatient and disobedient..they were being crushed under enormous weights. To her horror she witnessed a group of souls having molten lead poured into their mouths while at the same time having their bodies immersed in a pool of ice. These souls, who were burning and freezing at the same time, belonged to those who were liars. The avaricious were being liquefied with lead whilst the souls of the ambitious suffered excruciating pain in darkness. The hard-hearted and ungrateful to God were immersed in a lake of of molten lead as punishment for allowing the source of Grace to remain sterile through their ingratitude. Finally she visited the prison of those who during their lives held no great vices but they suffered also, but to a lesser degree than the others, all the castigation of all those lesser vices which they had. After two extremely painful hours Mary Magdalen Dei Pazzi returned to herself, physically weak and in a state of moral prostration.....requiring several days to recover. The body of Saint Mary Magdalen Dei Pazzi remains incorrupt after several hundred years</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Duration Of Purgatory</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, a great friend of the Suffering Souls, mentions souls that were in Purgatory for centuries.</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Padre Pio was asked how long a particular soul would stay in purgatory he replied "At least one hundred years.</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Father Rossignoli relates in his Merveilles du Purgatoire. A painter of great skill and otherwise exemplary life had once made a painting not at all conformable to the strict rules of Christian modesty. It was one of those paintings which, under the pretext of being works of art, are found in the best families, and the sight of which causes the loss of so many souls. Soon, however, renouncing this pernicious style, he confined himself to the production of religious pictures, or at least of those which were perfectly irreproachable.Finally, he was painting a large picture in the convent of the discalced Carmelites, when he was attacked by a mortal malady. Feeling that he was about to die, he asked the Prior to allow him to be interred in the church of the monastery, and bequeathed to the community his earnings, which amounted to a considerable sum of money, charging them to have Masses said for the repose of his soul. He died in pious sentiments, and a few days passed, when a Religious who had stayed in the choir after Matins saw him appear in the midst of flames and sighing piteously. "What!" said the Religious, "have you to endure such pain, after leading so good a life and dying so holy a death?" "Alas!" replied he, "it is on account of the immodest picture that I painted some years ago. When I appeared before the tribunal of the Sovereign Judge, a crowd of accusers came to give evidence against me. They declared that they had been excited to improper thoughts and evil desires by a picture, the work of my hand. In consequence of those bad thoughts some were in Purgatory, others in Hell. The latter cried for vengeance, saying that, having been the cause of their eternal perdition, I deserved, at least, the same punishment. Then the Blessed Virgin and the saints whom I had glorified by my pictures took up my defense. They represented to the Judge that the unfortunate painting had been the work of youth, and of which I had repented; that I had repaired it afterwards by religious objects which had been a source of edification to souls. In consideration of these and other reasons, the Sovereign Judge declared that, on account of my repentance and my good works, I should be exempt from damnation; but at the same time, He condemned me to these flames until that picture should be burned, so that it could no longer scandalize anyone." If such are the consequences of an immodest picture, what then, will be the punishment of the sill more disastrous scandals resulting from bad books, bad papers, bad schools, and bad conversations?</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pope Innocent III died July 16, 1216. The same day he appeared to St. Lutgarda in her monastery at Aywieres, in Brabant. Surprised to see a specter enveloped in flames, she asked who he was and what he wanted. "I am Pope Innocent', he replied. 'Is it possible that you, our common Father, should be in such a state?' 'It is but too true. I am expiating three faults which might have caused my eternal perdition. Thanks to the Blessed Virgin Mary, I have obtained pardon for them, but I have to make atonement. Alas! it is terrible; and it will last for centuries if you do not come to my assistance. In the name of Mary, who has obtained for me the favor of appealing to you, help me.' With these words he disappeared. Lutgarda announced the Pope’s death to her sisters and penitential works in behalf of the august and venerated Pontiff, whose demise was communicated to them some weeks later from another source."</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">St. Louis Bertrand's father was an exemplary Christian, as we should naturally expect, being the father of so great a Saint. He had even wished to become a Carthusian monk until he learned that it was not God's will for him. When he died, after long years spent in the practice of every Christian virtue, his saintly son, fully aware of the rigors of God's Justice, offered many Masses and poured forth the most fervent supplications for the soul he so dearly loved. A vision of his father still in Purgatory forced him to intensify a hundredfold his suffrages. He added most severe penances and long fasts to his Masses and prayers. Yet eight whole years passed before he obtained the release of his father.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">St. Malachy's sister was detained in Purgatory for a very long time, despite the Masses, prayers and heroic mortifications the Saint offered for her!</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">It was related to a holy nun in Pampluna, who had succeeded in releasing many Carmelite nuns from Purgatory, that most of these had spent there terms of from 30 to 60 years! Carmelite nuns in Purgatory for 40, 50 and 60 years! What will it be for those living amidst the temptations of the World and with all their hundreds of weaknesses?</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">HOW TO HELP THE HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">The recital of the Rosary (with its great indulgences) and making the Way of the Cross (which is also richly indulgenced) are excellent means of helping the Holy Souls.</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">St. John Massias, as we saw, released from Purgatory more than a million souls, chiefly by reciting the Rosary and offering its great indulgences for them.</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Another easy and efficacious way is by the constant repetition of short indulgenced prayers [applying the indulgence to the Souls in Purgatory]. Many people have the custom of saying 500 or 1,000 times each day the little ejaculation, "Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee!" or the one word, "Jesus. " These are most consoling devotions; they bring oceans of grace to those who practice them and give immense relief to the Holy Souls. Those who say the ejaculations 1,000 times a day gain 300,000 days Indulgence! What a multitude of souls they can thus relieve! What will it not be at the end of a month, a year, 50 years? And if they do not say the ejaculations, what an immense number of graces and favors they shall have lost! It is quite possible -- and even easy -- to say these ejaculations 1, 000 times a day. But if one does not say them 1,000 times, let him say them 500 or 200 times.</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">ALMS HELP THE HOLY SOULS IF GIVEN IN THEIR NAME</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">St. Martin gave half of his cloak to a poor beggar, only to find out afterwards that it was to Christ he had given it. Our Lord appeared to him and thanked him.</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Blessed Jordan of the Dominican Order could never refuse to give an alms when it was asked in the Name of God. One day he had forgotten his purse. A poor man implored an alms for the love of God. Rather than refuse him, Jordan, who was then a student, gave him a most precious cincture or "girdle" which he prized dearly. Shortly after, he entered a church and found his cincture encircling the waist of an image of Christ Crucified. He, too, had given his alms to Christ. We all give our alms to Christ.</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">RESOLUTION</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">a) Let us give all the alms we can afford;</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">b) Let us have said all the Masses in our power and say as many Rosaries for them as Possible</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">c) Let us hear as many Masses as possible;</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">d) Let us offer all our pains and sufferings for the relief of the Holy Souls.</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We shall thus deliver countless Souls from Purgatory, who will repay us ten thousand times over.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">OFFERING OF DAILY ACTIONS</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">ETERNAL Father, by virtue of Thine generosity and love, I ask that</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thou accept all my actions, and that Thou dost multiply their value in</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">favor of every soul in Purgatory. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.</span> <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">THE HEROIC ACT IN FAVOR OF THE SOULS IN PURGATORY</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">O MY GOD! for Your greater glory, and to imitate as closely as possible the generous Heart of Jesus, my Redeemer, and also to testify my devotion to the Blessed Virgin, my Mother, who is also the Mother of the Souls in Purgatory, I place in her hands all my satisfactory works, as well as the fruit of all those which may be offered for my intention after my death, that she may apply them to the Souls in Purgatory according to her wisdom and good pleasure. Amen.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">This Heroic Act of Charity is the completely unselfish offering to God of all the satisfactory value of one's prayers and good works --- plus the value of any that might be offered for one after one's death --- for the benefit of the Souls in Purgatory, rather than for oneself. The "satisfactory value" of a good work is its value with regard to making up for our sins and reducing our stay in Purgatory. However, the "meritorious value" of our good works is inalienable, i.e., our merits, which give us a right to an increase of glory in Heaven, cannot be applied to anyone else. Moreover, a person who has made the Heroic Act may still pray for himself, friends and other intentions.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Heroic Act is revocable at will and is not a vow. Its actual ratification depends on the will of God. By making this act with purity of intention, one is relying upon the mercy of God and the prayers of the Communion of Saints to assist his soul after death. The Heroic Act was approved and encouraged by Pope Benedict XIII [1724-1730].</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">According to the Raccolta of 1932: The faithful who make the Heroic Act in favor of the Souls detained in Purgatory, may gain an indulgence." At the time this was a plenary indulgence with special conditions attached , such as attending Mass, receiving Holy Communion in supplication for the Holy Souls, etc.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">His Holiness, Leo XIII, Jan. 17, 1888, granted to the faithful who shall perform some pious practice for the relief of the Souls in Purgatory, every day during the whole month of November, whether in public or in private, an indulgence of seven years and as many quarantines on each day of the month; a plenary indulgence, once during the same month, on any day of the month, on the usual conditions: confession and communion, and a visit to a church or public oratory, and there praying for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p> Prayer of the Precious Blood for the Poor Soulstag:op54rosary.ning.com,2014-07-02:5691517:Topic:1914312014-07-02T11:44:18.094ZDawn Mariehttps://op54rosary.ning.com/profile/DawnMarie
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<div style="border: groove 1px black; background-color: cornsilk; padding: 12px;"><p><span class="font-size-5"><strong>THE VISION OF ST. GERTRUDE</strong></span></p>
<p><br></br> Once, on the Feast of the Annunciation, St. Gertrude had a vision during which the Heavenly Mother revealed to her the glory of her <span class="text_exposed_show">spouse, St. Joseph, in order to awaken in the Saint a greater love for him and to encourage her to have confidence in his intercession. Of this vision St.…</span></p>
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<p><br/> Once, on the Feast of the Annunciation, St. Gertrude had a vision during which the Heavenly Mother revealed to her the glory of her <span class="text_exposed_show">spouse, St. Joseph, in order to awaken in the Saint a greater love for him and to encourage her to have confidence in his intercession. Of this vision St. Gertrude wrote:<br/> <br/> "I saw Heaven opened and St. Joseph sitting upon a magnificent throne. I felt myself wonderfully affected when, each time his name was mentioned, all the Saints made a profound inclination toward him, showing by the serenity and sweetness of their looks that they rejoiced with him on account of his exalted dignity."<br/> <br/> <strong>AN ANCIENT PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH</strong><br/> <br/> O ST. JOSEPH, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God, I place in thee all my interests and desires. O St. Joseph, assist me by thy powerful intercession and obtain for me all spiritual blessings through thy foster Son, Jesus Christ Our Lord, so that, having engaged here below thy heavenly power, I may offer thee my thanksgiving and homage.<br/> <br/> O St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating thee and Jesus asleep in thine arms. I dare not approach while He reposes near thy heart. press Him in my name and kiss His fine head for me, and ask Him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath.<br/> St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls, pray for me.<br/> <br/> THIS PRAYER WAS FOUND IN THE 5OTH YEAR OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. IN 1505 IT WAS SENT FROM THE POPE TO EMPEROR CHARLES WHEN HE WAS GOING INTO BATTLE. WHOEVER SHALL READ THIS PRAYER OR HEAR IT OR KEEP IT ABOUT THEMSELVES SHALL NEVER DIE A SUDDEN DEATH OR BE DROWNED, NOR SHALL POISON TAKE EFFECT ON THEM -- NEITHER SHALL THEY FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY OR BE BURNED IN ANY FIRE OR BE OVERPOWERED IN BATTLE. SAY FOR NINE MORNINGS FOR ANYTHING YOU DESIRE. IT HAS NEVER BEEN KNOWN TO FAIL.</span></p>
</div> De Profundis Psalm 129 ( Longer version from the 1962 Missal)tag:op54rosary.ning.com,2013-01-31:5691517:Topic:1033592013-01-31T02:45:31.925ZDawn Mariehttps://op54rosary.ning.com/profile/DawnMarie
<div style="border: solid 20px black; background-color: cornsilk; padding: 12px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times;"><span class="font-size-5">PSALM 129</span><br></br></span></strong></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;">Out of the depths I cry to Thee O Lord; Lord hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to my voice in supplication:</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;">If You, O Lord mark iniquities, Lord who can stand? But with You is forgiveness that You may be revered.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;">I trust in the Lord: My soul trusts in His word. My soul waits for the Lord more than sentinels wait for the dawn.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;">More than sentinels wait for the dawn, let Israel wait for the Lord, for with the Lord is kindness and with Him is plenteous redemption; and He will redeem Israel from all of their iniquities. Glory be...etc.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>Antiphon:</strong> Remember not O Lord our offenses, nor those of our fathers; and take not vengeance on our sins. (In Paschaltime; Alleluia)</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;">Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>V</strong>. and lead us not into temptation</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>R.</strong> but deliver us from evil.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>V</strong>. I said: Lord have pity on me.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>R</strong>. Heal me though I have sinned against You.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>V</strong>.Return O Lord. How long?</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>R.</strong> And have pity on Your servants.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>V.</strong> Let Your kindness O Lord be upon us.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>R</strong>. As we have hoped in you.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>V</strong>. Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>R</strong>. And let Your saints rejoice.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>V.</strong> Cleanse me from my unknown faults O Lord.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>R.</strong> From wanton sin especially restrain Your servant.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>V.</strong> O Lord hear my prayer.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: andale mono,times; color: #333333;"><strong>R</strong>. And let my cry come unto Thee.</span></p>
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