Sunday, December 26, 2010

PRAYER OF ST. GERTRUDE

"ETERNAL FATHER, I OFFER THEE THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THY DIVINE SON, JESUS, IN UNION WITH THE MASSES SAID THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TODAY, FOR ALL THE HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY, FOR SINNERS EVERYWHERE, FOR SINNERS IN THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH, THOSE IN MY OWN HOME AND WITHIN MY FAMILY. AMEN."

(Our Lord told St. Gertrude, the Great, that this prayer would release 1,000 souls from Purgatory eachtime it is said. The prayer was later extended to include living sinners as well.)