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Act of Contrition
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee.
And I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of
heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because I
have offended Thee, my God, Who art all good and
By my sins I have contributed to the death of Jesus on
the cross. I come, therefore, contrite and repentant but
with a heart overflowing with boundless gratitude for
all the good Thou hast bestowed on me and my family.
Lord, let me not be separated from Thee, so that I
may love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul
and with all my strength. Having Thee in my
heart, I can at this very moment pay my whole
debt of gratitude to Thy infinite goodness.
DAILY PRAYER
O most powerful and merciful Lord, most loving Jesus
Who is King of all hearts, look down with benign eyes upon
the Souls in Purgatory who are craving for Thy hand of
mercy, and may the sacrifices and prayers of this novena
be acceptable to Thee in their behalf.
Lord, come to their assistance so they may be delivered
from the abyss of fire and brought out of the prison of
suffering. I pray for them, especially for those who, on
earth, had done me good and for those who have been
forgotten by their loved ones. Grant to all of them the
remission of all their sins and may they obtain the pardon
which they have always desired. Through Christ our Lord.
Hail Holy Queen
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our
sweetness and our hope. To you do we cry, poor
banished children of Eve. To you do we send up our
sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears
Turn then, most gracious advocate, your eyes of
mercy toward us, and after this exile show un to us
the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O
loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. 3x
SPECIAL PRAYER
O Infinite Lord, Whose mercy knows no bounds,
through the merits of the Archangel Michael and in
remembrance of the sorrows borne with love by the
Blessed Mother when the breast of Thy Son was pierced
with a lance on Mt. Calvary and when her own heart
was rent by the sword of man's ingratitude, deign, I
beseech Thee, to grant eternal glory to the suffering
Souls in Purgatory. Have mercy on poor sinners, O God,
and extend Thy mantle of protection upon me so that
my prayers for the Holy Souls will be of avail. And I
humbly beg Thee to grant my petition in this novena, if
TEN INVOCATIONS For The Faithful
Departed.
O my Jesus, through the merits of the copious blood
which You shed when You were in the Garden of
Gethsemane,
R: Be merciful and grant pardon on the soul of
Benjamin.