I form the intention of gaining all the indulgences I can in favor of the souls in purgatory. I resolve to conform myself to Thy holy will, particularly in those things which are contrary to my inclinations, saying always: May the most just, most high, most adorable will of God be in all things done, and praised, and forever magnified!
My God! for the love of Jesus Christ, preserve me this day from all sin, especially (here mention the fault into which you fall the oftenest), and grant me the grace of practising the virtue of (here mention the virtue of which you stand most in need).
My Jesus, by Thy merits grant me the grace of living united to Thee! Most holy Mary, my Mother! bless me and take me beneath thy mantle! My guardian angel, my holy patrons, intercede, for me! Saints of paradise, pray for me!
The Lord's Prayer. The Hail Mary. The Creed.
O sweetest Heart of Jesus, I implore that I may ever love Thee more and more. *
Three Hail Marys in honor of the purity of the B. V. M.
* For the members of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, it is sufficient to add to these three Hail Marys one Glory be to the Father, in honor of St. Alphonsus, with the two following ejaculations:
Mary, Mother of Perpetual Help! pray for me. — My protector, St. Alphonsus, grant that in all my necessities I may have recourse to Mary. [1]
- ↑ Three hundred days, three times a day, morning, noon, and evening, for all those who are inscribed in the confraternity of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Plenary Indulgence, monthly on one day at choice, for every member who has recited at least once a day these two invocations which are applicable to the dead. (Rescript of Sept. 26th, 1877.)
