“To offer to the Eternal Father the Sacred Wounds of Jesus is to offer Him His Glory, to offer Heaven to Heaven. Each time you offer to My Father the merits of My Divine Wounds, you gain an immense fortune…You must not remain poor, your Father is very rich.”
A
HIDDEN TREASURE
Appearing
to one of the sisters of her community shortly after her death, St.
Teresa of Avila told the sister that she would be willing to return
to a life of suffering on earth until the end of time if thereby she
could merit that degree of glory with which God rewards one devoutly
recited “Hail Mary.” St.
Paul speaks in like manner when he says: “The sufferings of this
life are not to be compared with the glory to come.”
If
one short prayer is thus rewarded, what reward awaits those who offer
to the Eternal Father, the Precious Blood of Jesus (or who devotedly prays the Rosary and Hail Mary frequently!). “An offering,”
says Father Faber, “is more than a prayer. In prayer we are the
recipients, but when we make an offering, God vouchsafes to accept
something from us.” In Our Lord’s own words to Sister Mary Martha
Chambon, Apostle
of the Holy Wounds: “To offer to the Eternal Father the Sacred Wounds of Jesus is to offer Him His Glory, to offer Heaven to Heaven. Each time you offer to My Father the merits of My Divine Wounds, you gain an immense fortune…You must not remain poor, your Father is very rich.” She also reported that Jesus told her that “when you offer My Holy Wounds for sinners, you must not forget to do so for the souls in Purgatory, as there are but few who think of their relief…The Holy Wounds are the treasure of treasures for the souls in Purgatory.”
If
you and I, at this very moment, were standing on the threshold of
eternity, we would see a limitless duration extending before us which
our vision would fail to terminate. Looking on this endlessness the
awful truth would come to us that the time of merit had passed
forever. The saints realized this truth while yet in life, and we can
see the vastness of their reward.
Those
who have passed into eternity realize that there will be no further
opportunities for additional merit, for time has passed forever. If
regrets were possible in Heaven, unused opportunities would be the
cause, for the blessed know what greater capacity for giving
accidental honor to God they would have had if they had used all
their opportunities. Because of God’s mercy they have no regrets,
but their status is sealed forever.
The
position of the priest in heaven must be tremendous for he offers
daily a Victim-of-Infinite-Worth; and yet each one of us can offer
the same Victim in a different manner by sincerely saying:
Eternal
Father, I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus [add request].
Just
suppose that if you were to make the Seven Offerings each day; it
would lake only a few minutes of time, and yet the vast merit gained
would last eternally.
What
an investment!
THE PRECIOUS BLOOD AND HEAVEN
Promises
of Our Lord to Sister Mary Martha Chambon
Those
who pray with humility and who meditate on My Passion, shall one day
participate in the glory of My Divine Wounds. Their members will
receive from them a resplendent beauty and glory.
The
more you shall have contemplated My Painful Wounds on this earth, the
higher shall be your contemplation of Them glorious in Heaven.
The
soul who during life has honored and studied the Wounds of Our Lord
Jesus Christ and has offered Them to the Eternal Father for the Souls
in Purgatory will be accompanied at the moment of death by the Holy
Virgin and the Angels; and Our Lord on the Cross, all brilliant in
glory, will receive her and crown her.
REFLECTIONS
Life
is short and death is sure;
the
hour of death remains obscure.
A
soul you have, and only one;
if
that be lost all hope is gone.
Waste
not your time while time shall last;
for
after death ’tis ever past.
The
all-seeing God your Judge will be,
and
heaven or hell your destiny.
All
earthly things will fleet away, Eternity will ever stay.
SEVEN
OFFERINGS OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD
Eternal
Father,
I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy
Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for the propagation and
exaltation of my dear Mother the Holy Church, for the safety and
prosperity of her visible Head, the Holy Roman Pontiff, for the
cardinals, bishops and pastors of souls, and for all the ministers of
the sanctuary.
Glory
be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in
the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His
Precious Blood! Amen.
Eternal
Father,
I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy
Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for the peace and concord of
nations, for the conversion of the enemies of our holy faith and for
the happiness of all Christian people.
Glory
be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in
the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His
Precious Blood! Amen.
Eternal
Father,
I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy
Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for the repentance of
unbelievers, the extirpation of all heresies, and the conversion of
sinners.
Glory
be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in
the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His
Precious Blood! Amen.
Eternal
Father,
I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy
Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for all my relations, friends and
enemies, for the poor, the sick, and those in tribulation, and for
all those for whom Thou willest I should pray, or knowest that I
ought to pray.
Glory
be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in
the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His
Precious Blood! Amen.
Eternal
Father,
I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy
Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for all those who shall this day
pass to another life, that Thou mayest preserve them from the pains
of hell, and admit them the more readily to the possession of Thy
Glory.
Glory
be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in
the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His
Precious Blood! Amen.
Eternal
Father,
I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy
Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for all those who are lovers of
this Treasure of His Blood, and for all those who join with me in
adoring and honoring It, and for all those who try to spread devotion
to It.
Glory
be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in
the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His
Precious Blood! Amen.
Eternal
Father,
I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy
Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for all my wants, spiritual and
temporal, for the holy souls in Purgatory, and particularly for those
who in their lifetime were most devoted to this price of our
redemption, and to the sorrows and pains of our dear Mother, most
Holy Mary.
Glory
be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in
the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His
Precious Blood! Amen.
Blessed
and exalted be the Blood of Jesus, now and always, and through all
eternity. Amen.
“Eternal
Father, I offer Thee the wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ, to heal
those of our souls.”
“Eternal
Father, I offer Thee the wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ, to the
suffering souls in Purgatory.”
THE
HOLY SOULS WILL REPAY US MANY TIMES OVER
Now
who can be in more urgent need of our charity than the souls in
Purgatory? What hunger, or thirst, or dire sufferings on Earth can
compare to their dreadful torments? Neither the poor, nor the sick,
nor the suffering, we see around us, have such an urgent need of our
help. Yet we find many goodhearted people who interest themselves in
every other type of suffering, but alas, scarcely one who works for
the Holy Souls.
Who
can have more claim on us? Among them too, there may be our mothers
and fathers, our friends and near of kin; and also our neighbour!
When
souls from Purgatory are finally released from their pains and enjoy
the beatitude of Heaven, far from forgetting their friends and
benefactors on earth, their gratitude knows no bounds. Prostrate
before the throne of God, they never cease to pray for those who
helped them. By their prayers they shield their friends and
benefactors from many dangers and protect them from the evils that
threaten them.
To
have a better understanding of Purgatory and the terrible suffering
of the Poor Souls and how we can help them, read the book Purgatory
– Explained by the Lives and Legends of the Saints by
Father F.X. Schouppe, S.J. and the booklet How
to Avoid Purgatory by
Fr. Paul
O’Sullivan:
https://against-all-heresies-and-errors.blogspot.com/2017/06/how-to-avoid-purgatory.html
https://against-all-heresies-and-errors.blogspot.com/2017/06/how-to-avoid-purgatory.html
PRAYER
OF ST. GERTRUDE THE GREAT
“Eternal
Father, I offer Thee the most Precious Blood of Jesus, with all the
Masses being said all over the world this day, for the Souls in
Purgatory.”
Our
Lord showed St. Gertrude a vast number of souls leaving Purgatory and
going to Heaven as a result of this prayer, which the Saint was
accustomed to say frequently during the day.
Taken
from the booklet Read Me or Rue it by Fr. Paul
O’Sullivan which has the approval of the Cardinal Patriarch of
Lisbon, Portugal – March 4, 1936.
PRAYER TO JESUS, MARY, JOSEPH!
The
aspiration JESUS,
MARY, JOSEPH! is
enriched with an indulgence of seven
years for each recital (Raccolta,
274), applicable to the poor souls in purgatory. This, obviously, is
a pearl among partial indulgences.
How often should we pray this aspiration? Without counting. . . or, if we prefer, on our rosary; on each bead these three names, Jesus, Mary, Joseph (you may add: save souls; have mercy on souls; or have mercy on souls in purgatory, especially those most neglected; etc.) and nothing more (that is no Creed, no Our Father, Hail Mary or Glory be to the Father). It is not a rosary, but simply a chaplet of diamonds, beautiful gems from the Orient of Divine love. It is greatly to be desired that this practice be spread over the world, flowing as a river of love in a never-ending stream from the hearts and lips of Christian people.
Since this devotional is so easy and quickly performed, it is advised that the pious reader pray at least one or two full rosary beads each day – that is, 50+ Jesus, Mary, Joseph! ejaculations – applying all the indulgences gained for the souls in purgatory and for the conversion of poor sinners.
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Litany of the Most Precious Blood
Blood
of Jesus, Help Me!
In
every need let me come to Thee with humble trust saying,
Blood
of Jesus, help me!
In
all my doubts, perplexities, and temptations,
Blood
of Jesus, help me!
In
hours of loneliness, weariness and trials,
Blood
of Jesus, help me!
In
the failure of my plans and hopes; in disappointments, troubles and
sorrows,
Blood
of Jesus, help me!
When
my heart is cast down by failure, at seeing no good come from my
efforts,
Blood
of Jesus, help me!
When
others fail me, and Thy grace alone can assist me,
Blood
of Jesus, help me!
When
I throw myself on Thy tender love as my Father and Savior,
Blood
of Jesus, help me!
When
I feel impatient, and my cross irritates me,
Blood
of Jesus, help me!
When
I am ill, and my head and hands cannot work and I am lonely,
Blood
of Jesus, help me!
Always,
always in spite of weakness, falls and shortcomings, of every kind,
Blood
of Jesus, help me and never forsake me.
PRAYER
FOR THE DYING
O
MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, Lover of souls I pray Thee,
by
the agony of Thy most Sacred Heart,
and
by the sorrows of Thine Immaculate Mother,
cleanse
in Thine Own Blood the sinners of the whole world
who
are now in their agony and who are to die this day. Amen.
HEART OF JESUS, once in agony, have pity on the dying.
HEART OF JESUS, once in agony, have pity on the dying.
EJACULATION BY ST. GABRIEL OF OUR LADY OF SORROW
O my dear Jesus, love for love, suffering for suffering, blood for blood. Thy wounds are my hope and salvation. O Mary, my sweetest Mother, thou knowest that I love thee and that I belong to thee.
PRAYER FOR A HAPPY DEATH BY ST. GABRIEL OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS
O Mother of Sorrows,
by the anguish and love with which thou didst stand beside the Cross of Jesus,
stand by me in my last agony.
To thy maternal heart I commend the three last hours of my life.
Offer these hours to the Eternal Father in union with the agony of our dearest Lord.
Offer frequently to the Eternal Father, in atonement for my sins,
the Precious Blood of Jesus, mingled with thy tears on Calvary,
to obtain for me the grace to receive Holy Communion
with most perfect love and contrition before my death,
and to breathe forth my soul in the actual presence of Jesus.
Dearest Mother, when the moment of my death has come,
present me as thy child to Jesus; say to Him in my behalf:
“Son, forgive him, for he knew not what he did. Receive him this day into Thy kingdom of glory to be united with You forever. Amen.”
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