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Monday

Holy Souls in Purgatory, is there anything you
regret when you think of your life on earth?

I deeply regret my extravagance in the use of earthly possessions .. ..My fortune, my health, my
talent, my position in the world, the influence I had, my relatives, in a word, everything could
have been of spiritual benefit to me if only I had known how to use it for the greater honor of the
Sacred Heart. How many graces could I have drawn upon myself! This I neglected to do, and at the
hour of my death, all my possessions have
come to naught.

Oh, were I but rich today in these my former
possessions! Would that I could use them to hasten, even for one moment, the hour of my
deliverance; to increase, even by one degree, the glory which God has in store for me; to awaken,
if only in one soul now living in the world, the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

My friends, whose earthly goods are still at our
disposal, usc them for the support of your neighbor by generously giving alms to the poor. Use
them for the greater honor of God and help promote response to God's love.