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Motives For Making The Heroic Act
 
1. You gain many indulgences.

2. Souls are released from Purgatory; heaven is filled with new saints, who will glorify and praise
God for all eternity, also on your behalf.

3. You will have the promise of Our Lord
applied to you: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." (Matt 5, 7).

4. The Poor Souls will labor in heaven that you
may not be lost, nor suffer Purgatory at all, or at least be released from it soon.

5. The Blessed Virgin receives an increase of
veneration, since she will be invoked as the Queen of the Poor Souls and the dispenser of our
merits to them. She will have a special affection for those who love and honor her in this way,
both while they are in this world and after they have passed into eternity.

Unnecessary Apprehension In Regard
To The Heroic Act

Do not be afraid that you will suffer any loss by this act of charity. On the contrary, you can
only gain by it, since you will enjoy the special love of the Trinity, the Blessed Virgin, and of
all the saints. Who shall fare better in the end: