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Offering:
Eternal Father, we offer You the
Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus, and the sorrows of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph, in
payment for our sins, in prayer for the holy souls in Purgatory, for the needs of the Church, and
for the conversion of sinners. Amen.

Invocation: "May the Sacred Heart of Jesus
be loved everywhere."
"Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, pray for us." "St. Joseph, model and patron of those who love
the Sacred Heart, pray for us."

Preparatory Meditation: Let us for a moment, in
company with the Sacred Heart, descend in spirit
into Purgatory.

Many souls are beginning their purification this very moment. Many of them have been there for a
long time and will be there even longer. And many others, purified and cleansed, will rise to
heaven this very day!

How happy the Poor Souls are; for they have
escaped hell. They are certain to obtain eternal happiness as friends of God.

And yet, how miserable they are; for they must still suffer for sins which have been already
forgiven.

Behold them in their present plight! Listen to
their lamentations! Speak to them a word of friendship and sympathy, and hasten to their
assistance!