firmly resolve, with the assistance of Thy grace, never more to offend Thee, and to amend my life. Increase my sorrow, O my God, and strengthen me in my resolution. Ah, my Jesus, I see how much Thou hast done and suffered for me, and I have been so ungrateful to Thee. How many times, for the sake of some miserable pleasure or fancy, have I bartered away Thy grace, and have lost Thee, O God of my soul!

My dear God, pardon me; I am sorry; I grieve with my whole heart, and I hope for pardon from Thee, because Thou art infinite goodness. If Thou were not infinite goodness, I should lose hope, and I should not even have the courage to ask Thee to have mercy on me.

Say seven Hail Marys in honor of Our Lady of Sorrows, and after each Hail Mary, the stanza:

Bid me bear, O Mother blessed,

On my heart the wounds impressed,
Suffered by the Crucified.

300 days Indulgence once a day.

Plenary In

dulgence once a month. Pius IX, June 18, 1876.

(Raccolta, 1903. p. 285.)

Make frequent acts of contrition while waiting to go to Confession. Represent vividly to yourself, that the priest represents Our Lord Himself, and accuse yourself of your sins, and the necessary circumstances of the same, as you would do to Our Lord Himself, and follow the rules and counsels laid down for you.

AFTER CONFESSION.

O God and Father of Heaven, prostrate on my knees before Thee, I render Thee thanks for the great grace Thou hast granted me without any merit of mine. I now again possess Thy grace and favor. Thru the Holy Sacrament of Penance, in the Name of Jesus, all my sins have been forgiven. I am again become a child of God, through Jesus Christ, converted from the state of sin to the state of grace. Praise and thanks be to Thee, O God, for the sweet consolation that I now experience within myself! Strengthen me that I may sin no more, and never again lose this consolation and peace of conscience, and shun the occasions of sin.

Most Holy Virgin Mary, assist me.

Thou

art the Mother of perseverance; .all my hope is in thee.

My Queen, my Mother, I give myself entirely to thee; and to show my devotion to thee, I consecrate to thee this day my eyes, my ears, my mouth, my heart, my whole being, without reserve. Wherefore, good Mother, as I am thine own, keep me, guard me as thy property and possession.

Hail Mary, etc.

Indulgence 100 days, once a day.

Plenary In

dulgence once a month. Pope Pius IX, August 8, 1881. (Raccolta, 1903, p. 303.)

NO MORE SIN.

To sin bid adieu; for sinning is slaying
Your Jesus anew.

Bid cursing adieu; for cursing is stabbing
Your Jesus anew.

False swearing, adieu; such oaths stain the honor

Of Jesus anew.

To drink bid adieu; for drunkenness drown.

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His friendship in you.

Obscenity, adieu; for this brings on Jesus

The scourges anew.

Bid slander adieu; this murders your neighbor

And Jesus anew.

Bid rancor adieu; for hating one only
Your love is not true.

Bid vengeance adieu; forgive or no pardon
Has Jesus for you.

Bid scandal adieu; it snatches from Jesus
The souls to Him due.

Yes, sin-sin, adieu-to Jesus we'll ever
Be faithful and true.

ACTS BEFORE COMMUNION.

O my God, I offer this Holy Communion to atone for my sins, to obtain all graces necessary for salvation and perseverance to the end; also for the relief of the souls in Purgatory.

ACT OF FAITH.

My Divine Lord, I firmly believe that I am going to receive in Holy Communion Thy body, blood, soul and divinity; I believe this because Thou hast said it, and Thy Holy Church teaches it; therefore, I am ready to maintain this truth at the peril of my life.

ACT OF HUMILITY.

O Divine Lord, how dare I approach Thee, who have so often offended Thee? Lord, Who art Thou, and who am I? Indeed I know well who Thou art, that givest Thyself to me; still, O Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof, but only speak the word and my soul shall be healed.