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Topic: Prayer
PRAYER OF ST.GERTRUDE THE GREAT DICTATED BY OUR LORD,TO RELEASE 1,000 SOULS FROM PURGATORY EACH TIME IT IS SAID
Our Lord told St. Gertrude the Great, that the following prayer would release 1,000 Souls from Purgatory each time it is said. The prayer was extended to included living sinners which would alleviate the indebtedness accrued to them during their lives.
“ETERNAL FATHER, I OFFER THEE THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THY DIVINE JESUS, IN UNION WITH THE MASSES SAID THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TODAY, FOR ALL THE HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY, FOR SINNERS EVERYWHERE, FOR SINNERS IN THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH, THOSE IN MY OWN HOME & WITHIN MY FAMILY, AMEN.”
St. Gertrude the Great was born in Germany in 1263. She was a Bendictine Nun, & meditated on the Passion of Christ, which many times brought flood of tears to her eyes. She did many penances, & Our Lord appeared to her many times. Her Holy Soul passed away in 1334. Nov. 16 is her Feast Day.