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N the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of the  Holy  Ghost. Amen.

This sacred sign  may  be  regarded  as  a  compendium  of  all the  mysteries  of  our  faith,  as  a  homage  rendered  to  the  three Persons  of  the  adorable  Trinity,  as  an  act  of  gratitude  for  all that  the  Godhead, — the  Father,  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Spirit, — has  condescended  to  do  in  favor  of  man.

Indulgence of 100  days. — Pius IX.,  March  23,  1876

Pope Pius IX.,  by  a  brief,  December  5,  1876,  granted  to  all  the faithful, who,  with  at  least  contrite  heart,  during  the  last  half hour of  the  year  and  the  first  half  hour  of  the  following  year, shall pray  to  the  Most  Holy  Trinity  in  thanksgiving  for  benefits received; beseeching  the  same  Holy  Trinity  for  peace  among Christian nations,  for  concord  among  Christian  princes,  for  the conversion of  sinners,  and  for  the  triumph  of  holy  Mother Church and  its  visible  head,  the  Roman  Pontiff,  an  indulgence  of 7  years.

OLY, holy,  holy,  Lord  God  of  hosts! the earth is full  of  Thy  glory. Glory be  to  the  Father, glory be  to  the  Son,  glory  be  to  the  Holy  Ghost.

Indulgence of 100  days,  once  a  day;  three  times  every  Sunday and during  the  Octave  of  the  festival  of  the  Most  Holy  Trinity. — Clement XIV.,  1769  and  1770.