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 O eternal  Son,  pour  into  my  soul  abundant  gifts  of  grace. Thou didst  die  for  me  on  the  cross. There Thou  didst merit for  me  the  treasures  of  grace  which  now  Thou  givest. Thou didst  give  me  Thyself  in  shedding  of  blood  and  in dimness  of  death. Now Thou,  givest  me  Thyself  in  outpouring of  gladness  and  in  Thy  deathless  life. Thou wast dead, and  art  alive  for  ever.

O eternal  Spirit,  hide  me  more  and  more  with  God,  and let there  be  in  me  more  and  more  of  the  mind  of  Jesus. Touch the  lips  of  my  soul  and  give  me  a  taste  for  this  Bread of God,  that  I  may  know  the  graciousness  of  my  Jesus,  and the sweetness  of  His  blood. The love  of  God  is  shed  abroad in my  heart,  for  Thou,  O  Holy  Ghost,  art  given  to  me. Oh, lift me  up,  dear  Spirit,  from  the  dust. Oh, bring  me  in Thine  own  good  time  to  the  pavement  of  pure  gold  as  clear as crystal. Fill my  soul  with  Thy  dew;  fill  it  with  Thy  fire. There is  no  dew  like  Thine;  and  there  is  no  fire  like  Thine. They mingle  together  in  the  fruitfulness  of  the  garden  of the  Spouse. They mingle  with  the  blood  of  Jesus,  and with the  water  from  His  side. Oh, fire  of  the  Holy  Ghost, gentle and  sweet  as  dew! Oh, dew  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  piercing and  cleansing  as  fire! O Holy  Ghost,  Whom  I  love,  lift Thy little  one  to  Thine  uncreated  Heart.

O Blessed  Trinity,  show  me  the  hidden  things  of  the blood of  Jesus,  the  holy  mystery  of  Thy  Church. O Blessed Trinity: O Blessed  Trinity:  O  Blessed  Trinity.

HIS heroic  act  of  charity  in  behalf  of  the  souls  in  purgatory consists  in  a  voluntary  offering  made  in  their  favor  to the  divine  Majesty,  by  any  one  of  the  faithful,  of  all  works  of satisfaction  done  by  him  in  his  life,  as  well  as  of  all  the  suffrages which  shall  be  offered  for  him  after  his  death. Many of the  faithful,  devout  to  the  Blessed  Virgin,  have  followed the praiseworthy  practice,  introduced,  or  at  least  much spread since  the  last  century,  by  F.  D.  Gaspar  Oliden,  Theatine,  of  placing  them  in  the  hands  of  the  Blessed  Virgin, that she  may  distribute  them  in  behalf  of  those  souls  whom it is  her  good  pleasure  to  deliver  sooner  from  the  pains  of purgatory. This heroic  act  of  charity  has  been  enriched with many  indulgences.