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 prophets who awaited Thy coming, visit the souls of Thy servants in their place of suffering. Moderate the heat of the furnace in which they are tried, with the dew of Thy grace. Thou hast said that Thou wilt consider as done unto Thyself, the least good which we shall do unto our brethren: I may hope, then, that the relief which I shall procure for the souls of the faithful will be as acceptable to Thee as if I had procured it for Thyself. Cease from Thy anger, O my God, through the intercession of her who is the comforter of the afflicted, and through the prayers of all the heavenly host, who plead for the blessedness of the souls in purgatory. Grant, I beseech Thee, eternal rest to these our brethren in whose behalf we prostrate ourselves before Thee.

O Jesus, O Thou at Whose name every knee doth bow in heaven, on earth, and under the earth; Thou, Who art the sovereign Judge of the living and the dead; let Thy name be hallowed by the deliverance of the souls for whom we pray. Let the gate of Thy tabernacles be opened to them, and Thy will to save them be done this day. Grant that, after having eaten the bread of affliction, they may be nourished with the living bread which is the