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 They who  say  with  devotion  the  acts  of  Faith,  Hope, and Charity,  expressing  in  them  the  special  motive  of each  of  these  virtues,  may,  each  time,  gain  an  indulgence of seven  years,  and  seven  times  forty  days:  should  they say them  daily,  they  may,  once  a  month,  on  a  day. at option, gain  a  Plenary  Indulgence;  and,  at  the  article  of death,  a  Plenary  Indulgence.

N. B.  No  particular  formula  is  necessary.

They who  recite  devoutly  the  following  prayers  to  the most Holy  Trinity,  may,  every  day,  gain  one  hundred  days' Indulgence ; and  they  who  recite  them  daily,  may,  on  one of the  three  last  days  of  each  month,  gain  a  Plenary  Indulgence,  provided,  that  having  confessed  and  communicated, they  visit  some  church  or  public  oratory,  and  pray for the  intentions  of  the  Sovereign  Pontiff.

FATHER! O Son! O Holy  Spirit! O most Holy Trinity! O Jesus! O Mary be blessed for ever.

O Angels  and  Saints  of  heaven! obtain for  me  these graces which  I  ask  through,  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ:

To do  always,  the  will  of  God.

To keep  myself  always  in  the  holy  presence  of  God.

To have  God  alone  ever  in  view.

To love  God  alone.

To do  every  thing  for  God.

To seek  only  the  glory  of  God.

To labor  at  the  work  of  my  perfection,  from  no other  motive  than  the  love  of  God.

To be  sensible  of  my  absolute  nothingness.

To know  more  and  more  the  will  of  my  God.

O most  holy  Virgin! O Mary! offer to  the  eternal Father the  precious  blood  of  thy  divine  Son,  for  the salvation of  my  soul;  for  the  souls  in  purgatory; for the wants  of  the  Holy  Church;  for  the  conversion of sinners and, for  the  whole  world.