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 Direct your  intention  by  means  of  the  following Offering from "The  Raccolta."

TERNAL Father,  I  unite  myself  with  the  intentions and  affections  of  our  Lady  of  Sorrows  on Calvary,  and  I  offer  Thee  the  sacrifice  which  Thy  beloved Son  Jesus  made  of  Himself  on  the  Cross,  and now renews  on  this  holy  altar:  i.  To  adore  Thee  and give Thee  the  honor  which  is  due  to  Thee,  confessing Thy  supreme  dominion  over  all  things,  and  the absolute dependence  of  everything  upon  Thee. Thou Who art  our  one  and  last  end. 2. To  thank  Thee for innumerable  benefits  received. 3. To  appease Thy justice,  irritated  against  us  by  so  many  sins,  and to make  satisfaction  for  them. 4. To  implore  grace and mercy  for  myself,  for  ... , for  all  afflicted  and sorrowing, for  poor  sinners,  for  all  the  world,  and  for the holy  souls  in  purgatory.

Indulgence of 300  days. — Pius X,  July  8,  1904.

The practice  of  offering  up  the  Holy  Sacrifice  for the suffering  souls  in  purgatory  comes  down  to  us from  the  earliest  Christian  times. Thus, Tertullian, the great  Christian  apologist  of  the  third  century, remarks: "  We  make  our  oblations  (that  is,  we  offer up  Holy  Mass)  for  the  dead  on  their  anniversary  day." Holy Church  has  ever  laid  much  stress  upon  this pious and  charitable  custom. At his  ordination  every priest has  the  chalice  placed  in  his  hands,  with  an  admonition that  it  is  thenceforth  for  him  to  say  Mass for the  living  and  for  the  dead. And the  Rubrics of the  Roman  Rite  direct  with  much  insistency  that