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 and by  the  pains  which  Thou  didst  suffer  together  with Thy most  holy  Mother  Mary,  when  Thou  didst  meet  her on the  road  to  Calvary,  deliver  from  the  pains  of  purgatory those  souls  who  were  devout  to  this  beloved  Mother.

y JESUS, by  Thy  most  holy  body  stretched  on  the  cross, by Thy  most  holy  hands  and  feet  pierced  with  hard nails, by  Thy  most  cruel  death,  and  by  Thy  most  holy side laid  open  with  a  lance,  have  pity  and  mercy  on  those poor souls;  free  them  from  the  awful  pains  they  suffer,  call and admit  them  to  Thy  most  sweet  embrace  in  paradise.

HOLY souls,  tormented  in  most  cruel  pains,  as  one  truly devoted to  you I  promise  never  to  forget  you,  and continually to  pray  to  the  Most  High  for  your  release. I beseech  you  to  respond  to  this  offering  which  I  make  to you,  and  obtain  for  me  from  God,  with  Whom  you  are  so powerful  on  behalf  of  the  living,  that  I  may  be  freed  from all dangers  of  soul  and  body;  I  beg  both  for  myself  and for my  relations  and  benefactors,  friends  and  enemies, pardon for  our  sins,  and  the  grace  of  perseverance  in  good, whereby we  may  save  our  souls. Set us  free  from  all  misfortunes, miseries,  sicknesses,  trials,  and  labors. Obtain for us  peace  of  heart;  assist  us  in  all  our  actions;  succor us promptly  in  all  our  spiritual  and  temporal  needs;  console and  defend  us  in  our  dangers. Pray for  the  supreme Pontiff, for  the  exaltation  of  holy  Church,  for  peace  between nations,  for  Christian  princes,  and  for  tranquility among peoples;  and  obtain  that  we  may  one  day  all  rejoice together  in  paradise. Amen.

Indulgence of 100  days,  once  a  day. — Leo  XIII,  Dec. 14,  1889.