Act of Hope
My God, I hope in Thee, because Thou art infinitely good.

Act of Charity
My God, I love Thee with all my heart, and above all things,
because Thou art infinitely perfect;
and I love my neighbour as myself, for the love of Thee.

(Indulgence 7 years, 7 quarantines, each time.  Benedict XIV, Jan. 28, 1756.
Plenary once a month, if said every day.  Benedict XIII, Jan. 15, 1728)

Let us go with out Guardian Angel to Purgatory, to that place where the Divine Justice purifies Souls before they are admitted into Heaven.

There we will meet again our parents and our friends.  Had this devotion no other advantage than that of reminding us of our departed ones, we should be grateful to God for such a consolation.

O, my father!  O, my mother!  O, brothers!  O, sisters!  O, friends!  I had forgotten you!  What do ye suffer, beloved Souls?  What shall I do to deliver you?

Our pains, they reply, are beyond description.  When separated from our body, we saw the face of God, our Supreme Good, the Infinite Perfection.  Then would we rush into His bosom, but we were driven back by His justice, we were banished!  Oh, no! on earth below ye will never understand our pain, our grief, because we are separated from God!  Your troubles, your sorrows, are the mere shadow of our affliction.  But we suffer through our fault.  If we would return to our former place on earth, we would be glad to accept the hardest mortification in exchange for Purgatory.  "Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least ye my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me!" (Job, 19, 21).  Appease the Divine Justice with your good works, pay our debts, hasten the day when we shall enter into Heaven, and then we will return our gratitude forever.

Encourage all the works established for the relief of the Souls in Purgatory.

At night, in the examination of conscience, I will question myself: What have you done today for the relief of Poor Souls?

The soul of a pious lady, deceased at Luxemburg, appeared on All Saints' Day to a young girl  of great piety, to beg the assistance of her prayers.  When the latter was going to church, when approaching the holy rails, she was followed by the soul.  Outside the church it could not be seen.  As the young girl inquired the reason for it, she was answered: "You cannot understand how painful it is to be away from God.  I am attracted to God by impetuous transports, by intolerable anxiety, and I am condemned to live far away from Him.  My sorrow is so intense, that the ardour of fire, which surrounds me, is a lesser suffering.  To soothe my pain, God in His mercy, has allowed me to come into this church, and to adore Him, veiled under the Host, until I might see Him face to face in Heaven."  She entreated the young girl to pray for her deliverance.  It was done with so much fervour, that on the 10th of December, the soul appeared, as bright an the sun, going to Heaven.

Psalmus 129.  De profundis

De profúndis  clamávi ad te, Dómine: * Dómine, exáudi vocem meam :
2  Fiant aures tuæ intendéntes: * in vocem deprecatiónis meæ.
3  Si iniquitátes observáveris, Dómine: * Dómine, quis sustinébit?
4  Quia apud te propitiátio est: * et propter legem tuam sustínui te, Dómine.
5  Sustínuit ánima mea in verbo ejus: * sperávit ánima mea in Dómino.
6  A custódia matutína usque ad noctem: * speret Israël in Dómino.
7  Quia apud Dóminum misericórdia: * et copiósa apud eum redémptio.
8  Et ipse rédimet Israël: * ex ómnibus iniquitátibus ejus.

Psalm 129.  De profundis

Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord; * Lord, hear my voice.
2  Let thine ears be attentive * to the voice of my supplication.
3  If thou, O Lord, shalt observe our iniquities , * O Lord, who shall endure it?
4  For with thee there is merciful forgiveness; * and by reason of Thy law, I have waited for Thee, O Lord.
5  My soul hath relied on His word: * my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
6  From the morning watch even until night, * let Israel hope in the Lord.
7  Because with the Lord there is mercy, * and with Him plentiful redemption.
8  And he shall redeem Israel * from all his iniquities.

V.  Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine.
R.  Et lux perpétua lúceat eis.

V.  Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
R.  And let perpetual light shine upon them.

V.  A porta ínferi.
R.  Erue, Dómine, ánimas eórum.

V.  From the gate of hell.
R.  Deliver their souls, O Lord.

V.  Requiéscant in pace.
R.  Amen.

V.  May they rest in peace.
R.  Amen.

V.  Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
R.  Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

V.  O Lord, hear my prayer.
R.  And let my cry come unto Thee.

V.  Dóminus vobíscum.
R.  Et cum spíritu tuo.

V.  The Lord be with you.
R.  And with thy spirit.

V.  Requiéscant in pace.
R.  Amen.

V.  May they rest in peace.
R.  Amen.

Let us pray for our benefactors and friends:
O God, Who dost bestow forgiveness and salvation, we address ourselves unto Thy clemency that, through the intercession of the blessed Virgin Mary and of all the saints, the Souls of our departed brethren, relatives and benefactors, may be admitted into everlasting glory.  Through our Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen.

V.  Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
R.  And let perpetual light shine upon them.

V.  May they rest in peace.
R.  Amen.