Loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I a miserable sinner, salute and worship the most Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy Heavy Cross, which so tore Thy Flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other Wound of Thy Most Blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most sorrowful; I praise and glorify Thee and give Thee thanks for this most sacred and painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain and by the crushing burden of Thy Heavy Cross to be merciful to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on towards Heaven along the Way of Thy Cross. Amen.

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Imprimatur: Thomas D. Beven, Bishop of Springfield, Ma.

It is related in the annals of Clairvaux that St. Bernard asked Our Lord which was His greatest unrecorded suffering and Our Lord answered." had on My Shoulder, while I bore My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous Wound, which was more painful than the others and which is not recorded by men. Honor this Wound with thy devotion and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through Its virtue and merit. And in regard to all those who shall venerate this Wound, I will remit to them all their venial sins and will no longer remember their mortal sins."

Dear St. Joseph, I ask for a healthy body, mind, and spirit. I ask to be strong in virtue, overcome vice, detach from all unhealthy or unholy attachments, and be the man I am created to be. I consecrate my life to you again, and I ask for your intercession for all my intentions, that they may be purified, granted, and fulfilled. Help me live out the holy deaths your Son calls me to.

St. Joseph, Father for the Father, Husband to Mary, Terror of demons, pray for me.

Father, I ask for peace. Amen.

In the Name of God of the Most Holy Trinity, of the Father of the Only Begotten Son, and of the Holy Spirit, depart evil spirits so that they cannot see or hear our activities with our plans, and so that they cannot deceive us, nor persecute us, nor interfere with our plans and projects, or cause confusion, in our efforts to serve God. The Lord God commands them to turn away and never to return. Oh Lord Most Holy and Almighty make us invisible to our enemies. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve your beloved children because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exists in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon me and see the snarl of knots that exist in my life. You know very well how desperate I am, my pain, and how I am bound by these knots. Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in the lives of his children, I entrust into your hands the ribbon of my life. No one, not even the Evil One himself, can take it away from your precious care. In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone. Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today this knot.

[Mention your request here]

I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once for all. You are my hope. O my Lady, you are the only consolation God gives me, the fortification of my feeble strength, the enrichment of my destitution, and, with Christ, the freedom from my chains. Hear my plea. Keep me, guide me, protect me, o safe refuge!

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me. In Jesus Name. Amen.

A Prayer which would release 1,000 souls fromPurgatory each time it is said. Our Lord told St. Gertrude the Great that the following prayer would release 1,000 souls from Purgatory each time it is said.

Recommendations: Pray it at least twice, to at least release twice as many souls!

After the prayer, ask the Holy Souls to pray for your intentions.

"Eternal Father, I offer thee the most precious blood of thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory. -Amen" Our Lady said that if we pray the prayers "we'll deliver so many souls, so many souls!"

"The Holy Wounds are the treasure of treasures for the souls in Purgatory."

BIBLE - 2 Machabees, Chapter 12. Verse 46: "it is, therefore, a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from sins."

An indulgence, applicable ONLY to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted when the faithful devoutly visit a cemetery and pray for the departed.

Mother Mary, I give you my heart and my human will and the human wills of all my brothers and sisters so you can give them to Jesus for I am too little.

Jesus, help me to do Your will. Help me have the:

Wisdom to see it

Courage to follow it

Patience to live it

Desire to make it my own

Tenacity to see it through

Grace to make mine Yours

Right people in my path to achieve it

Peace to choose it

Perseverance to endure it

Love to help it grow

Joy to realize it

Jesus, all I am is Yours. Let it be done to me according to Your Word. Not my will, but Yours be done.

I love You, Jesus. Amen.

Jesus, teach me to pray. Teach me to listen. Teach me to hear You and know when it's You speaking. Teach me Your ways.

Help me come to you, know you, and love you. Help me become more like You.

Jesus, I need you now and I let you in...I commit my life to you today. I consecrate my life to Your Sacred Heart, Your Mother's Heart, and Joseph's heart.

All I am is Yours. I give everything to You. Show out in my life today. Help me get closer to You.

Jesus, in Your Holy Name. Amen.

Jesus, I ask for all Your graces and mercies today. All of them. Especially the ones I forget to ask for and the ones that are often not asked for.

Jesus, I surrender my day to You through Your Mother, instead of surrendering to it.

Jesus, through Mary, I give You all my work, fasting, sufferings, pleasures, desires, thoughts, and feelings. I commit them all to you now, through the hands and heart of Your Mother, to do with as You and she wishes and wills.

I commit my life to You again. I consecrate my life to Your Sacred Heart, Your Mother's heart, and Joseph's heart.

You know the way. And I will let go the need to know why because you know better than I. I give everything to You, Jesus. Amen.

Mother Mary and Joseph, I pray, and ask for my future spouse. With my limited understanding, I pray for us to be married as soon as possible. I desire and pray for total union and intimacy with my spouse. I pray that our hearts may be one just as your hearts are one. I pray that they may be attractive, sexy, beautiful, and someone I could love and never get tired of loving for the rest of my life.

I pray that they are healthy, healed, virtuous, and a great parent. I pray that we’d be such a gift to each other. I pray for compatibility, lifelong romance, alignment of values, and out of this world chemistry. I pray that they age gracefully, becoming more beautiful as they get older. I pray for our mutual sanctity. With my limited understanding, I pray that they may be the fulfilment of my wish list, unless you or your Son have something better in mind.

Mother and father, with my limited understanding, grant me these things if it pleases you. Purify my desires if not. Give me the grace, clarity, and peace I need to change, prepare, and wait for my future spouse. Let your Son’s will be done in me according to His Word. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Jesus, through Joseph, help me to be a man. Help me to take responsibility, love sacrificially, reject passivity, and lead courageously.

Help me advance to protect and provide and even risk where fitting, instead of retreat - in all facets of life today, especially in my:

⁃ choices laid before me

⁃ decisions I make

⁃ situations I encounter

⁃ interactions I have

⁃ relationships I nurture

⁃ struggles I face

⁃ burdens I carry

⁃ work I do

Holy Spirit, in the Name of Jesus, I let You in...be my comfort, guide, and zeal today. Give me Your power to overcome the retreating moments and the grace to recognize them. Help me grow in virtue today and say yes to what You have planned for me. I need Your strength. I'm weak without You. Be my inner and outer strength.

Father, for anything I'm missing today, fill in my gaps:

⁃ Be where I'm not

⁃ See where I can't

⁃ Hear what I can't

⁃ Feel what I can't

⁃ Be strong where I'm weak

⁃ Be still where I'm restless

⁃ Be tender where I'm rough

⁃ Be truth where I don't believe

⁃ Be virtuous where I've yet to begin

⁃ Be my influence where I fall short

⁃ Be enough where I'm not

In Jesus Name. Amen.