may never add that most hateful sin of distrust in the mercy of God. Pater, Ave, Gloria.
O BRAVE child, most pure St. Agnes, by that ardent charity which inflamed thy heart and secured thee from being injured by the flames of passion or of the stake at which the enemies of Jesus Christ sought to destroy thee; obtain for us from God that every fire may be extinguished in us except that which Jesus Christ came on earth to enkindle; so that after passing a spotless life in the exercise of this beautiful virtue we may be allowed to share in that glory which is the crown of thy purity of heart and of thy martyrdom. Pater, Ave, Gloria.
His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII, by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Jan, 16, 1886, granted to all the faithful who, with contrite hearts, devoutly recite the above prayers: an indulgence of one hundred days, once a day.
St. John Berchmans
PIOUS PRACTICE OF THE FIVE SUNDAYS
His Holiness, Leo XIII, by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, May 17, 1890, granted to the faithful who, on the five Sundays immediately preceding the feast of St. John Berchmans (August 13th), having received the sacraments of Penance and the Holy Eucharist, shall perform some pious exercise in honor of the saint, and shall visit a church or public oratory and pray there for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff, an indulgence of seven years and seven quarantines on the first four Sundays; and a plenary indulgence on the fifth Sunday.
Prayer
ST. John Berchmans, my most loving patron, seraph of charity, I rejoice with thee at the ardent fire of charity which kept thy pure and innocent heart always at peace and united to God; I humbly pray thee, obtain for me such ardor of divine love that it may remove from
