depends upon the dispositions of the penitent, and the care and accuracy he employs in fulfilling the conditions laid down.
It only remains to add that, though the Church has no direct jurisdiction over the souls in purgatory, she authorizes and encourages, as a work of supreme charity, the application of indulgences, by way of suffrage, to the needs of those afflicted souls; and we may confidently assure ourselves that these suffrages are most acceptable to the divine Majesty, and that what the Church would thus, as it were, indirectly loose in purgatory, is speedily loosed also in heaven, amid the rejoicing of all the heavenly court, to the great glory of God, and to the incalculable benefit, as well of the suffering souls as of their earthly benefactors.
Note. — The following indulgenced prayers and ejaculations may be used very profitably in all our exercises of piety; e.g., at Morning and Night Prayer, at Mass, Communion, and Visits to the Blessed Sacrament, and in particular for the relief of the holy souls in purgatory.
The Use of Indulgenced Prayers
IF you would serve God faithfully and piously, you must not rest satisfied with saying your morning and evening prayers; you must also often raise your heart to God during the day, at your work, and in your temptations. In order to render this easier to you, the following prayers, enriched by the Church with numerous indulgences, have been collected together. They will thus tend both to your own good and the relief of the poor souls. "We forget too often our dear deceased," says St. Francis of Sales. St. Ignatius can not sufficiently praise and esteem indulgences. He exhorts us for the love of God to set high value on them. St. Alphonsus Liguori advises us to make the intention in our morning prayers to gain all the indulgences in which we can participate during the day. Try to draw the greatest profit from these prayers. Learn some of them by heart, so as to have them ready in time of work or temptation. Repeat them as often as you can, and in a short
