The Raccolta (1857)/Three Offerings, with three Pater nosters, etc.
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THREE OFFERINGS, WITH THREE PATER NOSTERS, ETC.
Pope Leo XII. of blessed memory, by an autograph rescript, dated Oct. 21, 1823, granted to all faithful Christians—
i. The Indulgence of 100 days, for every time that they shall devoutly recite the following three offerings to the Most Holy Trinity, to obtain a good death,
ii. The Plenary Indulgence, to those who shall recite them every day for a month; to be gained at the end of the said month, on any one day when, having Confessed and Communicated, they shall pray according to the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff.
The above-named original rescript is preserved in the Archivium of the RR. FF. Minor Observant at the Convent of Ara Cœli here in Rome.
THE OFFERINGS.
i. We offer to the Most Holy Trinity the merits of Jesus Christ, in thanksgiving for the Precious Blood which Jesus shed in the garden for us; and by His merits we beseech the Divine Majesty to grant us the pardon of all our sins.
Pater, Ave. Gloria.
ii. We offer to the Most Holy Trinity the merits of Jesus Christ, in thanksgiving for His most precious death endured on the cross for us; and by His merits we beseech the Divine Majesty to grant us the pardon of all our sins.
Pater, Ave. Gloria.
iii. We offer to the Most Holy Trinity the merits of Jesus Christ, in thanksgiving for His unspeakable charity, by which He descended from heaven to earth to take upon Himself our flesh, and in It to suffer and die upon the cross; and by His merits we beseech the Divine Majesty to bring our souls to the glory of heaven after our death.
Pater, Ave. Gloria.