Offerings of the Precious Blood for the Poor Souls

I.

Lord, God Almighty! I beseech thee, by the precious body and blood of thy divine Son Jesus, which he gave with his own hands upon the eve of his passion to his beloved Apostles to be their meat and drink, and which he left to his whole Church, to be a perpetual sacrifice and life-giving food of his own faithful people, deliver the souls in purgatory (and especially that one which was most devoted to this mystery of love), that with thy divine Son, and with thy Holy Spirit, they may ever praise thee in thy eternal glory. Hail Mary.

II.

Lord, God Almighty! I beseech thee, by the precious blood which thy divine Son Jesus shed in the garden, deliver the souls in purgatory (especially that soul which is most destitute of aid); and bring them to thy glory, there to praise and bless thee forever. Hail Mary.

III.

Lord, God Almighty! I beseech thee, by the precious blood which thy Son Jesus shed in his cruel scourging, deliver the souls in purgatory (especially that soul which is nearest its entrance into heaven), that they may soon begin to praise and bless thee forever. Hail Mary.

IV.

Lord, God Almighty! I beseech thee, by the precious blood which thy divine Son Jesus shed in his bitter crowning with thorns, deliver the souls in purgatory (especially that one which would be the last to issue from those pains), that they tarry not so long a time before they come to praise thee in thy glory and bless thee forever. Hail Mary.

V.

Lord, God Almighty! I beseech thee, by the precious blood which thy divine Son Jesus shed through the streets of Jerusalem, when he carried the cross upon his sacred shoulders, deliver the souls in purgatory (especially that soul which is richest in merit before thee), that on the throne of glory, which awaits them, they may magnify and bless thee forever. Hail Mary.

VI.

Lord, God Almighty! I beseech thee, by the precious blood which thy divine Son Jesus shed upon the tree of the cross from his sacred hands and feet, deliver the souls in purgatory (especially that for which I am most bound to pray), that they may praise and bless thee in thy glory forever. Hail Mary.

VII.

Lord, God Almighty! I beseech thee, by the precious blood which gushed forth from the side of thy divine Son Jesus, deliver the souls in purgatory (especially that one which was most devout to the sacred heart of Jesus), that they may soon attain unto thy glory, there to praise thee in all eternity. Hail Mary.

Hymn.

Ye souls of the faithful,
Who sleep in the Lord,
But as yet are shut out
From your final reward;
Oh! would I could lend you
Assistance, to fly
From your prison below
To your palace on high!

O Father of mercies!
Thine anger withhold;
These works of thy hands
In thy presence behold;
Too oft' from thy path
They have wandered aside,
But thee, their Creator,
They never denied.

O tender Redeemer!
Their misery see.
Deliver the souls,
That were ransomed by thee.
Behold how they love thee,
Despite of their pain!
Restore them! Restore them!
To favor again.

O Spirit of grace!
O Consoler divine!
See how for thy presence,
They lovingly pine.
Oh! then, to enliven
Their sadness, descend,
And fill them with peace,
And with joy in the end.

O Mother of mercy!
Dear soother in grief!
Send thou to their torments
A balmy relief;
Attemper the rigor
Of justice severe,
And soften their flames
With a pitying tear.

Ye Patrons, who watched
O'er their safety below;
Oh! think how they need
Your fidelity now,
And stir all the Angels
And Saints of the sky,
To plead for the souls,
That upon you rely.

Ye friends who, once sharing
Their pleasure and pain,
Now haply already
In Paradise reign;
Oh! comfort their hearts
With a whisper of love,
And call them to share
In your pleasures above.

All ye, who would honor
The Saints and their Head,
Remember! remember!
To pray for the dead;
And they, in return,
From their misery freed,
To you will be friends
In the hour of your need.