PRAYER OF ST. GERTRUDE THE GREAT: 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, and for sinners everywhere. Amen. Our Lord dictated the foregoing prayer to St. Gertrude the Great for the release of 1000 souls from Purgatory each time it is said. The Heroic Act in Favor of the Souls in Purgatory O MY GOD! for Your greater glory, and to imitate as closely as possible the generous Heart of Jesus, my Redeemer, and also to testify my devotion to the Blessed Virgin, my Mother, who is also the Mother of the souls in Purgatory, I place in her hands all my satisfactory works, as well as the fruit of all those which may be offered for my intention after my death, that she may apply them to the souls in Purgatory according to her wisdom and good pleasure. Amen. Prayer for the Dying O most merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I beseech Thee, by the agony of Thy Most Sacred Heart and by the sorrows of Thine Immaculate Mother, wash clean in Thy Blood the sinners of the whole world who are now in their agony and who are to die this day. Amen V. Heart of Jesus, who didst suffer death's agony. R. Have mercy on the dying An indulgence of 300 days. A plenary indulgence once a month on the usual conditions, if this prayer is said with devotion thrice daily at three distinct times.