TWENTY-SECOND DAY
Let us never cease our
prayers for the faithful departed. St. Francis de Sales often said: "I
fear the good opinion which my friends have formed of me: they will believe me
in Heaven and leave
me to suffer."
Most merciful Jesus, have mercy on the souls in Purgatory. For us, Thou didst
become Man, and
suffer to die. By the merits of Thy agony and death, release the faithful
departed from their pains,
that they may enjoy everlasting bliss in Heaven.