Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son Jesus Christ, in union with the most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, said throughout the world today, for all the holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the Universal Church, those in my own home, and within my family.

Amen.

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Reading

 of Saint Gertrude the Great

May my soul bless You O Lord God my Creator, may my soul bless You...From the very core of my being may all Your merciful gifts sing Your praise...Your generous care for Your daughter has been rich in mercy; indeed it has been immeasurable, and as far as I am able, I give You thanks...I praise and glorify Your great patience which bore with me even though, from my infancy and childhood, adolescence and early womanhood, until I was nearly 26, I was always so blindly irresponsible...Looking back I see that, but for your protecting hand I would have been quite without conscience in thought, word, or deed...But You came to my aid by giving me a natural dislike of evil and a natural delight in what is good, and provided me with necessary correction from those among whom I lived.

To make amends for the way I previously lived, I offer You, most loving Father, all the sufferings