[murphE]

It is still Good Friday where you are, right?

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[gbcdoj]

Pope Pius IX declared that by reciting this prayer 5 times on Friday, we release 5 souls from Purgatory and we release 33 souls from Purgatory by reciting it on Good Friday.

Curious, do you have a source for this? I must admit I'm puzzled as to how Bl. Pius IX knew this.

[PetroniusMaximus]

 ***Pope Pius IX declared that by reciting this prayer 5 times...***


"By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this Man, after He had offered o­ne sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,....

For by o­ne offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified."

- Heb 10

[Desdemona]

Always a good reminder. Thanks.

[Rokke]

Oh the tangled web....

[Lazamataz]

I'm of the opinion that 12.7 angels can dance on the head of a pin.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

There's always the prayer of St. Getrude the Great, which is supposed to release 1000 souls each time it is said:

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, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the Universal Church, Those in my own home and within my family. Amen.

(see Catholic Online:)
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=424