THREE EJACULATIONS Jesus, Mary, Joseph, I offer you my heart and my soul. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, assist me in my last agony. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul with you in peace. ~ The Catholic Prayerbook (1883)

PRAYER for the DYING For for those in their agony. O MOST merciful JESUS, Lover of souls: I pray Thee, by the agony of thy most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of thy Immaculate Mother, cleanse in thine own Blood the sinners of the whole world who are now in their agony and to die this day. Amen. Heart of JESUS, once in agony, pity the dying. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O CLEMENTISSIME JESU, amator animarum; obsecro te, per agoniam cordis tui sanctissimi, et per Dolores Matris tuæ Immaculatæ, lava in sanguine tuo peccatores totius mundi, nunc positos in agonia et hodie morituros. Amen. Cor JESU, in agonia factum, miserere morientium. 100 Days. Plenary, once a month, if said thrice daily, at three distinct intervals. Pius IX, February 2, 1850. ~ The Raccolta (1910)

Virtue of the Month NOVEMBER — LOVE OF PRAYER PRAYER to obtain FIDELITY in making MEDITATION PARDON me, O my God, my slothfulness; what treasures of grace have I lost by so often neglecting to meditate! For the future give me grace to be faithful through life in conversing with Thee, with Whom I hope to converse forever in heaven. I do not ask Thee to refresh me here with Thy consolations; I do not deserve it; it is enough that Thou dost suffer me to approach Thy feet and recommend to Thee my poor soul, which is thus miserable because it has separated itself from Thee. At Thy feet, then, O my crucified Jesus! the sole memory of Thy Passion shall keep me detached from earth, and united to Thee. O holy Virgin Mary! aid me with thy prayers. ~ St. Alphonsus' Prayer Book (1888)