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Tridentine MT · « **Reply #65 on:** May 13, 2015, 01:59:40 AM »

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A Sixth Means:
Resignation to Death

The idea of Pope St. Pius X was the same when he granted a plenary indulgence at the hour of death to those who say at least after one Holy Communion the following prayer:

"Eternal Father, from this day forward, I accept with a joyful and resigned heart the death it will please You to send me, with all its pains and sufferings."

It will be better still to say this prayer after every Holy Communion we receive.

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This. Will try to remember this prayer.

poche · « **Reply #66 on:** May 13, 2015, 10:58:12 PM »

For your practical resolutions, the following is suggested:

1) Recite this prayer after Holy Communion:

“Eternal Father, from this day forward, I accept with a joyful and resigned heart the death it will please You to send me, with all its pains and sufferings.”

2) Here are several other prayers for your consideration:

Act of Accepting One's Own Death from the Hands of God

O Most Holy Trinity, with a sincere spirit of love of Thee and with a contrite heart, I accept calmly and gladly from Thy hands whatsoever manner of death it may please Thee to send me, together with all of its pain, anguish and suffering. Amen.

Act of Perfect Resignation

O Lord, my God, from this moment I do accept from Thy hands, with a quiet and trusting heart, whatsoever death Thou shalt choose to send me, with all of its pains and griefs. Help me to accept death itself patiently, in satisfaction for the punishments due to my sins. Amen.

An Offering of the Most Precious Blood

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ in atonement for all of my sins, faults and imperfections and in supplication for the Holy Souls in Purgatory and for the needs of the Catholic Church. Amen.

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poche · « **Reply #67 on:** May 14, 2015, 11:11:29 PM »

Prayer for Final Perseverance and a Happy Death

O Supreme and Eternal God, I thank Thee for creating me, redeeming me by Jesus Christ, making me a member of the Mystical Body of Christ and having waited for my repentance after so many sins.

O Infinite bounty, I love Thee above all things, and I repent with all of my heart for ever having offended Thee. I have confidence that Thou hast already pardoned me, but being always in danger of again falling into sin, I beg of Thee, for the love of Jesus Christ, to grant me holy perseverance until death. Amen.

Help me, O Lord, for Thou knowest my weakness and suffer me not again to be separated from Thee. May I die a thousand times rather than again have the misfortune of losing Thy grace by Mortal Sin. Holy Mary, my Mother, obtain for me the grace of a holy and final perseverance and the Grace of a happy death in thy arms. Amen.

Prayers to Our Lord Jesus Christ
To Obtain the Grace of a Good Death

O Jesus, Lord, God of goodness and Father of eternal mercies! I humbly present myself before Thee with a contrite and humble heart, and I commend to Thee my last hour and what shall await me after it.

When my feet begin to become motionless, thus warning me that my end is near; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

When my hands begin to lose the sense of touch and, trembling, can no longer hold the Crucifix, letting it fall, to my grief, on my bed of pain; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

When my eyes, already blinded and making contortions for horror at death so near, fix in Thee their languid and dying looks; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

When my lips, cold and convulsive, pronounce for the last time Thy Holy and Adorable Name: JESUS; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

When my face, pale and livid, causes pity and terror to those around me; and my hair, bathed with the sweat of death, becomes stiff, announcing that my end is near; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

When my ears, shut forever to the things of this world will hear the final sentence of my eternal destiny; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

When my imagination, troubled by horrible and frightful visions, becomes submersed in mortal anguish and when my spirit, troubled with the fear of Thy Justice at the remembrance of my iniquities, is struggling against the infernal enemy, the Devil, who will want to deprive me of hoping in Thy mercies and precipitate me in the horrors of despair; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

When my heart, weak and oppressed by the pains of sickness, shall be overtaken by the fear of death, fatigued and wearied by the efforts it has made against the enemies of my salvation; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

When I will shed my last tears, a sign of my approaching death, O Lord! receive them as a sacrifice of expiation so that I may die a victim of penance; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

When my family, relatives and friends, standing around my bed, become terrified at seeing me in such a state and invoke Thy aid; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

When, having lost the use of my senses, and the world is vanishing from my sight, I groan under the anguish of my last agony and the affliction of death; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

When the last groans of my heart force my soul to leave my body, accept them, O Lord, as effects of a holy impatience to unite myself to Thee; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

When my departing soul goes forever from this world and leaves my body pale, cold, and lifeless, accept this as an act of homage which I render to Thy Divine Majesty; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

Finally, when my soul comes before Thee and beholds for the time the splendor of Thy Majesty, do not cast it away from Thy presence; but rather deign to receive it into the bosom of Thy mercy, that I may eternally sing Thy Praises; then, Merciful Jesus, have pity on me.

O God, Who has condemned all to die, but has hidden the day and the hour, grant that I, passing all the days of my life in justice and holiness, may be able to merit to leave this world in Thy holy love. Through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ may I live and reign with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

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poche · « **Reply #68 on:** May 15, 2015, 11:48:48 PM »

The Seventh Means: Extreme Unction

The Seventh Means of avoiding Purgatory is Extreme Unction: God Himself has given us a Sacrament, the end of which is to take us directly to Heaven. This Sacrament is Extreme Unction, which according to Saint Thomas and Saint Albert was instituted especially to obtain for us the grace of a holy and happy death and to prepare us for immediate entrance into Heaven.

Many Catholics do not understand this most consoling doctrine, and because they do not understand it, they prepare themselves insufficiently for the reception of Extreme Unction and so lose many of its great graces.

Every Sacrament properly received produces its effect. Baptism cleanses us from Original Sin and any other actual sins that may have been committed by adults before receiving the Sacrament.

The Sacrament of Holy Orders gives a priest all his tremendous powers. Matrimony makes man and woman husband and wife. In the same way Extreme Unction, if devoutly received, prepares the dying Catholic for immediate entrance into Heaven, thus delivering him from Purgatory.

How foolish it is, therefore, to put off receiving this Sacrament until very late, when the dying person is too exhausted to receive it with full knowledge of what he is doing and with due fervor and devotion. The moment of death is the supreme moment in our lives. It is the moment which decides our fate for all Eternity.

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poche · « **Reply #69 on:** May 16, 2015, 11:43:32 PM »

For your practical resolutions, the following is suggested:

Advise your family members that when you are dying to call a Priest to give you the Last Rites which include the Sacrament of Extreme Unction and not to wait until you are unconscious or unable to converse with the Priest. The sooner a Priest is called, the better.

http://www.shrineofsaintjude.net/home1606.html#8.