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[size=+3]Devotion to the Drops of Blood Lost by our Lord Jesus Christ on His Way to Calvary[/size]
  

St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary, with St. Matilda and St. Bridget, wishing to know something of the Passion of Jesus Christ, offered fervent and special prayers. upon which Our Lord revealed to them:
To all the faithful who shall recite for 3 years, each day, 2 Our Fathers, 2 Hail Marys and 2 Glory Bes in honor of the drops of Blood I lost, I will concede the following 5 graces:
1st: The plenary indulgence and remittance of your sins.
 2nd: You will be free from the pains of Purgatory.
 3rd: If you should die before completing the said 3 years, for you it will be the same as if you had completed them.
 4th: It will be upon your death the same as if you had shed all your blood for the Holy Faith.
 5th: I will descend from Heaven to take your soul and that of your relatives, until the fourth generation.

Blessed by His Holiness Pope Leo XIII in Rome, April 5, 1890.
Please keep this prayer card with others that you say daily to remind you to recite these prayers.
The thought of saving souls should always be on our mind. St. John Bosco stated it well. "There is nothing more holy in this world than to work for the good of souls, for whose salvation Jesus Christ poured out the last drops of His blood." St. Vincent de Paul tells us that: "The salvation of men and our own are so great a good that they merit to be obtained at any price."
 Sad to say, the great majority of Catholics put forth little or no effort in promoting the greater honor and glory of God and the salvation of souls. Let us keep in mind that if we manage to save one soul, we also ensure the salvation of our own. The Holy Ghost reveals this to us in the Holy Bible. [St. James 5: 19-20]

This little practice gives us a very easy way to save our own soul as well as the ones most dear to us------our family.



Never heard of it before, but, those are some tremendous indulgences

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It has been brought to our attention that the indulgences attached to the "Drops of Blood" and "Shoulder Wound" prayers were declared apocryphal in the Acta Sanctae Sedis (Acts of the Holy See), a monthly publication in Rome from 1865 to 1908 which contains principal declarations of the Pope and the Roman congregations. Its contents were declared official and authentic in 1904. Leaflets containing prayers with improper indulgences attributed to them were prohibited altogether.

The complete "Acta Sanctae Sedis" is available on the Vatican website. The specific texts and translation regarding the above mentioned prayers are provided below.

In lieu of this information we will no longer offer the "Drops of Blood" and "Shoulder Wound" prayer cards.
http://olrl.org/pray/apocryphal.shtml


That devotion has been around for many years among the laity, but doesn't seem to ever been adapted by the Sisters of the Precious Blood, which, if it were ligit one would think they would have promoted it.

Thank you DL for the information. Following your link, I also found this:

Also, promises to free one or more souls from Purgatory by the recitation of some prayer are prohibited, e.g. specifying that "1,000" souls will be released by saying the "Prayer of St. Gertrude" (see ASS 32, p. 243 of the "Acta Sanctae Sedis" below). We have revised the Prayer of St. Gertrude the Great card to reflect the approved version of the prayer and the correct reference to the number of souls released which is found in Fr. O'Sullivan's booklet "Read Me or Rue It". We read in this booklet: Our Lord showed St. Gertrude a vast number of souls leaving Purgatory and going to Heaven as a result of this prayer, which the Saint was accustomed to say frequently during the day. The booklet has the "Approval of His Eminence the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon - Cardinal's Palace, Lisbon March 4, 1936”. The following approval attached many times to the Prayer of St. Gertrude is a misprint: "Approval and recommendation (sgd.) M. Cardinal Pahiarca at Lisbon, Portugal, on March 4, 1936" (D. Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira was Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon from 1929 - 1971).

That devotion has been around for many years among the laity, but doesn't seem to ever been adapted by the Sisters of the Precious Blood, which, if it were ligit one would think they would have promoted it.
Good point. Thank you.