SEVEN OFFERINGS OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD

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SEVEN OFFERINGS OF
THE PRECIOUS BLOOD
ETERNAL FATHER ' I offer Thee the merits of the
• Most Precious Blood of Jesus. Thy Beloved Son and
my Redeemer • for the propagation and exaltation of
my dear Mother the Holy Church • for the safety and
prosperity of her visible Head. the Holy Roman Pon-
tiff * for the cardinals, bishops and pastors of
souls • and for all the ministers of the sanctuary.
Glory be to the Father, etc. Blessed and
praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us
by His Precious Blood!
ETERNAL FATHER • I offer Thee the merits of the
Most Precious Blood of Jesus. Thy Beloved Son and
my Divine Redeemer • for the peace and concord of
nations • for the conversion of the enemies of our holy
faith • and for the happiness of all Christian people.
Glory be to the Father, etc. Blessed and
praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us
by His Precious Blood!
ETERNAL FATHER * I offer Thee the merits of the
Most Precious Blood of Jesus. Thy Beloved Son and
my Divine Redeemer * for the repentance of unbe-
lievers • the extirpation of all heresies • and the con-
version of sinners.
Glory be to the Father, etc. Blessed and
praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us
by His Precious Blood!
ETERNAL FATHER • I offer Thee the merits of the
Most Precious Blood of Jesus. Thy Beloved Son and
my Divine Redeemer * for all my relations, friends
and enemies * for the poor. the sick, and those in trib-
ulation * and for all those for whom Thou wiliest I
should pray. orknowest that I ought to pray.
Glory be to the Father, etc. Blessed and
praised forever-more be Jesus Who hath saved us
by His Precious Blood!

ETERNAL FATHER * I offer Thee the merits of the
Most Precious Blood of Jesus. Thy Beloved Son and
my Divine Redeemer • for all those who shall this day
pass to •another life • that Thou mayest preserve them
from the pains of hell * and admit them the more
readily to the possession of Thy Glory.
Glory be to the Father, etc. Blessed and
praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us
by His Precious Blood!
ETERNAL FATHER • I offer Thee the merits of the
Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and
my Divine Redeemer • for all those who are lovers of
this Treasure of His Blood • and for all those who join
with me in adoring and honoring It • and for all those
who try to spread devotion to It.... Glory be. etc.
ETERNAL FATHER * I offer Thee the merits of the
Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and
my Divine Redeemer * for all my wants, spiritual and
temporal • for the holy souls in Purgatory • and par-
ticuLarly for those who in their lifetime were most
devoted to this Price of our Redemption, and to the
sorrows and pains of our dear Mother, most Holy
Mary... . Glory be. etc.
Blessed and exalted be the Blood of Jesus, now
and always, and through all eternity. Amen.
* 300 days

A HIDDEN TREASURE
Appearing to one of the sisters of her community
shortly after her death, St. Teresa of Avila told the
sister that she would be willing to return to a life of
suffering on earth until the end of time if thereby she
could merit that degree of glory with which God re-
wards one devoutly recited "Hail Mary." St. Paul
speaks in like manner when he says: "The sufferings
of this life are not to be compared with the glory to
come.

If one short prayer is thus rewarded, what reward
awaits those who offer to the Eternal Father, the Pre-
cious Blood of Jesus. "An offering," says Father
Faber, is "More than a prayer." "In prayer we are the
recipients, but when we make an offering God vouch-
safes to accept something from us." In Our Lord's own
words to Sister Mary Martha Chambon, Apostle of the
Holy Wounds. "To offer to the Eternal Father the
Sacred Wounds of Jesus is to offer Him His Glory, to
offer Heaven to Heaven." "Each time you offer to My
Father the merits of My Divine Wounds," He said to
her. "You gain an immense fortune .. . You must not
remain poor, your Father is very rich."
If you and I, at this very moment, were standing on
the threshold of eternity, we would sec a limitless du-
ration extending before us which our vision would fail
to terminate. Looking on this endlessness the awful
truth would come to us that the time of merit had
passed forever. The saints realized this truth while yet
in life, and we can see the vastness of their reward.
Those who have passed into eternity realize that
there will be no further opportunities for additional
merit, for time has passed forever. If regrets were
possible in Heaven, unused opportunities would be the
cause, for the blessed know what greater capacity for
giving accidental honor to God they would have had if
they Had used all their opportunities. Because of God's
mercy they have no regrets, but their status is sealed
forever.
The position of the priest in heaven must be tremen-
dous for he offers daily a Victim-of-Infinite-Worth;
and yet each one of us can offer that same Victim in a
different manner by sincerely saying, "ETERNAL
FATHER I offer Thee the merits of the most Precious
Blood of Jesus."
Just suppose that if you were to make the seven of-
ferings each day. It would take only a few minutes of
time, and yet the vast merit gained would last eternal-
ly. What an investment!