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Third Day Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory be.... St Nicholas, Patron of the Holy Souls, Pray for us Remember, O Divine and merciful Lord, Thy compassion to the soul of the Gentile Jodiani, for whom St. Nicholas besought Thy mercy. Thou didst give the dying sinner the grace of repentance. Thou didst suspend the rigor of Thy justice, and, accepting the merits and suffrages of the Saint, Thou didst remit the punishment deserved by his sins. Vouchsafe, O Lord, the same gentle pity to the poor penitent souls in purgatory, who, in human frailty, offended Thy majesty and holiness. Listen once more to the prayer of Thy Saint, to which we, in our lowliness, unite our supplications, and grant the poor souls relief from their sufferings, so that, with the Blessed in Heaven, they may join their voices in exultant praise of Thy mercy. Glory be....Eternal Rest.... Let us pray: Grant, we beseech Thee, O Almighty God that Thy Church, which is made illustrious with the glory of the prodigies and miracles of St Nicholas, Thy Blessed Confessor, may, by his merits and intercession enjoy perpetual unity and peace. |