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Prayers During the Day 219
ACT OF HOPE
MY God, trusting in Thy promises and relying on
0 Thy infinite power and goodness I hop to obtain
pardon for my sins, the assistance of Thy grace, and
life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ,
my Lord and Redeemer.
ACT OF LOVE
MY God, I love Thee with my whole heart an&
0 above all things, because Thou art the Suprema
Good and worthy of dl our love. I am sorry for
having displeased Thy infinite goodness by my sins. f
desire to do Thy holy will and to love Thee more and
more. For the love of Thee I will love my neighbor
as myseIf.
The Sovereign Pontiff, Benedict XIV, considering that
it is not only useful, but also truly necessary, for eternal
salvation to make frequent acts of the theological virtues
of faith, hope, and charity, in order to excite the faithful
to make these acts, granted, by a decree of the Sacred
Congregation of Indulgences, Jan. 28, 1756, confirming
the grant already made by Benedict XIII, Jan. 15, 1728,
a plenary indrtlgence, once a month, to all those who
shall, daily, devoutly say, and, at the same time, make
with their heart these acts. This indulgence may be
gained on any day, when, being truly penitent, after confession
and communion, they shall pray for peace and union
among Christian princes, for the extirpation of heresy,
and for the trlumph of Holy Church.
He granted in like manner a plenary indulgence at
the hour of death. Finally, to excite the faithful to a
very frequent use of these acts, he extended the iizdliIgem%
of seven years and men quarantines (which, by the
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