Prayer to free 1000 souls from purgatory: Promises to St Gertrude the Great

"Eternal Father,

I offer thee the most Precious Blood of Thy divine son Jesus

in union with the Holy Masses said throughout the world today,

for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church,

& those in my own home and within my family.

Amen."

APPROVAL & RECOMMENDATION: M. Cardinal Pahiarca at Lisbon, Portugal, March 4, 1936

Jesus' promises to St Gertrude the Great

St Gertrude empathized with the Church Suffering. At every Eucharistic reception she beseeched Jesus to have mercy on souls being purified. At one Holy Communion, she is said to have visited purgatory with Our Lord. He told her, "At Holy Communion I will permit thee to draw forth all to whom the fragrance of thy prayers penetrates." After Holy Communion Our Lord delivered more Souls than she dared to request.

The price of a soul 

Legend has it that St Gertrude asked Jesus how many souls His mercy would release? He answered: "My love urges Me to release the Poor Souls. If a beneficent king leaves his guilty friend in prison for justice's sake, he awaits with longing for one of his nobles to plead for the prisoner and to offer something for his release. Then the king joyfully, sets him free. Similarly, I accept with highest pleasure what is offered to Me for the Poor Souls, for I long inexpressibly to have near Me those for whom I paid so great a price. By the prayers of thy loving soul, I am induced to free a prisoner from Purgatory as often as thou dost move thy tongue to utter a word of prayer!" (1)

Who is my relative? 

Our Savior taught St Gertrude for whom she should most ardently pray. On the day when the community commemorated the death of all parents, Gertrude saw the happy souls ascend from darkness like sparks from a flame. She asked Our Lord if all these were relatives. He answered: "I am thy nearest relative. Therefore, My special friends are thy nearest relatives, and these are among those whom I have liberated." (2)

What's in it for us? 

Our Lord promised St Gertrude, 'When anything is offered to Me for the faithful departed, I immediately use it for them, according to My natural inclination to show mercy and pardon, either for the remission of their sins for their consolation, or for the increase of their eternal felicity, according to the condition of those for whom the offering is made'" (3). 

Love thy Neighbor

Let us epilogue this prayer onto our daily rosaries. What a great way to love our neighbors--into heaven. Jesus we trust in You.

Sources

1. St Gertrude the Great: Herald of Divine Love, Tan Books p 44

2. St Gertrude the Great: Herald of Divine Love, Tan Books p 45

3.  The life and revelations of St Gertrude, Tan Books p 253

4. St Gertrude and the Holy Souls. | CatholicTradition.org