Prayers for the Dying, Why You Pray for the Dying

O Merciful Jesus, Lover of souls, I pray Thee, by the agony of Thy most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thine Immaculate Mother, cleanse in Thine Own Blood the sinners of the whole world who are now in their agony and who are to die this day. Amen.

Heart of Jesus, once in agony, have pity on the dying. (100 days Ind.)

Prayer For a Happy Death

(This is the Greatest Grace we can ask of God. A Happy Death means a HEAVEN of Happiness for all eternity. A bad death means a HELL of eternal misery.)

Jesus, Mary, Joseph, I give Thee my heart and my soul. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, assist me in my last agony. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in peace with Thee. Amen. (300 days Indulgence)

Consecrating Last Three Hours of our Life to Mary

To Thee, O Mother of my soul, I consecrate the Last Three Hours of My Life. When death cuts the thread of my days, give my soul to Jesus and say: "I love it." This alone will be enough to obtain for me the benediction of my God and the happiness of seeing Thee for all eternity. Amen.

An Act of Resignation

My Lord God, even now I accept at Thy Hands, cheerfully and willingly, with all its anxieties, pains and sufferings, whatever kind of death it shall please Thee to be mine. Amen. (Plenary Indulgence, to be applied at death, if recited next time you go to the Sacraments)

PRAY FOR THE DYING

Today 80,000 souls will die.  Pray now for those dying.  Tomorrow will be too late.  This daily practice, so simple, so helpful should appeal to every Catholic.  One soul saved each day means 365 each year.  What a rich harvest of souls to present unto God.  St. James says:  "He who causeth a sinner to be converted....shall save his own soul from death."

(Prayers taken from Jesus, Mary, Joseph Novena Manual, Confraternity of The Precious Blood, Copyright, 1939 by Joseph Stedman)