O my God! my Creator! my Redeemer! my Sovereign Good! whose boundless charity to me has been unceasing, and whose infinite perfections adoring angels behold with unspeakable delight, I love thee with my whole heart and soul, and above all things; and for thy sake I love my neighbour as myself. Oh, teach me, my gracious God, to love thee daily more and more; and mercifully grant that having loved thee on earth, I may love and enjoy thee for ever in heaven.
For a perpetual glorification of the MOST HOLY TRINITY, and the INCARNATION of our Blessed Redeemer JESUS CHRIST, first instituted in France, with the approbation of Christopher Beaumont, late Archbishop of Paris, and confirmed by a decree of his Holiness Pious VI. issued the 16th May, 1784; who, in order to promote and extend the same, was pleased to grant an Indulgence for the City of Rome, and the Faithful throughout the world, who shall voluntarily associate themselves in the practice of this devotion according to the intention of his Holiness, in the following manner.
Three persons, united in our Lord by the bands of mutual charity, are to engage themselves voluntarily (though without any obligation of conscience) to practise a religious exercise, which consists in adoring the three divine Persons three times a-day, _viz._ morning, noon, and night, reciting seven _Gloria Patris_, &c. and one _Ave_, &c. each time, to adore the Incarnation of the Eternal Word, and in honour of the most holy Virgin Mother of God. These prayers may be said either in common or separately, according to the convenience or inclinations of the persons associated; and in order that these unions may be continued, it is necessary that the associates should be _mutually acquainted_, that in case of a vacancy by death or otherwise, the loss may be repaired by _appointing another;_ by which means this pious society may be perpetuated to the end of time.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ _hear us_. Christ _graciously hear us_.
God the Father of heaven, _Have mercy on us._ God the Son, Redeemer of the World, _Have mercy on us._ God the Holy Ghost, _Have mercy on us._ Holy Trinity one God, _Have mercy on us._