As Catholics honor the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ in July, pray this beautiful prayer by St. Gaspar del Bufalo, an apostle of the devotion.

St. Gaspar del Bufalo was an Italian priest who lived during the time of Napoleon, in the early 19th century. He refused to swear an oath of loyalty to the French emperor. As a result, he was exiled from Rome before finally returning in 1814.

He then devoted himself to the conversion of sinners for more than 20 years. To accompany him in this mission, he founded the Missionaries of the

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