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Formats are online but most helpful may be a book by Susan Tassone, The Rosary for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The Holy Souls Rosary is a second way to pray. And may the souls of theįaithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. May the divine assistance remain always with us. With your Saints forever more, because You are gracious. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them First, after praying it in the usual manner followed by the Hail Holy Queen, you can add this traditional prayer: There are two ways to pray the rosary to help the Holy Souls. The rosary is the most powerful prayer in the Church, after the Mass. The Catholic Church Prays a Special Holy Souls Rosary The requests to these modern era saints demonstrates how powerful this pious practice is to assist the Holy Souls.Ģ.

Saints Padre Pio and Faustina were, by the grace and mercy of God, visited by souls asking for a Mass offering to be freed from purgatory.

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Gregory the Great in the 6 th century in which a series of Masses are offered on 30 consecutive days as soon as possible after a person’s death.Īlso consider offering Masses for Holy Souls who have no one to pray for them as an act of charity. In particular, Gregorian Masses are a custom going back to St. To aid the Holy Souls, request a Mass for a particular loved one at your parish office, or from a Catholic religious order or mission. Since other Christians have rejected the doctrine of purgatory this is important. Not only do we pray for loved ones and other Catholics, but everyone else in the world who has passed from this life. “From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic Sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God” (CCC 1032).ĭuring the Eucharistic Prayer at every Mass, the souls of the faithful departed are remembered. The Catholic Church Offers Masses for Departed Souls Here are four ways the Catholic Church prays for the Holy Souls in purgatory:ġ. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states they are the faithful who died in God’s friendship and grace but are “still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of Heaven” (CCC 1030-1031).Īfter the particular judgment the Holy Souls can no longer pray for themselves and rely on the prayers of those on earth to assist them in purgatory. Each month the Catholic Church focuses on a particular devotion and November is for the Holy Souls.