FOR the AFFLICTED
O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, the comforter of the sorrowful, and the support of those who are afflicted, give ear to the prayers of such as call on thee in their tribulation; that, finding thy mercy present with them in their necessities, their mourning may be turned into joy: through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour, who, with thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth one God, world without end.
Amen.
The Key of Heaven or A Manual of Prayers, Dublin, 1839
Devout Prayers
O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, the comforter of the sorrowful, and the support of those who are afflicted, give ear to the prayers of such as call on thee in their tribulation; that, finding thy mercy present with them in their necessities, their mourning may be turned into joy: through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour, who, with thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth one God, world without end.
Amen.
The Key of Heaven or A Manual of Prayers, Dublin, 1839
Devout Prayers
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Prayers for the Poor Holy Souls
MY Jesus, by that copious sweat of blood with which Thou didst bedew the ground in the garden, have mercy on the souls of my nearest relations who are suffering in purgatory. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
MY Jesus, by that cruel scourging which Thou didst suffer, bound to the column, have pity on the souls of my other relations and friends who are suffering in purgatory. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
MY Jesus, by that crown of sharpest thorns which pierced thy sacred temples, have mercy on that soul which is most neglected and least prayed for, and on that soul which is furthest from being released from the pains of purgatory. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
MY Jesus, by those sorrowful steps which Thou didst take with the Cross on thy shoulders, have mercy on that soul which is nearest to its departure from purgatory; and by the pains which Thou didst suffer together with thy most holy Mother Mary, when Thou didst meet her on the road to Calvary, deliver from the pains of purgatory those souls who were devout to this beloved Mother. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
MY Jesus, by thy most holy body stretched on the Cross, by thy most holy hands and feet pierced with hard nails, by thy most cruel death, and by thy most holy side laid open with a lance, have pity and mercy on those poor souls; free them from the awful pains they suffer, call and admit them to thy most sweet embrace in Paradise. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
O HOLY souls, tormented in most cruel pains, as one truly devoted to you, I promise never to forget you, and continually to pray to the Most High for your release. I beseech you to respond to this offering which I make to you, and obtain for me from God, with whom you are so powerful on behalf of the living that I may be freed from all dangers of soul and body; I beg both for myself and for my relations and benefactors, friends and enemies, pardon for our sins, and the grace of perseverance in good, whereby we may save our souls. Set us free from all misfortunes, miseries, sicknesses, trials and labours. Obtain for us peace of heart; assist us in all our actions; succour us promptly in all our spiritual and temporal needs; console and defend us in our dangers. Pray for the supreme Pontiff, for the exaltation of holy Church, for peace between nations, for Christian princes, and for tranquillity among peoples; and obtain that we may one day all rejoice together in Paradise.
Amen.
100 Days, once a day. (Leo XIII, December 14, 1889).
(The Raccolta, 1910)
MY Jesus, by that copious sweat of blood with which Thou didst bedew the ground in the garden, have mercy on the souls of my nearest relations who are suffering in purgatory. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
MY Jesus, by that cruel scourging which Thou didst suffer, bound to the column, have pity on the souls of my other relations and friends who are suffering in purgatory. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
MY Jesus, by that crown of sharpest thorns which pierced thy sacred temples, have mercy on that soul which is most neglected and least prayed for, and on that soul which is furthest from being released from the pains of purgatory. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
MY Jesus, by those sorrowful steps which Thou didst take with the Cross on thy shoulders, have mercy on that soul which is nearest to its departure from purgatory; and by the pains which Thou didst suffer together with thy most holy Mother Mary, when Thou didst meet her on the road to Calvary, deliver from the pains of purgatory those souls who were devout to this beloved Mother. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
MY Jesus, by thy most holy body stretched on the Cross, by thy most holy hands and feet pierced with hard nails, by thy most cruel death, and by thy most holy side laid open with a lance, have pity and mercy on those poor souls; free them from the awful pains they suffer, call and admit them to thy most sweet embrace in Paradise. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
O HOLY souls, tormented in most cruel pains, as one truly devoted to you, I promise never to forget you, and continually to pray to the Most High for your release. I beseech you to respond to this offering which I make to you, and obtain for me from God, with whom you are so powerful on behalf of the living that I may be freed from all dangers of soul and body; I beg both for myself and for my relations and benefactors, friends and enemies, pardon for our sins, and the grace of perseverance in good, whereby we may save our souls. Set us free from all misfortunes, miseries, sicknesses, trials and labours. Obtain for us peace of heart; assist us in all our actions; succour us promptly in all our spiritual and temporal needs; console and defend us in our dangers. Pray for the supreme Pontiff, for the exaltation of holy Church, for peace between nations, for Christian princes, and for tranquillity among peoples; and obtain that we may one day all rejoice together in Paradise.
Amen.
100 Days, once a day. (Leo XIII, December 14, 1889).
(The Raccolta, 1910)
November 15th ~ FEAST of ST. ALBERT the GREAT,
Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church
(1200 - 1280)
O GOD, Who to subject human wisdom to divine faith hast made great Thy Bishop and Doctor Blessed Albert, grant us, we beseech Thee, so to follow in the path of his teaching as to enjoy perfect light in heaven.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, November 15, St. Albert the Great
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church
(1200 - 1280)
O GOD, Who to subject human wisdom to divine faith hast made great Thy Bishop and Doctor Blessed Albert, grant us, we beseech Thee, so to follow in the path of his teaching as to enjoy perfect light in heaven.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, November 15, St. Albert the Great
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
November 16th ~ FEAST of ST. GERTRUDE,
Virgin, Abbess
(1256 - 1302)
O GOD, Who didst prepare for Thyself a pleasant dwelling-place in the heart of blessed Gertrude, do Thou, through her merits and intercession, mercifully wipe away from our hearts every stain of sin, and grant us to enjoy her companionship.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, November 16, St. Gertrude
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
Virgin, Abbess
(1256 - 1302)
O GOD, Who didst prepare for Thyself a pleasant dwelling-place in the heart of blessed Gertrude, do Thou, through her merits and intercession, mercifully wipe away from our hearts every stain of sin, and grant us to enjoy her companionship.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, November 16, St. Gertrude
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
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Jesus carries the cross.
PRAYER to The Faithful Departed
O most afflicted and unrepining souls, may Jesus Christ have mercy upon you, who for you was crucified and died, and may he refresh you in your sufferings by the sprinkling of his precious blood. I commend to you that exceeding love which drew down the Son of God from heaven, and constrained him to a most bitter death on earth, that in that amazing compassion wherewith he entered into and took upon himself all the afflictions of the afflicted, may he have compassion on you. And for your full solace and refreshment I offer you all that filial love which the same Jesus Christ felt towards the Father in his Divinity, and towards Mary in his Humanity.
Amen.
~ Preces Gertrudianae (1861)
PRAYER to The Faithful Departed
O most afflicted and unrepining souls, may Jesus Christ have mercy upon you, who for you was crucified and died, and may he refresh you in your sufferings by the sprinkling of his precious blood. I commend to you that exceeding love which drew down the Son of God from heaven, and constrained him to a most bitter death on earth, that in that amazing compassion wherewith he entered into and took upon himself all the afflictions of the afflicted, may he have compassion on you. And for your full solace and refreshment I offer you all that filial love which the same Jesus Christ felt towards the Father in his Divinity, and towards Mary in his Humanity.
Amen.
~ Preces Gertrudianae (1861)
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Devotion to the Five Wounds
(For the Holy Souls In Purgatory)
Go before our actions, we beseech Thee, O Lord, with thy inspiration, and follow after them with Thy help, that every prayer and work of ours may begin from Thee and through Thee be likewise ended. Through CHRIST our Lord. Amen.
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
WE offer unto Thee, O eternal FATHER, Father of mercies, for those souls so dear to Thee in purgatory, the most Precious Blood shed on Calvary from the wound in the left foot of JESUS Thy Son, our Saviour, and the sorrow of Mary His most loving Mother in beholding it. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
ii. We offer unto Thee, O eternal FATHER, Father of mercies, for those souls so dear to Thee in purgatory, the most Precious Blood shed on Calvary from the wound in the right foot of JESUS Thy Son, our Saviour, and the sorrow of Mary His most loving Mother in beholding it. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
iii. We offer unto Thee, O eternal FATHER, Father of mercies, for those souls so dear to Thee in purgatory, the most Precious Blood shed on Calvary from the wound in the left hand of JESUS Thy Son, our Saviour, and the sorrow of Mary His most loving Mother in beholding it. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
iv. We offer unto Thee, O eternal FATHER, Father of mercies, for those souls so dear to Thee in purgatory, the most Precious Blood shed on Calvary from the wound in the right hand of JESUS Thy Son, our Saviour, and the sorrow of Mary His most loving Mother in beholding it. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
v. We offer unto Thee, O eternal FATHER, Father of mercies, for those souls so dear to Thee in purgatory, the most Precious Blood and water flowing on Calvary from the pierced side of JESUS thy Son, our Saviour, and the sorrow of Mary His most loving Mother in beholding it. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
Let us pray.
AND now to give greater value to our feeble prayers, turning to Thee, most loving JESUS, we humbly pray Thee thyself to offer to the eternal Father the sacred wounds of thy feet, hands and side, together with thy most precious Blood, and thy agony and death; and do thou also, Mary, Virgin of sorrows, present, together with the most sorrowful Passion of thy well-beloved Son, the sighs, tears and all the sorrows suffered by thee through His sufferings, so that through their merits the souls who suffer in the most ardent flames of purgatory may obtain refreshment, and, freed from this prison of torment, may be clothed with glory in heaven, there to sing the mercies of God for ever. Amen.
Absolve, O Lord, the souls of all the faithful departed from every bond of sin, so that by thy aid they may deserve to escape the judgment of wrath, and come to the enjoyment of beatitude in eternal light.
℣ Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord.
℟ And let perpetual light shine upon them.
℣ From the gate of hell,
℟ Deliver their souls, O Lord.
℣ May they rest in peace.
℟ Amen.
℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟ And let my cry come unto Thee.
℣ The Lord be with you.
℟ And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O GOD, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant to the souls of thy servants departed the remission of all their sins, that through pious supplications they may obtain the pardon they have always desired. Who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.
Eternal rest, etc.
200 Days, once a day.
(Leo XIII, September 15, 1888.)
(The Raccolta, 1910)
(For the Holy Souls In Purgatory)
Go before our actions, we beseech Thee, O Lord, with thy inspiration, and follow after them with Thy help, that every prayer and work of ours may begin from Thee and through Thee be likewise ended. Through CHRIST our Lord. Amen.
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
WE offer unto Thee, O eternal FATHER, Father of mercies, for those souls so dear to Thee in purgatory, the most Precious Blood shed on Calvary from the wound in the left foot of JESUS Thy Son, our Saviour, and the sorrow of Mary His most loving Mother in beholding it. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
ii. We offer unto Thee, O eternal FATHER, Father of mercies, for those souls so dear to Thee in purgatory, the most Precious Blood shed on Calvary from the wound in the right foot of JESUS Thy Son, our Saviour, and the sorrow of Mary His most loving Mother in beholding it. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
iii. We offer unto Thee, O eternal FATHER, Father of mercies, for those souls so dear to Thee in purgatory, the most Precious Blood shed on Calvary from the wound in the left hand of JESUS Thy Son, our Saviour, and the sorrow of Mary His most loving Mother in beholding it. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
iv. We offer unto Thee, O eternal FATHER, Father of mercies, for those souls so dear to Thee in purgatory, the most Precious Blood shed on Calvary from the wound in the right hand of JESUS Thy Son, our Saviour, and the sorrow of Mary His most loving Mother in beholding it. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
v. We offer unto Thee, O eternal FATHER, Father of mercies, for those souls so dear to Thee in purgatory, the most Precious Blood and water flowing on Calvary from the pierced side of JESUS thy Son, our Saviour, and the sorrow of Mary His most loving Mother in beholding it. Pater, Ave, Requiem aeternam.
Let us pray.
AND now to give greater value to our feeble prayers, turning to Thee, most loving JESUS, we humbly pray Thee thyself to offer to the eternal Father the sacred wounds of thy feet, hands and side, together with thy most precious Blood, and thy agony and death; and do thou also, Mary, Virgin of sorrows, present, together with the most sorrowful Passion of thy well-beloved Son, the sighs, tears and all the sorrows suffered by thee through His sufferings, so that through their merits the souls who suffer in the most ardent flames of purgatory may obtain refreshment, and, freed from this prison of torment, may be clothed with glory in heaven, there to sing the mercies of God for ever. Amen.
Absolve, O Lord, the souls of all the faithful departed from every bond of sin, so that by thy aid they may deserve to escape the judgment of wrath, and come to the enjoyment of beatitude in eternal light.
℣ Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord.
℟ And let perpetual light shine upon them.
℣ From the gate of hell,
℟ Deliver their souls, O Lord.
℣ May they rest in peace.
℟ Amen.
℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟ And let my cry come unto Thee.
℣ The Lord be with you.
℟ And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O GOD, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant to the souls of thy servants departed the remission of all their sins, that through pious supplications they may obtain the pardon they have always desired. Who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.
Eternal rest, etc.
200 Days, once a day.
(Leo XIII, September 15, 1888.)
(The Raccolta, 1910)
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Efficacious Prayer for the Poor Holy Souls In Purgatory
O Most compassionate Jesus, have mercy on the Souls detained in Purgatory, for whose redemption Thou didst take upon Thyself our nature and endure a bitter death. Mercifully hear their sighs, look with pity upon the tears which they now shed before Thee, and by virtue of Thy Passion, release them from the pains due to their sins. O most merciful Jesus, let Thy Precious Blood reach down into Purgatory and refresh and revive the captive souls who suffer there. Stretch out to them Thy strong right hand, and bring them forth into the place of refreshment, light and peace.
Amen.
O Most compassionate Jesus, have mercy on the Souls detained in Purgatory, for whose redemption Thou didst take upon Thyself our nature and endure a bitter death. Mercifully hear their sighs, look with pity upon the tears which they now shed before Thee, and by virtue of Thy Passion, release them from the pains due to their sins. O most merciful Jesus, let Thy Precious Blood reach down into Purgatory and refresh and revive the captive souls who suffer there. Stretch out to them Thy strong right hand, and bring them forth into the place of refreshment, light and peace.
Amen.
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Help, Lord, the souls which Thou hast made,
The souls to Thee so dear,
In prison for the debt unpaid
Of sin committed here.
These holy souls, they suffer on,
Resigned in heart and will,
Until Thy high behest is done,
And justice has its fill.
For daily falls, for pardoned crime,
Their joy to undergo
The shadow of Thy Cross sublime,
The remnant of Thy woe.
Oh! by their patience of delay,
Their hope amid their pain,
Their sacred zeal to burn away
Disfigurement and stain;
Oh! by their fire of love, not less
In keenness than the flame;
Oh! by their very helplessness,
Oh! by Thy own great Name:
Help, Lord, the souls which Thou hast made,
The souls to Thee so dear,
In prison for the debt unpaid
Of sin committed here.
~ Cardinal Newman
~ Forget-Me-Nots from Many Gardens, or Thirty Days Devotion to the Holy Souls (1904)
The souls to Thee so dear,
In prison for the debt unpaid
Of sin committed here.
These holy souls, they suffer on,
Resigned in heart and will,
Until Thy high behest is done,
And justice has its fill.
For daily falls, for pardoned crime,
Their joy to undergo
The shadow of Thy Cross sublime,
The remnant of Thy woe.
Oh! by their patience of delay,
Their hope amid their pain,
Their sacred zeal to burn away
Disfigurement and stain;
Oh! by their fire of love, not less
In keenness than the flame;
Oh! by their very helplessness,
Oh! by Thy own great Name:
Help, Lord, the souls which Thou hast made,
The souls to Thee so dear,
In prison for the debt unpaid
Of sin committed here.
~ Cardinal Newman
~ Forget-Me-Nots from Many Gardens, or Thirty Days Devotion to the Holy Souls (1904)
A Prayer Addressed to the Poor Souls in Purgatory
O HOLY SOULS in Purgatory, thou art the certain heirs of Heaven. Thou art most dear to Jesus, as the trophies of His Precious Blood, and to Mary, Mother of Mercy. Obtain for me, through thine intercession, the grace to lead a holy life, to die a happy death, and to attain to the blessedness of eternity in Heaven.
Dear suffering souls, who long to be delivered in order to praise and glorify God in Heaven, by thine unfailing pity, help me in the needs which distress me at this time, particularly (here mention your request), so that I may obtain relief and assistance from God.
In gratitude for this intercession, I offer to God on thy behalf the satisfactory merits of my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day (week, month, or whatever space of time you wish to designate). Amen.
~ As found in Stories about Purgatory And What They Reveal: 30 Days For The Holy Souls.
O HOLY SOULS in Purgatory, thou art the certain heirs of Heaven. Thou art most dear to Jesus, as the trophies of His Precious Blood, and to Mary, Mother of Mercy. Obtain for me, through thine intercession, the grace to lead a holy life, to die a happy death, and to attain to the blessedness of eternity in Heaven.
Dear suffering souls, who long to be delivered in order to praise and glorify God in Heaven, by thine unfailing pity, help me in the needs which distress me at this time, particularly (here mention your request), so that I may obtain relief and assistance from God.
In gratitude for this intercession, I offer to God on thy behalf the satisfactory merits of my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day (week, month, or whatever space of time you wish to designate). Amen.
~ As found in Stories about Purgatory And What They Reveal: 30 Days For The Holy Souls.
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November 21st ~ FEAST of the PRESENTATION of the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
O GOD, Who wast pleased that on this day the Blessed Virgin, the dwelling-place of the Holy Spirit, should be preserved in the temple, grant, we beseech Thee, that by her intercession, we may deserve to be presented in the temple of Thy glory.
Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, November 21, The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
O GOD, Who wast pleased that on this day the Blessed Virgin, the dwelling-place of the Holy Spirit, should be preserved in the temple, grant, we beseech Thee, that by her intercession, we may deserve to be presented in the temple of Thy glory.
Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, November 21, The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
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Forwarded from Virgo Potens
A Short Offering
which may be made each morning for the souls in Purgatory
O my God, deign to accept my every thought, word, and action as a loving petition to Thy mercy on behalf of the suffering souls in Purgatory, particularly _____________. I unite to Thy Sacred Passion the trials and contradictions of this day, which I purpose to bear with patience, in expiation for the sins and infidelities which retain Thy children in the purifying flames of Purgatory.
Amen.
~ Forget-Me-Nots from Many Gardens, or Thirty Days Devotion to the Holy Souls (1904)
which may be made each morning for the souls in Purgatory
O my God, deign to accept my every thought, word, and action as a loving petition to Thy mercy on behalf of the suffering souls in Purgatory, particularly _____________. I unite to Thy Sacred Passion the trials and contradictions of this day, which I purpose to bear with patience, in expiation for the sins and infidelities which retain Thy children in the purifying flames of Purgatory.
Amen.
~ Forget-Me-Nots from Many Gardens, or Thirty Days Devotion to the Holy Souls (1904)
PRAYER to the HOLY SOULS in PURGATORY
O Holy Souls, tormented in most cruel pains, as one truly devoted to you, I promise never to forget you, and continually to pray to the Most High for your release. I beseech you to respond to this offering which I make to you, and obtain for me from God, with whom you are so powerful on behalf of the living, that I may be freed from all dangers of soul and body; I beg both for myself and for my relations and benefactors, friends and enemies, pardon for our sins, and the grace of perseverance in good, whereby we may save our souls.
Set us free from all misfortunes, miseries, sicknesses, trials and labors. Obtain for us peace of heart; assist us in all our actions; succor us promptly in all our spiritual and temporal needs; console and defend us in our dangers. Pray for the supreme Pontiff, for the exaltation of holy Church, for peace between nations, for Christian princes, and for tranquillity among peoples; and obtain that we may one day all rejoice together in Paradise.
Amen.
O Holy Souls, tormented in most cruel pains, as one truly devoted to you, I promise never to forget you, and continually to pray to the Most High for your release. I beseech you to respond to this offering which I make to you, and obtain for me from God, with whom you are so powerful on behalf of the living, that I may be freed from all dangers of soul and body; I beg both for myself and for my relations and benefactors, friends and enemies, pardon for our sins, and the grace of perseverance in good, whereby we may save our souls.
Set us free from all misfortunes, miseries, sicknesses, trials and labors. Obtain for us peace of heart; assist us in all our actions; succor us promptly in all our spiritual and temporal needs; console and defend us in our dangers. Pray for the supreme Pontiff, for the exaltation of holy Church, for peace between nations, for Christian princes, and for tranquillity among peoples; and obtain that we may one day all rejoice together in Paradise.
Amen.
November 22nd ~ FEAST of ST. CECILIA,
Virgin, Martyr
3rd Century
O GOD, Who dost gladden us with the annual feast of blessed Cecilia, Thy virgin and martyr, grant that, as we venerate her in our liturgy, we may also follow her example in godly living.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, November 22, St. Cecilia
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
Virgin, Martyr
3rd Century
O GOD, Who dost gladden us with the annual feast of blessed Cecilia, Thy virgin and martyr, grant that, as we venerate her in our liturgy, we may also follow her example in godly living.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, November 22, St. Cecilia
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
Prayer for Priests and Religious
in Purgatory
My Jesus
By the sorrows Thou didst suffer
In Thine Agony in the Garden,
In Thy Scourging
and Crowning with thorns,
In the Way to Calvary,
In Thy crucifixion and Death,
have mercy on the souls of priests
and religious In Purgatory,
especially those most forgotten
and who have no one else to pray for them.
I wish to remember all those priests
who ministered to me,
the priests and religious
my heart has never forgotten,
and those I no longer recall
due to my frailty of memory.
Do Thou deliver them
from the dire torments they endure;
call them and admit them
to Thy most sweet embrace in Paradise.
Amen.
in Purgatory
My Jesus
By the sorrows Thou didst suffer
In Thine Agony in the Garden,
In Thy Scourging
and Crowning with thorns,
In the Way to Calvary,
In Thy crucifixion and Death,
have mercy on the souls of priests
and religious In Purgatory,
especially those most forgotten
and who have no one else to pray for them.
I wish to remember all those priests
who ministered to me,
the priests and religious
my heart has never forgotten,
and those I no longer recall
due to my frailty of memory.
Do Thou deliver them
from the dire torments they endure;
call them and admit them
to Thy most sweet embrace in Paradise.
Amen.