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.
Prayer for the Faithful Departed
O GOD of the Spirits of all flesh, O Jesu, Lover of souls, we recommend unto Thee the souls of all those Thy servants, who have departed with the sign of faith and sleep the sleep of peace. We beseech Thee, O Lord and Saviour, that, as in Thy mercy to them Thou becamest man, so now Thou wouldest hasten the time, and admit them to Thy presence above. Remember, O Lord, that they are Thy creatures, not made by strange gods, but by Thee, the only Living and True God; for there is no other God but Thou, and none that can equal Thy works. Let their souls rejoice in Thy light, and impute not to them their former iniquities, which they committed through the violence of passion, or the corrupt habits of their fallen nature. For, although they have sinned, yet they always firmly believed in the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and before they died, they reconciled themselves to Thee by true contrition and the Sacraments of Thy Church.
O Gracious Lord, we beseech Thee, remember not against them the sins of their youth and their ignorances; but according to Thy great mercy, be mindful of them in Thy heavenly glory. May the heavens be opened to them, and the Angels rejoice with them. May the Archangel St. Michael conduct them to Thee. May Thy holy Angels come forth to meet them, and carry them to the city of the heavenly Jerusalem. May St. Peter, to whom Thou gavest the keys of the kingdom of heaven, receive them. May St. Paul, the vessel of election, stand by them. May St. John, the beloved disciple, who had the revelation of the secrets of heaven, intercede for them. May all the Holy Apostles, who received from Thee the power of binding and loosing, pray for them. May all the Saints and elect of God, who in this world suffered torments for Thy Name, befriend them; that, being freed from the prison beneath, they may be admitted into the glories of that kingdom, where with the Father and the Holy Ghost Thou livest and reignest one God, world without end.
Come to their assistance, all ye Saints of God; gain for them deliverance from their place of punishment; meet them, all ye Angels; receive these holy souls, and present them before the Lord. Eternal rest give to them, O Lord. And may perpetual light shine on them.
Amen.
~ John Henry Newman
Meditations and Devotions
O GOD of the Spirits of all flesh, O Jesu, Lover of souls, we recommend unto Thee the souls of all those Thy servants, who have departed with the sign of faith and sleep the sleep of peace. We beseech Thee, O Lord and Saviour, that, as in Thy mercy to them Thou becamest man, so now Thou wouldest hasten the time, and admit them to Thy presence above. Remember, O Lord, that they are Thy creatures, not made by strange gods, but by Thee, the only Living and True God; for there is no other God but Thou, and none that can equal Thy works. Let their souls rejoice in Thy light, and impute not to them their former iniquities, which they committed through the violence of passion, or the corrupt habits of their fallen nature. For, although they have sinned, yet they always firmly believed in the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and before they died, they reconciled themselves to Thee by true contrition and the Sacraments of Thy Church.
O Gracious Lord, we beseech Thee, remember not against them the sins of their youth and their ignorances; but according to Thy great mercy, be mindful of them in Thy heavenly glory. May the heavens be opened to them, and the Angels rejoice with them. May the Archangel St. Michael conduct them to Thee. May Thy holy Angels come forth to meet them, and carry them to the city of the heavenly Jerusalem. May St. Peter, to whom Thou gavest the keys of the kingdom of heaven, receive them. May St. Paul, the vessel of election, stand by them. May St. John, the beloved disciple, who had the revelation of the secrets of heaven, intercede for them. May all the Holy Apostles, who received from Thee the power of binding and loosing, pray for them. May all the Saints and elect of God, who in this world suffered torments for Thy Name, befriend them; that, being freed from the prison beneath, they may be admitted into the glories of that kingdom, where with the Father and the Holy Ghost Thou livest and reignest one God, world without end.
Come to their assistance, all ye Saints of God; gain for them deliverance from their place of punishment; meet them, all ye Angels; receive these holy souls, and present them before the Lord. Eternal rest give to them, O Lord. And may perpetual light shine on them.
Amen.
~ John Henry Newman
Meditations and Devotions
THANKSGIVING
O GOD, Whose mercies are without number, and of Whose goodness there is an infinite treasure, we give thanks to Thy sovereign Majesty for the gifts Thou hast bestowed on us, and beg for Thy continued clemency, that, as Thou grantest the petitions of those who ask Thee, Thou wilt never forsake them, but wilt prepare them for the reward to come.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, Votive Mass of Thanksgiving
~ Saint Joseph Daily Missal, 1950
O GOD, Whose mercies are without number, and of Whose goodness there is an infinite treasure, we give thanks to Thy sovereign Majesty for the gifts Thou hast bestowed on us, and beg for Thy continued clemency, that, as Thou grantest the petitions of those who ask Thee, Thou wilt never forsake them, but wilt prepare them for the reward to come.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, Votive Mass of Thanksgiving
~ Saint Joseph Daily Missal, 1950
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A Short and Efficacious Prayer for the Faithful Departed
O MOST compassionate Jesus, have mercy on the souls detained in purgatory, for whose redemption thou didst take upon thee our nature and endure a bitter death. Mercifully hear their groans, look with pity on the tears which they now shed before thee, and by the virtue of thy Passion release them from the pains due unto their sins. O most pitiful Jesus, let thy precious Blood reach down into purgatory, and refresh and revive the captive souls which suffer there. Stretch forth unto them thy strong right hand, and bring them forth into the place of refreshment, light, and peace.
Amen.
~ Preces Gertrudianae (1861)
O MOST compassionate Jesus, have mercy on the souls detained in purgatory, for whose redemption thou didst take upon thee our nature and endure a bitter death. Mercifully hear their groans, look with pity on the tears which they now shed before thee, and by the virtue of thy Passion release them from the pains due unto their sins. O most pitiful Jesus, let thy precious Blood reach down into purgatory, and refresh and revive the captive souls which suffer there. Stretch forth unto them thy strong right hand, and bring them forth into the place of refreshment, light, and peace.
Amen.
~ Preces Gertrudianae (1861)
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A Prayer for Deceased Parents
O God, Who hast commanded us to honor our father and our mother; in Thy mercy have pity on the souls of my father and my mother (or, the soul of my father, or, the soul of my mother), and forgive them their trespasses (or, forgive him his trespasses, or, forgive her her trespasses); and make me to see them (or, him, or, her) again in the joy of everlasting brightness. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen (The Roman Missal).
An indulgence of 3 years.
A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions, if the devout recitation of this prayer be continued every day for a month (S. P. Ap., Sept. 12, 1935).
(The Raccolta, 1943)
O God, Who hast commanded us to honor our father and our mother; in Thy mercy have pity on the souls of my father and my mother (or, the soul of my father, or, the soul of my mother), and forgive them their trespasses (or, forgive him his trespasses, or, forgive her her trespasses); and make me to see them (or, him, or, her) again in the joy of everlasting brightness. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen (The Roman Missal).
An indulgence of 3 years.
A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions, if the devout recitation of this prayer be continued every day for a month (S. P. Ap., Sept. 12, 1935).
(The Raccolta, 1943)
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A Prayer for Deceased Parents
Deus, qui nos patrem et matrem honoráre præcepísti; miserére cleménter animábus patris et matris meæ (1) eorúmque peccáta dimmíte: meque eos in ætérne claritátis gáudio fac vidére. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen (ex Missali Romano).
(1) Si pro patre tantum recitetur oration, dicatur: ánime patris mei eiusque peccáta dimmíte; meque eum . . . — Si pro matre tantum, dicatur: ánime matris mei eiusque peccáta dimmíte; meque eum . . .
An indulgence of 3 years.
A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions, if the devout recitation of this prayer be continued every day for a month (S. P. Ap., Sept. 12, 1935).
(The Raccolta, 1943)
Deus, qui nos patrem et matrem honoráre præcepísti; miserére cleménter animábus patris et matris meæ (1) eorúmque peccáta dimmíte: meque eos in ætérne claritátis gáudio fac vidére. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen (ex Missali Romano).
(1) Si pro patre tantum recitetur oration, dicatur: ánime patris mei eiusque peccáta dimmíte; meque eum . . . — Si pro matre tantum, dicatur: ánime matris mei eiusque peccáta dimmíte; meque eum . . .
An indulgence of 3 years.
A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions, if the devout recitation of this prayer be continued every day for a month (S. P. Ap., Sept. 12, 1935).
(The Raccolta, 1943)
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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 you to 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, he may 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)
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 you to 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, he may 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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November 29th ~ VIGIL of ST. ANDREW,
Apostle
The First Called ~ 1st Century
We beseech Thee, almighty God, that blessed Andrew, Thine Apostle, for Whose feast we are preparing, may implore for us Thine aid, that, our offenses being pardoned, we may also be saved from all dangers.
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 29, St. Andrew
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
Apostle
The First Called ~ 1st Century
We beseech Thee, almighty God, that blessed Andrew, Thine Apostle, for Whose feast we are preparing, may implore for us Thine aid, that, our offenses being pardoned, we may also be saved from all dangers.
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 29, St. Andrew
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
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Forwarded from Virgo Potens
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
Novena to the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Immaculate Conception
Traditionally prayed from November 29th – December 7th in preparation for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th.
Novena to the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Immaculate Conception
Traditionally prayed from November 29th – December 7th in preparation for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th.
Forwarded from Virgo Potens
Day One
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, didst prepare a worthy dwelling place for Thy Son, we beseech Thee that, as by the foreseen death of this, Thy Son, Thou didst preserve her from all stain, so too Thou wouldst permit us, purified through her intercession, to come unto Thee. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who livest and reignest with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
O most Holy Virgin, who wast pleasing to the Lord and became His mother, immaculate in body and spirit, in faith and in love, look kindly on us as we implore thy powerful intercession. O most Holy Mother, who by thy blessed Immaculate Conception, from the first moment of thy conception didst crush the head of the enemy, receive our prayers as we implore thee to present at the throne of God the favor we now request.
(Here mention your personal request.)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, thou hadst influence with thy Divine Son while upon this earth; thou hast the same influence now in Heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from Him the granting of this petition, if it be the Divine Will.
Amen.
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, didst prepare a worthy dwelling place for Thy Son, we beseech Thee that, as by the foreseen death of this, Thy Son, Thou didst preserve her from all stain, so too Thou wouldst permit us, purified through her intercession, to come unto Thee. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who livest and reignest with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
O most Holy Virgin, who wast pleasing to the Lord and became His mother, immaculate in body and spirit, in faith and in love, look kindly on us as we implore thy powerful intercession. O most Holy Mother, who by thy blessed Immaculate Conception, from the first moment of thy conception didst crush the head of the enemy, receive our prayers as we implore thee to present at the throne of God the favor we now request.
(Here mention your personal request.)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, thou hadst influence with thy Divine Son while upon this earth; thou hast the same influence now in Heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from Him the granting of this petition, if it be the Divine Will.
Amen.
November 30th ~ FEAST of ST. ANDREW,
Apostle
The First Called ~ 1st Century
We supplicate Thy majesty, O Lord, that as blessed Andrew was in this world a preacher and ruler of Thy Church, so he may be our constant intercessor before Thee.
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 30, St. Andrew
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
Apostle
The First Called ~ 1st Century
We supplicate Thy majesty, O Lord, that as blessed Andrew was in this world a preacher and ruler of Thy Church, so he may be our constant intercessor before Thee.
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 30, St. Andrew
~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
Prayer in a Burial Ground
Hail, all ye faithful souls of Christ; may he give you rest, who is himself the one true Rest. May Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, who for our salvation and for that of all mankind was born of the Immaculate Virgin, and redeemed you with his precious Blood, bless you, release you from your pain, raise you up in the day of judgment, and place you with his holy angels.
Amen.
~ Preces Gertrudianae (1861)
Hail, all ye faithful souls of Christ; may he give you rest, who is himself the one true Rest. May Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, who for our salvation and for that of all mankind was born of the Immaculate Virgin, and redeemed you with his precious Blood, bless you, release you from your pain, raise you up in the day of judgment, and place you with his holy angels.
Amen.
~ Preces Gertrudianae (1861)
Forwarded from Virgo Potens
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
Novena to the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Immaculate Conception
Novena to the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Immaculate Conception
Forwarded from Virgo Potens
Day Two
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, didst prepare a worthy dwelling place for Thy Son, we beseech Thee that, as by the foreseen death of this, Thy Son, Thou didst preserve her from all stain, so too Thou wouldst permit us, purified through her intercession, to come unto Thee. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who livest and reignest with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
O Mary, ever Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, Queen of Angels and of Saints, we salute thee with the most profound veneration and filial devotion as we contemplate thy holy Immaculate Conception. We thank thee for thy maternal protection and for the many blessings that we have received through thy wondrous mercy and most powerful intercession. In all our necessities, we have recourse to thee with unbounded confidence. O Mother of Mercy, we beseech Thee now to hear our prayer and to obtain for us of thy Divine Son the favor that We so earnestly request in this novena.
(Here mention your personal request.)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, thou hadst influence with thy Divine Son while upon this earth; thou hast the same influence now in Heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from Him the granting of this petition, if it be the Divine Will.
Amen.
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, didst prepare a worthy dwelling place for Thy Son, we beseech Thee that, as by the foreseen death of this, Thy Son, Thou didst preserve her from all stain, so too Thou wouldst permit us, purified through her intercession, to come unto Thee. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who livest and reignest with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
O Mary, ever Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, Queen of Angels and of Saints, we salute thee with the most profound veneration and filial devotion as we contemplate thy holy Immaculate Conception. We thank thee for thy maternal protection and for the many blessings that we have received through thy wondrous mercy and most powerful intercession. In all our necessities, we have recourse to thee with unbounded confidence. O Mother of Mercy, we beseech Thee now to hear our prayer and to obtain for us of thy Divine Son the favor that We so earnestly request in this novena.
(Here mention your personal request.)
O Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of Christ, thou hadst influence with thy Divine Son while upon this earth; thou hast the same influence now in Heaven. Pray for us and obtain for us from Him the granting of this petition, if it be the Divine Will.
Amen.