Prayers For The Deceased
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God of mercy and love,
We place our brothers in your loving hands.
In this life, You showed them Your great love;
and now that they are free of all worry,
grant them happiness and eternal peace.
His earthly life has already ended;
receive them now in paradise,
where there will be no more pain, nor tears nor sorrows,
but only peace and joy with Jesus, your Son,
and with the Holy Spirit forever.
Amen
Prayer for a deceased loved one
My God, you have taken away the person I loved the most in this world; but you wanted it this way, let it be done in all your will.
most holy will.
The great comfort that remains for me is the hope that you have received her in the bosom of your mercy, and that you
Will you ever dignify me by joining with him (her)?
If the complete satisfaction of your sins still holds you back from the penalties without having yet gone to reunite with you,
I offer you for him (her) all my prayers and good works, mainly my resignation in the face of this loss; do,
Lord, may this resignation be complete and worthy of you.
Amen.
Prayer for All the Deceased
Almighty God, by the death of Jesus Christ, your Son, you destroyed our death; by his resting in the tomb
You sanctified the graves and through your glorious resurrection, you restored life to immortality.
Listen to our prayer for those who have died in Christ and are buried in Him, longing for the happy hope of the
resurrection.
Grant, Lord of the living and the dead, to all those on earth who knew you by faith, to praise you endlessly in heaven.
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
Prayer for the Souls in Purgatory
Prayer specific to the Novena
Merciful Father, in union with the Triumphant Church in heaven, I implore you to have mercy on the souls of the
Purgatory.
Remember your eternal love for them and show them the infinite merits of your beloved Son. Deign to free them from pains and
sufferings so that they may soon enjoy peace and happiness. God, Heavenly Father, I thank you for the gift of perseverance that
you have granted to the souls of the faithful departed.
Gentle Savior, Jesus Christ.
You are the King of kings in the land of happiness.
I ask you, through your mercy, to hear my prayer and release the souls from Purgatory, particularly N...
Take them from the prison of darkness to the light and freedom of the children of God in the Kingdom of your glory.
Gentle Savior, I thank you for having redeemed the poor souls with your most precious Blood, saving them from the
eternal death.
God Holy Spirit, ignite in me the fire of your divine love.
Revive my faith and trust, kindly accept the prayers I offer for the souls who suffer in Purgatory.
I want to apply the merits of this devotion in favor of the entire Suffering Church and especially for my deceased parents.
brothers, sisters, benefactors, relatives, and friends.
Hear my prayer so that we can meet in the Kingdom of your glory.
God Holy Spirit, I thank you for all the blessings with which you have sanctified, strengthened, and comforted these.
blessed souls and especially to comfort them in their current sufferings with the certainty of eternal happiness.
May they soon join you and hear those blessed words that call them to the home of Heaven:
Come, you who are blessed by my Father! Take possession of the kingdom that has been prepared for you since the
"principle of the world" (Mt 25:34).
Prayer for the Deceased Parents
Oh God! You commanded us to honor father and mother.
By your mercy, have mercy on my father (mother) and do not remember their sins.
That I may see it (her) again in the joy of eternal brilliance.
I ask you for Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Prayer for the Family Members in Purgatory
Oh Good Jesus!
The pain and suffering of others always moved your heart.
Look with compassion at the souls of my dear relatives in Purgatory.
Hear my cry of compassion for them and make those whom you have separated from our homes and hearts
Enjoy soon the eternal rest in the home of your love in heaven.
Amen.
Prayer for the Deceased
Oh God! Our Creator and Redeemer, with your power Christ conquered death and returned to You glorious.
May all your children who have preceded us in faith (especially N...) partake in their victory and enjoy it for
forever from the sight of your glory where Christ lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, God, for ages of
centuries.
Amen.
Grant them, Lord, eternal rest.
Let perpetual light shine upon them.
Rest in peace.
Amen.
Mary, Mother of God, and Mother of mercy, pray for us and for all who have died in the embrace of
Mister.
Amen.
SENTENCES
FOR THE DECEASED
Be devoted to the souls of Purgatory. If you do not pray for them, God will allow others to forget you after you are gone.
Pray at least three Our Fathers for the following intentions:
For the most abandoned soul of Purgatory.
For the soul that suffers the most in Purgatory.
For the soul that will spend the longest time in Purgatory.
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For the parents
Oh God, who commanded us to honor our father and our mother, be merciful and compassionate towards their souls;
forgive them their sins and let them one day see them in the joy of eternal light. Amen.
For the relatives and friends
O God who grants the forgiveness of sins and desires the salvation of men, we implore your mercy.
in favor of all our brothers, relatives, and benefactors who have departed from this world, so that, through the
intercession of the blessed Virgin Mary and of all the Saints, may you lead them to participate in the
eternal bliss; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
For a deceased
Make, oh omnipotent God, that the soul of your servant (or servant woman) N. who has passed from this century to the next,
purified with these sacrifices and free from sins, may she obtain forgiveness and eternal rest. Amen.
For all the deceased
Oh God, Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant to the souls of your servants and servants the remission of
all their sins, so that through the humble pleas of the Church, they may attain the forgiveness they have always desired; for
our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Old reminder of the deceased
Old death reminder from the early 20th century. On the reverse of it is the prayer, called of the
Holy shroud, and it explains the image.
SENTENCE
OF THE HOLY SHROUD
Lord God, who left us the signs of your Passion in the holy shroud, in which your most holy body was wrapped.
when you were taken down from the cross by José: grant us, most merciful Lord, that by your death and burial we may be
taken to the glory of the resurrection, where you live and reign with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit God
all centuries.
[Prayer at the tomb. Religious print from the late 19th century]
VISIT THE CEMETERY
I stand on this land where the mortal remains of my dear parents, relatives, friends, and all rest.
my brothers in faith who have preceded me on the path of eternity. But what can I do for them? Oh
divine Jesus, who by suffering and dying for our love, you bought us with the price of your blood the eternal
life; I know that you live and hear my prayers and that your grace of redemption is abundant. Forgive, then, oh
Merciful God, free the souls of my beloved deceased from all sorrows and from all the
tribulations, and embrace them in the bosom of your Goodness and in the joyful company of your Angels and Saints for
that, free from all pain and all anguish, they may praise, rejoice, and reign with You in the Paradise of Your glory for
forever and ever. Amen.
SOULS IN PURGATORY
4. ROSARY OF THE DECEASED
Decade of the Passion
It is repeated five times to form a Rosary of five decades. Initial prayer:
Open, Lord, our lips; enliven our hearts and cleanse them from vain, impure, and impertinent matters.
thoughts; enlighten our understanding, inflame our will, so that, with all our heart,
let us meditate on the steps of your Sacred Passion and death, with the most intense pains of your Most Holy Mother, and
Let us deserve your Divine Majesty's ears, who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.
My Jesus, for that copious sweat of blood that you sweated in the garden, have mercy on the souls in Purgatory.
(or the soul of N.)
Instruments of the Passion
of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Instruments of the Passion of Jesus Christ
6. My Jesus, for your most holy face covered in blood, which you left imprinted on the veil of Veronica, have mercy.
of the souls in Purgatory...
2. My Jesus, for the slap that your venerable face received, have mercy on the souls in Purgatory... 7. Jesus
mine, for the bloody garment that the executioners violently stripped you of, have mercy on the souls of the
Purgatory...
3. My Jesus, for the cruel scourges you suffered, have mercy on the souls in Purgatory... 8. My Jesus, for your
Most Holy Body nailed to the cross, have mercy on the souls in Purgatory...
4. My Jesus, for the crown of sharp thorns that pierced your most holy head, have mercy on the souls of the
Purgatory... 9. My Jesus, through your most holy feet and hands nailed with hard nails, have mercy on the souls
of Purgatory...
5. My Jesus, for the steps you took in the street of Bitterness with the cross on your back, have mercy on the souls of the
Purgatory... 10. My Jesus, through your open side from the edge of a spear, where blood and water flowed, have
mercy for the souls in Purgatory (or for the soul of N.)
Instead of the Our Father, the following prayer will be said:
Most merciful Jesus, look with kind eyes upon the souls of the faithful departed for whom you have died and received.
torment of the cross. Amen.
SOULS IN PURGATORY
5. ROSARIO 'MIRACULOUS'
FIRST MYSTERY
We beseech You, Lord, to take as many souls out of purgatory and convert as many sinners, as there were the
sensations of pain that your beloved heart and that of your Most Pure Mother suffered, on the night of your
painful Passion and cruel agony in the Garden of Olives.
And you, holy souls, obtain from the Lord the graces that we wish to achieve through the intercession of the Most Holy.
Virgin, greeting her ten times with the ejaculation. Oh Mary! conceived without sin, pray for us that
we turn to You.
SECOND MYSTERY
We beseech You, Lord, to take as many souls out of purgatory and convert as many sinners as there were
sensations of pain that your most beloved heart and that of your Most Pure Mother suffered with the torment of the
cruel lashes that you suffered tied to a column.
And you, holy souls, obtain for us from the Lord the graces we wish to achieve through the intercession of the Most Holy.
Virgin, greeting her ten times with the ejaculation. Oh Mary! conceived without sin, pray for us that
we turn to you.
THIRD MYSTERY
We beseech You, Lord, to release as many souls from purgatory and convert as many sinners as there were
sensations of pain that Your most beloved Heart and that of your Most Pure Mother suffered with the cruel crowning
of thorns, mockery, and scorn.
And you, holy souls, obtain for us from the Lord the graces we wish to achieve through the intercession of the Most Holy.
Virgin, greeting her ten times with the ejaculation. Oh Mary! conceived without sin, pray for us that
we turn to You.
FOURTH MYSTERY
We beseech You, Lord, to take as many souls out of purgatory and convert as many sinners as there were.
sensations of pain that your beloved heart and that of your Most Pure Mother suffered in the encounter of the
Street of Bitterness walking with the heavy cross of our sins.
And you, holy souls, obtain for us from the Lord the graces we wish to achieve through the intercession of the Most Holy
Virgin, greeting her ten times with the ejaculation. Oh Mary! conceived without sin, pray for us that
we turn to You.
Fifth Mystery
We beseech You, Lord, to take so many souls out of purgatory and to convert so many sinners as there were the
sensations of pain that your most beloved heart and that of your Most Pure Mother suffered in the three hours of
mortal agony and disgraceful death on the Cross.
And you, holy souls, obtain for us from the Lord the graces we wish to achieve through the intercession of the Most Holy.
Virgin, greeting her ten times with the ejaculation. Oh Mary! conceived without sin, pray for us that
we turn to You.