Monthly Devotion: Holy Souls

"Holy Church, our Good Mother, after having exalted with fitting praise all Her children who now rejoice in heaven, strives also to help all those who still suffer in purgatory,
and to this end intercedes with all Her power before Christ, Her Lord and Spouse,
in order that as speedily as possible they may join the society of the elect in heaven."
Roman Martyrology

"Today we consider the expiatory pains of the Church suffering and solicit for these souls the divine assistance ... This is the dogma of the Communion of Saints put into practice. The Church triumphant intercedes for us, the Church militant; and we, in our turn, hasten to the help of the Church suffering.

Death has taken from us those we love; yet there can be no real separation from those who have died in the kiss of the Lord. The bond of charity continues to unite us, enfolding in one embrace earth, heaven, and purgatory, so that there circulates from one region to another the fraternal assistance which springs from love, which ahs as its end the triumph of love in the common glory of Paradise." - Divine Intimacy: Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D. on the Commemoration of All Souls

Holy Card Heaven

"O Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver the souls of all the faithful departed from the pains of hell and from the deep pit; deliver them from the lion's mouth, that hell engulf them not, nor they fall into darkness, but let Michael, the holy standard-bearer bring them into the holy light which Thou once didst promise to Abraham and his seed. We offer Thee, O Lord, sacrifices and prayers of praise; do Thou accept them for those souls whom we this day commemorates; grant them, O Lord, to pass from death to the life which Thou once didst promise to Abraham and his seed."  - Offertory Prayer: Daily Mass for the Dead

Eternal Rest grant unto them,
O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
​May they rest in peace. Amen. ​

In case you missed our blog post yesterday, here are the first week of daily prayers for the dead: ​Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7