Jun 9, 2006

Catholic Prayers For The Dead

Traditional Catholic Prayers

Prayer For The Departed

By Saint Alphonsus Mary de Liguori

MY GOD! I recommend to Thee the souls of my relations, my benefactors, my friends and my enemies, and of those who are in Purgatory on my account.

I recommend to Thee the souls of evangelical labourers, of Religious and priests, and especially of those who had charge of my soul.

I recommend to Thee the souls of those who were most devout to the passion of Our Lord, to the Blessed Sacrament, to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the souls who are most abandoned, those who suffer most, and those who are nearest to the entrance into paradise.

Traditional Catholic Prayers

Prayer For The Faithful Departed

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 that pardon which they have always desired: Who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.

Traditional Catholic Prayers

Invocation For The Faithful Departed

(Requiem Aeternam Dona Eis)

REQUIEM aeternam dona eis Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace. Amen.


ETERNAL rest grant unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.


Traditional Catholic Prayers

Offering Of The Mass For The Souls In Purgatory

By Saint Alphonsus Mary de Liguori

O GOD OF love, Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, on this altar behold the unbloody sacrifice of the body and blood of Thy Son, representing that of His most holy death and grievous passion, which He, the great High Priest, offered Thee on Calvary. In consideration of this holocaust of sweet odour, have mercy on the souls in purgatory; open to them the gates of Heaven, that they may love and praise Thee, and enjoy Thee eternally in the abode of the saints. Together with the sufferings of Thy divine Son, I likewise offer Thee the sorrows of His blessed mother, whose soul was crucified at the foot of her Son’s cross; for the lance which pierced the side and heart of Jesus, thine adorable Son, also transfixed the soul and heart of Mary, according to Simeon’s prophecy, and made her the queen of martyrs. Behold then, O heavenly Father! The disfigured countenance of Thy Son on the cross and the crucified heart of His Mother at the foot of this same cross; and by the merits of all the sufferings of that Son and that Mother, grant eternal repose to the souls in purgatory. Amen.

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