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  • Litany for the Liberation of Holy Souls of Purgatory

    O Jesus, Thou suffered and died that all mankind might be saved and brought to eternal happiness.  Hear our pleas for further mercy on the souls of: My dear parents and grandparents, my Jesus mercy!My brothers and sisters and other near relatives, my Jesus mercy!My godparents and sponsors of confirmation, my Jesus mercy!My spiritual and…

  • Why we should try to avoid purgatory?

    ‘A person may say I am not much concerned how long I stay in purgatory, provided I may come to eternal life. Let no one reason thus. Purgatory fire will be more dreadful than whatever torments can be seen, imagined, or endured in this world. He who is afraid now to put his finger into…

  • Have Mercy on the Suffering Souls

    Source: Manual of the Purgatorian Society Hear ye not the spirits’ moaning From the depths of cleansing fire? Know ye not the burning anguish Of these souls — their hearts’ desire? Hear them cry in bitter sorrow, Sighing, weeping in their pains, While they call on us who love them, “Break our heavy prison chains!”…

  • Litany for the Holy Souls in Purgatory

    (For Private Use Only) Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God the Father of Heaven , Have mercy on the Souls of the Faithful departed. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on the Souls of the…

  • The Heroic Act of Charity for the Poor Souls in Purgatory

    Oh my God! for Thy greater glory, and to imitate as closely as possible the generous Heart of Jesus, my Redeemer, and also to testify my devotion to the Blessed Virgin, my Mother, who is also the Mother of the Souls in Purgatory, I place in her hands all my satisfactory works, as well as…

  • Our Father, for the Souls in Purgatory – St. Mechtilde

    OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, I beseech You, O Heavenly Father, pardon the Souls in Purgatory, for they did not love You sufficiently, nor render to You all the honor which is Your due, due to You their Lord and Father, Who, by pure grace, have adopted them as Your children.  By their sins,…

  • Have Mercy on the Suffering Souls from the Manual of the Purgatorian Society

    Hear ye not the spirits’ moaning From the depths of cleansing fire? Know ye not the burning anguish Of these souls — their hearts’ desire? Hear them cry in bitter sorrow, Sighing, weeping in their pains, While they call on us who love them, “Break our heavy prison chains!” Though their lives on earth were…