A PRAYER FOR THE SOULS SUFFERING IN
PURGATORY
It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins. — 2 Mach. xii. 46.
O God of all consolation, sole Author of
the salvation of souls, have mercy on those who suffer in purgatory. Look with
compassion on the greatness of their torments: they are more keenly devoured
by their ardent desire of being united to thee than by the purging flames
wherein they are plunged. With them I adore thy avenging justice, and confess
the equity of thy judgments. But since thou art pleased favorably to hear the
prayers which the members of thy holy Church offer to thee in behalf of their
brethren, graciously hear the supplications which I now address to thee for
those suffering souls. Remember. O Lord, thou art their father, and they are
thy children. Forget the faults which, through the frailty of human nature,
they have committed against thee during the course of their mortal pilgrimage.
Adorable Jesus, Victim of propitiation both for the living and the dead,
vouchsafe, in thy quality of Redeemer, to apply the merits of thy passion and
death to the relief of those souls whom thou punishest as their sovereign
Judge. Remember thy faithful followers and thy spouses. Let some drops of that
precious blood which thou hast shed for their salvation flow on those
devouring flames; and let the infinite price of that sacred blood afford a
full satisfaction for their offences. Deliver them, O most merciful God, from
that place of darkness and torture, and call them to a place of refreshment,
light, and peace. Grant them the possession of the sovereign good after which
they so ardently sigh, and for which thou hast created them. Receive them into
thy paternal bosom, where they will praise and love thee to all eternity. Amen.
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