HOLY SOULS NOVENA - SEVENTH DAY

Seventh Day

A further great sorrow of these holy souls consists in their ardent desire for the beatific vision. Slowly and painfully the moments of their purgatorial imprisonment pass by; for, they love God deeply, and desire to be Delivered from their sad prison in order to praise Him forever.

Prayer

O God, Father of Mercy, satisfy this their ardent desire! Send them Thy holy Angel to announce to them that Thou, their Father, art now reconciled with them through the suffering and death of Jesus, and that the moment of their deliverance has arrived.

PRAYER TO OUR SUFFERING SAVIOUR FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY

V. O most sweet Jesus, through the bloody sweat which Thou didst suffer in the Garden of Gethsemane, have mercy on these blessed souls.

R. Have mercy on them, O Lord; have mercy on them.

V. O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer during Thy most cruel scourging, have mercy on them.

R. Have mercy on them, O Lord; have mercy on them.

V. O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in Thy most painful crowning with thorns, have mercy on them.

R. Have mercy on them, O Lord; have mercy on them.

V. O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in carrying Thy Cross to Calvary, have mercy on them.

R. Have mercy on them, O Lord; have mercy on them.

V. O most sweet Jesus, through the immense pain which Thou didst suffer in breathing  forth Thy blessed soul, have mercy on them. Have mercy on them, O Lord; have mercy on them.

[Here recommend yourself to the souls in Purgatory, and mention the favor you wish to obtain by this Novena.]

Blessed souls, we have prayed for you; we entreat you, who are so dear to God and who are secure of never losing Him, to pray for us miserable sinners, who are in danger of being damned and of losing God forever. Amen.