Prayers for Each Day for the Souls in Purgatory
For Sunday.
O Lord God almighty, I pray Thee, by the precious blood which Thy divine Son Jesus shed in the Garden; set free the souls in purgatory, and, among them all, especially the one which is most friendless, and conduct it to Thy glory, where it may praise Thee and bless Thee for eternity. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary.
Psalm, De Profundis.
Prayer.
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 with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
V. Eternal rest give to them, O Lord.
R. And let perpetual light shine upon them.
V. May they rest in peace.
R. Amen.
Monday.
O Lord God almighty, I pray Thee, through the precious blood which Thy divine Son Jesus shed in His cruel scourging; set free the souls in purgatory, and, among them all, especially the one which is nearest to its entry into Thy glory, in order that it may speedily begin to praise Thee and to bless Thee for eternity. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary.
Psalm, De Profundis.
O God, the Creator, etc., etc.
Tuesday.
O Lord God almighty, I supplicate Thee, through the precious blood which Thy divine Son Jesus shed in His bitter crowning with thorns; set free the souls in purgatory, and in particular, among them all, the one which would have to be the last to depart from such grievous pains, to the end that it may not delay so long to praise Thee in Thy glory, and to bless Thee forever. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary.
Psalm, De Profundis.
O God, the Creator, etc., etc.
Wednesday.
O Lord God almighty, I pray Thee, through the precious blood which Thy divine Son Jesus shed through the streets of Jerusalem, in carrying the cross on His sacred shoulders; set free the souls in purgatory, and especially the one which is the richest in merits before Thee, in order that in the sublime height of glory which it expects, it may loudly praise Thee and bless Thee forever. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary.
Psalm, De Profundis.
O God, the Creator, etc., etc.
Thursday.
O Lord God almighty, I supplicate Thee, through the precious body and blood of Thy divine Son Jesus, which He Himself on the eve of His Passion gave erewhile for meat and drink to His dear apostles, and left to all His Church as a perpetual sacrifice and lifegiving food for His faithful; set free the souls in purgatory, and most of all the one most devout to this mystery of infinite love; in order that it may praise Thee for it with Thy divine Son, and with the Holy Ghost in Thy glory forever. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary.
Psalm, De Profundis.
O God, the Creator, etc., etc.
Friday.
O Lord God almighty, I pray Thee, through the precious blood which Thy divine Son Jesus shed on this day on the altar of the cross, especially from His most holy hands and feet; set free the souls in purgatory, and especially the one for which I ought most to pray to Thee; in order that it may not be owing to my fault that Thou dost not quickly take it to praise Thee in Thy glory, and to bless Thee forever. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary.
Psalm, De Profundis.
O God, the Creator, etc., etc.
Saturday.
O Lord God almighty, I supplicate Thee, through the precious blood which poured forth from the side of Thy divine Son Jesus, in the sight and to the exceeding suffering of His most holy Mother; set free the souls in purgatory, and especially, among them all, the one which was most devout to this great Queen; in order that it may speedily come to Thy glory to praise Thee in her, and her in Thee for all eternity. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary.
Psalm, De Profundis.
O God, the Creator, etc., etc.
Indulgence of a hundred days each time; applicable to the dead.