Purgatory Prayers

Prayers for Purgatory

The Purgatory Prayer of St. Gertrude for 1000 souls

"Eternal Father, I offer You the Most  Precious  Blood  of  Thy Divine Son, Jesus Christ, in union  with the  Masses said  throughout the  world  today, for  all  the Holy  Souls  in  Purgatory,  for sinners everywhere, those in the Universal Church, in my home, and in my family."

A short prayer to save a soul from hell

"Jesus and Mary, I love you, save souls."



Why you should Pray for the Poor Souls in Purgatory


You will never regret having formed the habit of prayer for the suffering souls. In helping them you are actually being your own best friend in some very important ways:

1. Your spiritual life is enriched, your progress in perfection hastened. You gradually realize the wisdom of avoiding sin, which makes it necessary for some souls to accept a lonely exile from the heavenly abode of their desire.

2. You grow in faith, hope, and love. You strengthen your faith in the great supernatural realities which God has revealed. You buoy up your hope in His magnificent promises of resurrection and everlasting happiness. By loving those the Lord loves, you increase in those virtues which are so excellent.

3. Your appreciation of time increases. You no longer kill time, but prize its preciousness more. Time is like a currency with which to purchase eternal joy. The time God places at our disposal to know, love, and serve Him passes all too swiftly. Don't we all complain that the years get shorter as we grow older?

4. You gain helpers in life. The holy souls are "very powerful over the heart of our Lord and you will receive many favors by their intercession.  It looks as if God wishes to indemnify them in this way for retaining them by His justice in that place of expiation." (St.Peter Julian Eymard)

5. You gain helpers in death. You have earned the holy souls' everlasting gratitude, and they will never forget you. As you pleaded for them, so will they for you, especially when the hour comes to close your eyes to the things of earth. In that hour, can anyone have too many intercessors?

All these are weighty reasons for remembering the holy souls in your Masses, Communions, Rosaries, Stations of the Cross, and other prayers and charitable works.

Credit: Catholic Bible 101