For the Souls in Purgatory

My Jesus, by the sorrows Thou didst suffer in Thine agony in the garden, in Thy scourging & crowning with thorns, in the way to Calvary, in Thy crucifixion & death, have mercy on the souls in purgatory, and especially those that are most forsaken; do Thou deliver them from the dire torments they endure; call them & admit them to Thy most sweet embrace in paradise.

Our Father...

Hail Mary...

Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

All Souls Day

We see that death is gain, life is loss…It was by the death of one man that the world was redeemed. Christ did not need to die if he did not want to, but he did not look on death as something to be despised, something to be avoided, and he could have found no better means to save us than by dying. Thus his death is life for all. We are sealed with the sign of his death; when we pray we preach his death; when we offer sacrifice we proclaim his death. His death is victory; his death is a sacred sign; each year his death is celebrated with solemnity by the whole world.
What more should we say about his death since we use this divine example to prove that it was death alone that won freedom from death, and death itself was its own redeemer? Death is then no cause for mourning, for it is the cause of mankind’s salvation. Death is not something o be avoided, for the Son of God did not think it beneath his dignity, nor did he seek to escape it.
--St. Ambrose, bishop

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most Precious Blood of Thy divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, those in my own home and within my family.
Amen.

Prayer from St. Gertrude the Great, which releases 1000 souls from purgatory every time it is said