Monday — The Holy Souls
*De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine.* The day to hold the dead we have loved before God.
The souls in Purgatory cannot pray for themselves. They are held in the certainty of God's love and the certainty of his fire, being purified for the face they will see. The Church has prayed for them since the catacombs; Scripture itself shows Judas Maccabeus offering sacrifice for the fallen, so that they might be loosed from their sins. There is nothing we can do for the dead we have loved that is greater than to keep their names before God — and to trust that, when our turn comes, others will hold ours.
Today
An eight-minute Monday guide — the De Profundis, a reading on Purgatory, a litany of remembrance for the souls we have loved, St. Gertrude's prayer, and Eternal Rest.
Go Deeper
For a longer Monday — the Office of the Dead, the foundational prayers for the departed, and St. Joseph, patron of a happy death.