Novena for the Holy Souls

Day 4

10 min

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Novena for the Holy Souls

Opening prayer:

O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, I come before You for the souls of the faithful departed who suffer in purgatory. By the Precious Blood of Your Son, wash away whatever still stains them, and lead them quickly into the light of Your presence. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 4: The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

No gift relieves the dead like the Holy Mass, where the same Victim of Calvary is offered anew. To have a Mass said for a departed soul is to place the Blood of Christ between them and their debt. The Church has always taught that this sacrifice avails for the living and the dead alike, applying to the Holy Souls the infinite price Christ paid once for all. Nothing we give them is so powerful, nor so pleasing to God.

Eternal Father, accept the Sacrifice of Your Son, offered upon a thousand altars, for the souls in purgatory. Let His precious Blood wash away their debt, and through this immaculate gift open to them the gates of everlasting peace. Amen.

Today's intention:

That many Masses may be offered for the relief of the Holy Souls.

Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis,

sanctificétur nomen tuum.

Advéniat regnum tuum.

Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,

sed líbera nos a malo.

Amen.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Closing prayer:

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace, and may the gates of heaven open to receive them into the company of the saints. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.