Monday — The Holy Souls
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.
De Profundis (Psalm 130)
Out of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord.
Lord, hear my voice!
Let thy ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplications!
If thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with thee,
that thou mayest be feared.
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is plenteous redemption.
And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen.
De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine;
Domine, exaudi vocem meam.
Fiant aures tuae intendentes
in vocem deprecationis meae.
Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine,
Domine, quis sustinebit?
Quia apud te propitiatio est,
ut timearis.
Sustinui te, Domine, sustinuit anima mea in verbo eius;
speravit anima mea in Domino.
A custodia matutina usque ad noctem,
speret Israel in Domino.
Quia apud Dominum misericordia,
et copiosa apud eum redemptio.
Et ipse redimet Israel
ex omnibus iniquitatibus eius.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Requiescant in pace. Amen.
The fire of Purgatory is not the fire of hell. It is the same fire as the burning bush — the fire of God's own love, encountered by a soul not yet wholly able to bear it. The dead we have loved are held there in the certainty of his mercy and the certainty of his purifying. They cannot pray for themselves. They wait for us. 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 keep ours.
Litany of remembrance. After each invocation, name the dead silently — then make the response.
For my own family departed —
Pro fidelibus familiæ meæ defunctis —
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine, et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
For the priests who baptized me, who married me, who heard my confessions —
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine, et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
For the friends I have outlived —
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine, et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
For the soul who has no one left to remember them —
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine, et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
For the soul who will die alone today —
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine, et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
For the soul most in need of God's mercy in this hour —
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine, et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
St. Gertrude Prayer for the Holy Souls
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, for those in my own home, and within my family. Amen.
Eternal Rest
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen.
May the souls of the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Requiescant in pace. Amen.
Fidelium animae,
per misericordiam Dei, requiescant in pace. 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.