This means that when you visit a cemetery where a loved one is buried and you pray for them during the first 8 days in November, their soul will leave Purgatory and go straight to Heaven.īesides benefiting the Holy Souls, visiting a cemetery is a healthy reminder of our own mortality, realizing that we too will pass from this life to the next.Ĭomposed by Saint Alphonsus Liguori, the nine days of prayer for the Holy Souls in Purgatory is a more prolonged way to pray for the deceased. 1) Visit a Catholic CemeteryĮach November, the Church gives us an extraordinary gift that we can extend to our “dear suffering friends.” From November 1-8, a plenary indulgence is available for Catholics in a state of grace who visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the dead. There are many various prayers and means composed for this singular purpose and you will find three of the most efficacious listed here. Those prayers had already been taken into account so that even now I can pray for the happy death of my great-grandfather!” Saint Padre Pio reminds us that it is never too late to pray for a departed soul, whether a person died recently or long ago: “For the Lord, …everything is an eternal present. Once secured, a plenary indulgence (in plain English) frees a soul from Purgatory now that is something to get excited about!
BEST WAY TO GET FORGOTTEN SOULS FULL
Through the power of prayer, it is actually not that difficult to obtain a PLENARY INDULGENCE (if this phrase sounds like Greek to you, you’re not alone! Please see the full definition in the box below).
Is there any way we can know, or even help determine, where they will spend eternity?Īccording to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, there most certainly is. And we are often left to wonder about the souls of our dearly departed who have left this life and gone on to the next. The salvation of one’s eternal soul is serious business. From November 1 to 8, find out how you can send one or more of your departed loved ones from Purgatory to Heaven in an instant!
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