Special November Indulgences for the Holy Souls
November is the month of the Holy Souls. You can obtain special indulgences for souls in Purgatory! Please take advantage of this opportunity, as the poor souls are suffering and will be eternally grateful to you for your help, and will repay your kindness with their own prayers for you, and will come to your aid at the time of your death:
From Nov. 1-8, you can help release a soul from Purgatory each day by doing the following:
1. Visit a cemetery and offer prayers for departed souls. These can include the Divine Mercy chaplet, the "Eternal Rest" prayer, Psalm 130 or other prayers. Also offer prayers for the pope (an Our Father and Hail Mary may suffice).
2. On All Soul's Day (Nov. 2), you also have the option of visiting a church and praying the Our Father and the Creed.
3. Go to confession within 20 days (before or after) of your visit to the cemetery or church.
4. Receive Holy Communion on the day of your visit.
5. Have no attachment to sin. If any attachment remains, it will be a partial rather than a plenary indulgence.
Prayers for the Holy Souls
You may choose one or more of these to pray for your daily indulgence:
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let Your perpetual light shine upon them.
May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed
rest in peace. Amen.
O LORD God almighty, I pray Thee, by the Precious Blood which Thy divine Son Jesus shed in the garden, deliver the souls in purgatory, and especially that soul amongst them all which is most destitute of spiritual aid; and vouchsafe to bring it to Thy glory, there to praise and bless Thee forever. Amen.
O LORD Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver the souls of all the faithful departed from the pains of hell and from the bottomless pit; deliver them out of the lion’s mouth, lest hell should swallow them up, lest they fall into the outer darkness; but let Thy standard-bearer, Saint Michael, bring them back into Thy holy light, which Thou didst promise of old to Abraham and to his seed. Amen.
Psalm 130 ("De profundis")
Out of the depths I have cried unto Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.
Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
If Thou, O Lord, shalt mark our iniquities: O Lord, who can abide it?
For with Thee there is mercy: and by reason of Thy law I have waited on Thee, O Lord.
My soul hath waited on His word: my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
From the morning watch even unto night: let Israel hope in the Lord.
For with the Lord there is mercy: and with Him is plenteous redemption.
And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
