A Week of Prayers
for the Holy Souls
Prayer for Sunday
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.
Our Father� Hail Mary�
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Amen.
Prayer for Monday
O Lord God Almighty, I pray Thee by the Precious Blood which Thy Divine
Son Jesus shed in His cruel scourging, deliver the souls in Purgatory,
and especially that soul amongst them all, which is nearest to its entrance
into Thy glory; so it may forthwith begin to praise and bless Thee
forever. Amen.
Our Father� Hail Mary�
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Amen.
Prayer for Tuesday
O Lord God Almighty, I pray Thee by the Precious Blood which Thy Divine
Son Jesus shed in His bitter crowning with thorns, deliver the souls in
Purgatory, and in particular that one amongst them all which would be
the last to depart out of those pains, that it may come to praise Thee
in Thy glory and bless Thee forever. Amen.
Our Father� Hail Mary�
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Amen.
Prayer for Wednesday
O Lord God Almighty, I pray Thee by the Precious Blood which Thy Divine
Son Jesus shed in the streets of Jerusalem, when He carried the Cross upon
His sacred shoulders, deliver the souls in Purgatory, and especially
that soul which is richest in merits before Thee; so that it may magnify
Thee and bless Thee forever. Amen.
Our Father� Hail Mary�
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Amen.
Prayer for Thursday
O Lord God Almighty, I pray Thee, by the Precious Body and Blood of They
Divine Son, which He gave with His own hands upon the eve of His Passion
to His beloved Apostles, and which He left to His whole Church to be a
perpetual sacrifice, deliver the souls in Purgatory, and especially
that one which was most devoted to this mystery of infinite love, that
it may ever praise Thee for Thy love, in eternal glory. Amen.
Our Father� Hail Mary�
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Amen.
Prayer for Friday
O Lord God Almighty, I pray Thee, by the Precious Blood which Thy Divine
Son Jesus shed on this day upon the wood of the Cross, especially from
His most sacred hands and feet, deliver the souls in Purgatory, and in
particular that soul for which I am most bound to pray; that no neglect
of mine may hinder it from praising Thee in Thy glory and blessing Thee
forever. Amen.
Our Father� Hail Mary�
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Amen.
Prayer for Saturday
O Lord God Almighty, I beseech Thee by the Precious Blood which gushed
forth from they side of Thy Divine Son Jesus, in the sight and to the extreme
pain of His most holy Mother, deliver the souls in purgatory, and especially
that one which was the most devoted to her; that it may soon attain
unto Thy glory, there to praise Thee, world without end. Amen.
Our Father� Hail Mary�
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Amen.
