By Thee, the only Living and True God;

for there is no other God but Thou, and

none that can equal Thy works. Let their
souls rejoice in Thy light, and impute
not to them their former iniquities,
which they committed through the
violence of passion, or the corrupt
habits of their fallen nature.
For,
although they haver sinned, yet they
always firmly believed in the father, Son,
and Holy Ghost; and before they died,
they reconciled themselves to Thee by
true contrition and the Sacraments of
Thy Church.
O Gracious Lord, we beseech Thee,
remember not against them the sins of
their youth and their ignorances; but
according to Thy great mercy, be
mindful of them in Thy heavenly glory.
May the heavens be opened to them,
and the angels rejoice with them. May
the Archangel St. Michael conduct them
to thee. May the holy Angels come
forth to meet them, and carry them, to
the city of the heavenly Jerusalem. May
St. Peter, to whom Thou gave the keys to
the kingdom of heaven, receive them.

May St. Paul, the vessel of election,

stand by them.
May St. John, the
b e l o v e d d i s c i p l e , wh o h a d t h e
revelation of the secrets of heaven,
intercede for them. May all the holy
Apostles, who received from Thee the
power of binding and loosing, pray for
them. May all the Saints and elect of
god, who in this world suffered torments
for Thy Name, befriend them; that,
being freed from the prison beneath,
they may be admitted into the glories of
that kingdom, where with the Father and
the Holy Ghost Thou lives and reigns
one God, world without end.

Prayers for
the Month of
the holy
Souls
Schoenstatt Scotland

Come to their assistance, all ye Saints of

God; gain for them deliverance from
their place of punishment; meet them,
all ye Angels; receive these holy souls,
and present them before the Lord.
Eternal rest give to them, O Lord. And
may perpetual light shine on them. May
they rest in peace. Amen.
Libera Me.
Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death
in that awful day: When the heavens
and the earth shall be moved. When
you shall come to judge the world by
fire. Dread and trembling have laid hold
on me, and I fear exceedingly because
of the judgement and the wrath to
come. When the heavens and the earth
shall be shaken. on that day, that day of
wrath, of sore distress and of all
wretchedness, that great and exceeding
bitter day. When you shall come to
judge the world by fire. Eternal rest
grant to them, O Lord.
And let
perpetual light shine upon them. may
they rest in peace. Amen.

A Schoenstatt Scotland Press Pamphlet

Prayers for The Holy Souls

Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them
One of the most frequently recited
Catholic prayer in former times, this
prayer has fallen into disuse over several
decades. Prayer for the dead, however
is one of the greatest acts of charity we
can perform, to help individuals during
their time in purgatory, so that they can
enter more quickly into the fullness of
heaven.
If you are praying in the Shrine, pray this
prayer turning to St. Joseph.
To you, O blessed Joseph Ad te, beate
Ioseph
To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come
in our tribulation, and having implored
the help of your most holy spouse, we
confidently invoke your patronage also.
Through that charity which bound you
and the immaculate virgin Mother of
God and through the paternal love
which you embraced the Child Jesus,
we humbly beg you graciously to regard

regard the inheritance which Jesus

Christ has purchased by his Blood, and
with your power and strength to aid us
in our necessities.
O most watchful Guardian of the holy
Family, defend the chosen children of
Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward
off from us every contagion of error and
corrupting influence; O our most mighty
protector, be propitious to us and from
heaven assist us in our struggle with the
power of darkness; and, as once you
rescued the Child Jesus from deadly
peril, so now protect Gods Holy Church
from the snares of the enemy and from
all adversity; shield, too, each one of us
by your constant protection, so that,
supported by your example and your
aid, we may be able to live piously, to
die holily, and to obtain eternal
happiness in heaven. Amen.
Partial Indulgence.
O God of the Spirits of all flesh, O Jesu,
lover of Souls Cardinal Newman

O God of the Spirits of all flesh, Lover of

souls, we recommend unto Thee the
souls of all those Thy servants, who have
departed with the sign of faith and sleep
the sleep of peace. We beseech Thee,
O Lord and Saviour, that , as in Thy
mercy to them Thou became man, so
now Thou would hasten the time, and
admit them to Thy presence above.
Remember O Lord, that they are Thy
creatures, not made by strange gods, but