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All Souls' Day

November 2

The practice of recommending to God the souls in Purgatory that we may mitigate the great pains which they suffer, and that He may soon bring them to His glory, is most pleasing to God, and most profitable to us. For those blessed souls are His eternal spouses, and they are most grateful to those who obtain their deliverance from prison, or even a mitigation of their torments. Hence, when they shall enter into Heaven, they will certainly not forget those who prayed for them. It is a pious belief that God manifests to them our prayers for them, that they also may pray for us. Let us recommend to Jesus Christ, and to His holy Mother, all the souls in Purgatory, but especially those of our relatives, benefactors, friends, and enemies, and still more particularly, the souls of those for whom we are bound to pray and those who have no one to pray for them; and let us consider the great pains which these holy spouses of Jesus Christ endure, and offer to God for their relief the Masses of this day.

       Month of November: The faithful who shall perform some pious work in honor of the Souls in Purgatory can gain an indulgence of 3 years, plenary under the usual conditions, for the daily exercise during a month.
       The faithful who shall participate at an exercise held in a church or public oratory, this in honor of the Souls in Purgatory, shall gain an indulgence of 7 years, plenary under the usual conditions, for those who assisted at least 15 days at this exercise.
       NOVENA in honor of the Souls in Purgatory, held at whatever time of the year, with prayers authorized by the Ecclesiastical Authorities gain an indulgence of 3 years, each day, plenary under the usual conditions, for the entire exercise.

Updated Wednesday, March 12, 2003