Our Lady of Intercession for Poor Souls

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   Most holy Mary, Our Lady of Intercession, your motherly

tenderness gathers in one embrace all the souls redeemed by the

Precious Blood of your Son Jesus. We come before your royal

throne with sadness in our hearts, but also with boundless

confidence in your intercession, as we remember those who have

gone before us. Death, which tore apart the bonds of earth, has

not destroyed the love that binds us to those who lived in the

same faith as we do.

       Mary, countless souls in that place of expiation await with

unspeakable anxiety the help of our prayers, and the merits of

our good works. Urged by the charity of Jesus Christ, we raise

our face and heart in prayer to you, merciful Mother of all the

faithful, in favor of those suffering souls. Make our prayers

effective, O Mary. Through your motherly intercession obtain

for them the power to move the Heart of Jesus, our Redeemer.

Let your matchless holiness supply the defects of our misery,

your love make good our weak affection, your power strengthen

our helplessness.

       Queen of heaven, grant that the burning desire of the souls

of the departed to be admitted to the Beatific Vision may soon

be satisfied. Mother, we pray to you especially for the souls of

our relatives, of priests, of those who were zealous in honoring

you, of those who did good to the souls of others, of those who

wept with them and for them and, finally, for the souls of those

who are forgotten. Grant that one day, when we are all reunited

in heaven, we may be able to rejoice in the possession of God, in

the happiness of your dear presence, in the company of all the

saints, thanking you forever for all the blessings you have

obtained for us, O Mother, our unfailing consolation. Amen.

Hail Mary (3 times).

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine

upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed through the

mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.

Mary, Mother of God and Mother of mercy, pray for us and for all

who have died in the embrace of the Lord. Holy Mary, our Lady

of Deliverance, pray for us and for the holy souls in purgatory.

FOR THE DYING

Most Merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I pray You, by the agony of

Your most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Your Immaculate

Mother, to wash in Your Most Precious Blood, the sinners of

the world who are now in their agony, and who will die today.

Heart of Jesus, once in agony, have mercy on the dying.   Amen.

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