Tuesday To the Souls in Purgatory

The first Tuesday is dedicated to the souls in purgatory to send them suffrages and to avoid purgatory ourselves.

1. Lord, my Creator and Redeemer, I believe that in your justice, you established purgatory for those souls who pass into eternity before having totally paid their debts of sin or punishment. I also believe that in your mercy you accept suffrages, particularly the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for their relief and liberation. Stir up my faith and infuse in my heart sentiments of pity toward these dear suffering brothers and sisters.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

2. Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, through the intercession of Mary and all the saints, free the souls of the faithful departed from the punishments of purgatory. And through the intercession of St. Michael, standard-bearer of the heavenly army, guide them to the holy light promised to Abraham and to his descendants. I offer you, Lord, sacrifices and prayers of praise. Accept them for these souls and admit them soon to eternal joy.

Eternal rest . . .

3. Jesus, good Master, I plead with you on behalf of the souls toward whom I have a greater debt of gratitude, justice, charity, and family bonds: parents, benefactors, brothers and sisters of the Pauline Family, and relatives. I recommend to you those who had greater responsibilities on earth: priests, religious, civil authorities, superiors. I plead with you also for forgotten souls, and for those who were more devoted to the Divine Master, to Mary, Queen of Apostles, and to St. Paul the Apostle. Lord, deign to admit them soon into eternal happiness.

Eternal rest . . .

4. Jesus, Divine Master, I thank you for having come down from heaven to free us from so many evils by your teaching, holiness, and death. I plead with you on behalf of the souls who are in purgatory because of the press, motion pictures, radio, and television. I have confidence that these souls, once freed from their sufferings and admitted into eternal joy, will supplicate you on behalf of the modern world, so that the many means you have granted us for elevating this earthly life may also be used as means of apostolate and life everlasting.

Eternal rest . . .

5. Merciful Jesus, by your sorrowful passion and by that love you have for me, I beg you to cancel the punishments that I deserve in this life or in the next because of my many sins. Grant me, O Lord, a spirit of penance, purity of conscience, hatred for every deliberate venial sin, and the dispositions necessary to gain indulgences. I resolve to help the holy souls in purgatory with suffrages as much as I can. And you, o infinite Goodness, infuse in me ever greater fervor, so that when my soul is separated from the bonds of my body, it may be admitted into heaven to contemplate you forever.

Eternal rest . . .

Before or after meditation, or during the Hour of Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament, the following is said or sung:

All those the Father gives unto me will come to me, and whoever comes to me, I will never cast away.

Omne quod dat mihi Pater ad me veniet: et eum qui venit ad me non ejiciam foras.

(Psalm 130, p. 31)