Jubilee Indulgences

The last Jubilee was declared by the Church in the year 2000. In this year, a new set of indulgences has been declared for this Jubilee and future ones (the next one likely to be in 2050). With the new indulgences, we can do a great deal to help release the holy souls...

Indulgences on the High Seas

You want to gain a Jubilee indulgence. That’s great. There’s one problem. You noticed that your surrounded by water and there doesn’t seem to be any floating cathedrals or churches anywhere nearby. This is the dilemma of people who work on ships and even those who are...

Historically Speaking

Most Protestants reject the doctrine of Purgatory, believing it to be both unbiblical and an invention of the Catholic Church. They think that the Christians of the early church did not believe in Purgatory or pray for the dead, and these doctrines were created by a...

Litany of the Departed

For the spirits who have fled From the earth which once they trod; For the loved and faithful dead, We beseech the living God! Oh! receive and love them! By the grave where Thou Overt lying, By the anguish of Thy dying, Spread Thy wings above them; Grant Thy pardon...

The Litany of the Faithful Departed

Lord, have mercy on us,Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ hear us,Christ, graciously hear us. God the Father of Heaven,Have mercy on the souls of the faithful departed. God the Son, Redeemer of the world,Have mercy on the souls of the faithful...

Chaplet of the Holy Souls

This devotion is a simple and quick way to pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. It is prayed using traditional rosary beads. On the large beads of the Rosary recite: O holy Souls draw the fire of God’s love into my soul to reveal Jesus crucified in me here on...

Novena to St. Expeditus

Saint Expeditus suffered a lot during the time of Diocletion. He is holding a cross in which is inscribed “Hodie” (Today) while he is stepping on a crow which is crying “Cras” (Tomorrow) in order to remind us not to doubt even for a single...

The Fifteen Prayers of St. Bridget

Jesus gave these prayers to St. Bridget of Sweden in the 14th Century. One of the promises are that 15 souls from your family will be delivered from Purgatory. Background The Fifteen Prayers revealed by Our Lord to St. Bridget of Sweden in the church of St. Paul at...

The Marian Prayer of Pope John Paul II

A prayer to Mary by Pope John Paul II. Mother of the Redeemer, great joy we call you blessed. In order to carry out His plan of salvation, God the Father chose you before the creation of the world. You believed in His love and obeyed His word. The Son of God desired...