FOR THE HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY
(FROM THE TRIPLE NOVENA MANUAL OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH  by FATHER STEDMAN)
 
IN THE MORNING
Hear your loved ones softly pleading
From the green graves lonesome lying
Ever crying:
“Have pity! You at least, my friends” …
 
FOR  AND TO THE SOULS

O all you Angels of Consolation, go and visit those patient sufferers, offer for them the merits of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and obtain their speedy union with Jesus, Whose vision is bliss, and Who yearns to have them with Him. O sweet brethren, so mightily afflicted! Knowing your fear and love of God, and your charity for souls, pray for us that we may speedily obtain what we now ask for our urgent needs and also the grace of a good life and holy death.
 
IN THE NOONTIME
While the hot skies are glowing
Think of the pain no relief knowing,
Their prison fires appalling
Their piteous voices calling:
“Have pity! You at least, my friends “…
 
FOR OUR OWN
 
Good Jesus, Whose loving Heart was ever troubled by the sorrows of others, look with pity on the souls of our dear ones in Purgatory. O You Who “loved Your Own” hear our cry for mercy, and grant that those whom you called from our homes and hearts, may soon enjoy everlasting rest in the home of Thy Love in Heaven. Amen.
Eternal rest grant to them, O, Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them. Amen.
 
IN THE EVENING
In the time of sad remembrance
Give a prayer to old friends gone
Let your heart with mournful greeting
Hear their sad appeal repeating:
“Have pity! You at least, my friends”…
 
HEROIC ACT OF LOVE

It does not prevent you from praying for yourself, for your friends or any other intention. By this “HEROIC ACT OF LOVE” you merely give up to the Holy Souls the satisfaction you make for the temporal punishment due to your sins.
Should you go to Purgatory, God will apply to you the prayers for the souls in Purgatory which on earth are ever offered up to Him. Those souls who may be released from their sufferings by your Heroic Act, will never prove ungrateful. In turn they will pray for you.
 
IN THE NIGHTTIME
By the love in life you bore them
By the tears in death shed o’er them
By their words and looks in dying
Hear their plaintive voices crying:
“Have pity! You at least, my friends”…
 
HEROIC ACT OF LOVE
 
The Church calls this Act “HEROIC” Few acts of our lives deserve to be called HEROIC. We cannot afford to throw away this opportunity to make an “HEROIC ACT OF LOVE” Make it for the Love of God.
 
Dear Lord, for the Love of Thy Precious Blood, I wish to make an heroic offering of all the good works I do in life  in satisfaction for the temporal punishment due to my many sins, and of all the prayers offered up for me after death in favor of those souls Our Blessed Mother wishes to deliver from the pains of Purgatory. Amen.