Indulgent Prayers for Soul in Purgatory
These short prayers have indulgences that may be applied to the souls in Purgatory. If you help just one soul out of Purgatory, you are almost guaranteed that you will not to go to Hell, since they will pray for you. However, the idea is to release as many souls as possible so you have an army praying for you and your family. As Padre Pio has said "We must empty Purgatory with our prayers". Do your part and you will never regret it. Don't pray for the souls and you will surely regret it.
The follow short prayers have indulgences attached to them and may be applied to the souls in Purgatory. Pick a few favorites and say them daily or often during this month of the Holy Souls and throughout the year.
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere. 100 days – once/day
May the Heart of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament, be praised, adored and loved with grateful affection, at every moment in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time. 100 days – once/day
Jesus Meek and Humble of Heart, make my heart unto Thine. 300 days - once/day
Jesus, my God, I love Thee above all things. 50 days - each time
My Jesus, Mercy. 100 days - each time
Sweet Heart of Jesus, I implore that I may ever love Thee more and more. 100 days – each time & (Plenary indulgence once per month on a day of your choosing, under the usual conditions, if said daily for a month).
Sweet Heart of Mary, be my Salvation. 300 days – each time & (Plenary indulgence once per month on a day of your choosing, under the usual conditions, if said daily for a month).
St. Joseph, Model and Patron of the friends of the Sacred Heart, pray for us. 100 days- once/day (Pope Leo XIII, 1891)
Blessed be the Holy and Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. 300 days – each time
Eternal Father! I offer Thee the Precious Blood of Jesus in satisfaction for my sins and for the needs of the Church. 300 days - each time
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give you my heart and soul. Jesus, Mary and Joseph assist me in my last agony. Jesus, Mary and Joseph may I breathe forth my soul in peace with you. 300 days – each time for all 3 invocations or 100 per each
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. 50 days – every time for the sign of the cross with these words and 100 days if use Holy Water
O Sacrament most Holy! O Sacrament Divine! All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine. 100 days - once/day and 3 times/day on Thursday, 100 days at the elevation of both species at Mass
O Mary, who didst come into this world free from stain, obtain from God for me that I may leave it without sin. 100 days – once/day
Bid me bear, O Mother blessed! On my heart the wounds impressed, suffered by the Crucified. 300 days – once/day to those with a contrite heart say ”Hail Mary” 7 times with the above verse & (Plenary indulgence once per month on a day of your choosing, under the usual conditions, if said daily for a month).
May the most just, most high and most amiable will of God be done in all things, be praised and magnified forever. 100 days – once/day (Plenary indulgence once a year, under the usual conditions, if said daily for a year) &/or (Plenary indulgence at the moment of death for those who recited it often during their lives, accept death with resignation from the hand of God).
O Most Compassionate Jesus, Thou alone art our salvation, our life, and our resurrection. We implore Thee, therefore, do not forsake us in our needs and afflictions, but by the agony of Thy Most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thy Immaculate Mother, succor, Thy servants, whom Thou hast redeemed by Thy Most Precious Blood. 100 days – once/day
My loving Jesus, I, (your name), give Thee my heart and consecrate myself wholly to
Thee out of the grateful love I bear Thee, and as a reparation for all my unfaithfulness and with Thy aid I purpose never to sin again. 100 days - once/day if recited devoutly before a picture of the Sacred Heart and with a contrite heart. (Plenary indulgence once per month on a day of your choosing, under the usual conditions, if said daily for a month).