November: The Month of The Holy Souls in Purgatory

The Feast of All Souls, also known as the Day of the Dead.

Every month is dedicated to a particular devotion within the Catholic Church. The month of November is devoted to The Holy Souls in Purgatory. Holy Mother Church prays in a special way today for the souls of the faithfully departed. It is important that we, as their brothers and sisters in Christ, aid the poors souls in purgatory with our prayers and devotions.

This morning, I had the opportunity to attend mass outside at the St. Joseph Cemetery in Fort Recovery. Oh what a chilly and blessed morning it was to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the faithful souls laid to rest there, in addition to those dear to me who have passed on from this earth.

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘴, 𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦." - Wisdom 3:1-3

Did you know that you can gain a plenary indulgence each day from today, November 2nd, through November 8th on behalf of the souls of Purgatory by visiting a cemetery and praying for the dead. In order to receive the full indulgence, one must go to confession one time within a week (before or after) of doing so and must receive Holy Communion and pray for the intentions of the Holy Father (usually one Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be) one time each for each individual indulgence.

"𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦; 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘮𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺." - 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴