Strong Lion
Saint Bridget

O Jesus! Strong Lion,
Immortal and Invincible King,
remember the pain which Thou didst endure when all Thy strength,
both moral and physical,
was entirely exhausted,
Thou didst bow Thy Head, saying:
"It is consummated!"
Through this anguish and grief,
I beg of Thee Lord Jesus,
to have mercy on me at the hour of my death
when my mind will be greatly troubled
and my soul will be in anguish.
Amen.

Prayer Towards the End of One's Life
Saint Macarius of Egypt

Lord, be merciful now
that my life is approaching its end,
and the evening awaits me.
There is not enough time for me
to cleanse myself of my sins,
for they are so many.
Heal me while I am still on earth,
and I shall be truly healthy.
In your mercy, move me to repent
so that I shall not be ashamed
when I meet You in heaven.

7 Daily Prayers for the Souls in Purgatory
Pope Leo XII

SUNDAY

Lord God almighty, I beseech Thee,
by the precious blood
which Thy Divine Son Jesus shed in the garden,
deliver the souls in purgatory,
and amongst them all
especially that soul which is most destitute of aid;
and bring it to Thy glory,
there to praise and bless Thee forever.
Amen.

Our Father
Hail Mary
De Profundis

MONDAY

Lord God almighty, I beseech Thee,
by the precious blood
which Thy Divine Son Jesus shed in His cruel scourging,
deliver the souls in purgatory,
and amongst them all,
especially that soul which is nearest
to its entrance into Thy glory;
that, so it may soon begin to praise and bless Thee forever.
Amen.

Our Father
Hail Mary
De Profundis

TUESDAY

Lord God almighty, I beseech Thee,
by the precious blood
which Thy Divine Son Jesus shed in His bitter crowning with thorns,
deliver the souls in purgatory,
and in particular, amongst them all,
deliver that one which would be the last to issue from those pains,
that it tarry not so long a time
before it comes to praise Thee
in Thy glory and bless Thee forever.
Amen.

Our Father
Hail Mary
De Profundis

WEDNESDAY

Lord God almighty, I beseech Thee,
by the precious blood
which Thy Divine Son Jesus shed
through the streets of Jerusalem
when He carried the cross upon His sacred shoulders,
deliver the souls in purgatory,
and especially that soul which is richest in merits before Thee;
that so, on that throne of glory which awaits it,
it may magnify Thee and bless Thee forever.
Amen.

Our Father
Hail Mary
De Profundis

THURSDAY

LORD God almighty, I beseech Thee,
by the precious body and blood
of Thy Divine Son Jesus,
which He gave with His own hand
upon the eve of His passion to His beloved apostles
to be their meat and drink,
and which He left to His whole Church
to be a perpetual sacrifice and life-giving food
of His own faithful people,
deliver the souls in purgatory,
and especially that one
which was most devoted to this mystery of infinite love;
that, with Thy Divine Son,
and with Thy Holy Spirit,
it may ever praise Thee for this Thy wondrous love
in Thy eternal glory.
Amen.

Our Father
Hail Mary
De Profundis

FRIDAY

LORD God almighty, I beseech Thee,
by the precious blood
which Thy Divine Son shed on this day,
upon the wood of the cross,
from His most sacred hands and feet,
deliver the souls in purgatory,
and especially that soul for which I am most bound to pray;
that the blame rest not with me
that Thou bringest it not forthwith
to praise Thee in Thy glory
and to bless Thee forever.
Amen.

Our Father
Hail Mary
De Profundis

SATURDAY

Lord God almighty, I beseech Thee,
by the precious blood
which gushed forth from the side of Thy Divine Son Jesus
in the sight and to the extreme pain
of His most holy Mother
deliver the souls in purgatory,
and especially that one amongst them all
which was ever the most devout to this great Lady;
that it may soon attain unto Thy glory,
there to praise Thee in her,
and her in Thee,
world without end.
Amen.

Our Father
Hail Mary
De Profundis


Litany for a Happy Death

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 us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us.
All ye holy angels and archangels, pray for us.
Holy Abraham, pray for us.
Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.
Saint Joseph, pray for us.
All ye holy patriarchs and prophets, pray for us.
Saint Peter, pray for us.
Saint Paul, pray for us.
Saint Andrew, pray for us.
Saint John, pray for us.
Saint Jude, pray for us.
All ye holy apostles and evangelists, pray for us.
All ye holy disciples of Our Lord, pray for us.
All ye holy innocents, pray for us.
Saint Stephen, pray for us.
Saint Lawrence, pray for us.
All ye holy martyrs, pray for us.
Saint Sylvester, pray for us.
Saint Gregory, pray for us.
Saint Augustine, pray for us.
Saint Basil, pray for us.
Saint Ambrose, pray for us.
Saint Francis de Sales, pray for us.
Saint Vincent de Paul, pray for us.
Saint Aloysius, pray for us.
Saint Stanislaus, pray for us.
All ye holy bishops and confessors, pray for us.
Saint Benedict, pray for us.
Saint Dominic, pray for us.
Saint Francis of Assisi, pray for us.
Saint Ignatius, pray for us.
Saint Philip Neri, pray for us.
Saint Camillus de Lellis, pray for us.
Saint John of God, pray for us.

All ye holy monks, hermits, and founders of religious orders, pray for us.

Saint Mary Magdalen, pray for us.
Saint Lucy, pray for us.
Saint Scholastica, pray for us.
Saint Teresa, pray for us.
Saint Catherine, pray for us.
Saint Clare, pray for us.
Saint Ursula, pray for us.
Saint Angela Merici, pray for us.
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, pray for us.
Saint Barbara, pray for us.
All ye holy virgins and widows, pray for us.

All ye saints of God, intercede for us.

Be merciful unto us, spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful unto us, hear us, O Lord.

From Thy anger, O Lord, deliver us.
From the peril of death, O Lord, deliver us.
From an evil death, O Lord, deliver us.
From the pains of Hell, O Lord, deliver us.
From all evil, O Lord, deliver us.
From the power of the devil, by Thy Nativity, O Lord, deliver us.
By Thy Cross and Passion, O Lord, deliver us.
By Thy death and burial, O Lord, deliver us.
By Thy glorious Resurrection, O Lord, deliver us.
By the grace of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, O Lord, deliver us.
In the Day of Judgment, O Lord, deliver us.

We sinners beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou wouldst spare us, we beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring us unto true repentance, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed, we beseech Thee, hear us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, forgive us our sins;
Grant that we may die in Thy love and Thy grace.

Lamb of God, by Thy Precious Blood,
We beseech Thee to hear us and to lead us to life everlasting.

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.

Let Us Pray

We beseech Thy clemency, O Lord,
that Thou wouldst vouchsafe
so to strengthen Thy servants in Thy grace that,
at the hour of death,
the enemy may not prevail over us,
and that we may deserve
to pass with Thy angels
into everlasting life.

Amen.

O Jesus, Who during Thy prayer to the Father
in the garden wert so filled with sorrow and anguish
that there came forth from Thee a bloody sweat;
have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us,
O Lord; have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who wast betrayed by the kiss of a traitor
into the hands of the wicked,
seized and bound like a thief,
and forsaken by Thy disciples;
have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us,
O Lord, have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who by the unjust council of the Jews
wast sentenced to death,
led like a malefactor before Pilate,
scorned and derided by impious Herod;
have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us,
O Lord, have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who wast stripped of Thy garments
and most cruelly scourged at the pillar;
have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us,
O Lord, have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who wast crowned with thorns,
buffeted, struck with a reed,
blindfolded, clothed with a purple garment,
in many ways derided,
and overwhelmed with reproaches;
have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us,
O Lord, have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who wast less esteemed than the murderer Barabbas,
rejected by the Jews,
and unjustly condemned to the death of the cross;
have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us,
O Lord, have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who wast loaded with a cross,
and led to the place of execution
as a lamb to the slaughter;
have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us,
O Lord, have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who wast numbered among thieves,
blasphemed and derided,
made to drink of gall and vinegar,
and crucified in dreadful torment
from the sixth to the ninth hour;
have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us,
O Lord, have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who didst expire on the Cross,
Who wast pierced with a lance
in the presence of Thy holy Mother,
and from whose side poured forth Blood and water;
have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us,
O Lord, have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who wast taken down from the Cross,
and bathed in the tears of Thy most sorrowing Virgin Mother;
have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us,
O Lord, have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who wast covered with bruises,
marked with the Five Wounds,
embalmed with spices,
and laid in the sepulcher;
have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us,
O Lord, have mercy on us.

V. He has truly borne our sorrows,
R. And He has carried our griefs.

Let Us Pray

O God, Who for the redemption of the world
deigned to be born,
to be circumcised,
to be rejected by the Jews,
and betrayed by Judas with a kiss;
to be bound with fetters,
and led like an innocent lamb to the slaughter;
to be ignominiously brought before Annas,
Caiphas, Pilate, and Herod;
to be accused by false witnesses,
to be scourged, buffeted, and reviled;
to be spat upon,
to be crowned with thorns,
and struck with a reed;
to be blindfolded,
to be stripped of Thy garments,
to be nailed to a cross and raised thereon;
to be numbered among thieves,
to be made to drink of gall and vinegar,
and to be pierced with a lance:
By these Thy most holy sufferings, O Lord,
which we Thy servants commemorate,
and by Thy most holy Cross and death,
deliver us from the pains of Hell, and conduct us,
as Thou didst conduct the penitent thief,
into Thy paradise, Thou Who livest and reignest, world without end.
Amen.

The Chaplet of the Dead


On each small bead, say:

"Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation."

Each set of 10 beads is concluded with:

"Eternal Rest Grant unto (him/her)
and let the perpetual light shine upon (him/her).
May (he/she) rest in peace."

Conclude with:

V. Eternal rest grant unto (him/her), O Lord.
R. And let perpetual light shine upon (him/her).

V. May (he/she) rest in peace.
R. Amen.

V. May (his/her) soul and the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

R. Amen. +

May the love of God
and the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ
bless us and console us
and gently wipe every tear from our eyes.
In the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.

R. Amen.