First Day, Novena for the Dead

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Dear Lord, we praise your divine justice and your plan for the purification of souls.

We come before you today to pray for the dead who are awaiting entrance into heaven. You have given us many graces and helps as we journey through life toward heaven. Through your church, you provide us with the sacraments and their many graces.

Though you often provide for the dying to receive their last sacraments, many faithful leave this world without the benefit of last sacraments. We ask that you bring into heaven the dead who have died in your friendship, and we particularly pray today for the faithful who have died without being able to receive the last sacraments. Help us to always trust in your plan for our lives.

Give us the grace to do all we can to serve you faithfully each day, and we especially ask in this novena for may their time of purification be short, and may they be quickly guided into that holy light promised by our Lord to Abraham and his descendants. I offer you sacrifices and prayers of praise. Accept them for all the souls of the faithful departed, and admit them all to the eternal joy of heaven. Amen.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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