11/02/2026
Today, on All Souls’ Day, the Church pauses to remember and pray for the faithful departed.
Saint Gertrude's Prayer for the Holy Souls:
"Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Thy Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen."
Who are you praying for today?
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.
(Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.)
Painting: All Souls' Day in the Cemetery, by Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Riefstahl