St Gertrude prayer for the souls in purgatory

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, 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.

Lord Jesus, at this very moment Your sacrifice is being offered on altars across the world, in cathedrals and chapels, in prisons and hospital wards. I cannot be at all those Masses, but I can unite my heart to them. Take the merits of Your Passion, which are infinite, and apply them to the souls who are being purified and long to see Your face.

Remember especially the ones I have loved and lost: (name them). Remember those no one prays for anymore, whose names have been forgotten on earth but never in heaven. Remember the souls who died suddenly, without time to prepare, and those who died alone.

Saint Gertrude, you loved these souls and prayed for them tirelessly. Teach me the same tenderness. Let me never forget that the Church is one family, living and dead, and that my small prayers can reach beyond the grave.

Give me also, Lord, the grace to live so that my own purification may be short, and to help the living turn to You while there is still time. May the holy souls, once they are with You, pray for me in return. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Amen.