St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote this Novena for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. It is traditionally said beginning on All Souls' Day, November 2nd.

As we pray for the faithful departed, offer the Mass, light candles, and make sacrifices, realize our Catholic traditions came from Judaism.

Fr. Scott Haynes Christ, Judas, and the Permission of Darkness at the Last Supper At the Last Supper, one of the most haunting moments in all the Gospel unfolds in a few brief lines. Jesus identifies the betrayer, hands him the morsel, and then says, “That which thou dost, do quickly.”[1] The scene is at once intimate and terrible. The table of fellowship has become the threshold of betrayal. The hand that receives from Christ is the hand that will soon deliver Him over. Yet

Jesus taught St. Gertrude how to best pray for the poor souls in Purgatory and to bring them a plenitude of His grace.

Join in the traditional novena of All Souls written by St. Alphonsus from November 2-10.

Learn about the Church's belief in purgatory is based in Scripture and Tradition.

Domine Jesu Christe from the Duruflé Requiem with Conductor, Robert Shaw, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.