The month of November brings us to devote time in prayer and community praying for the faithful departed, visiting the cemetery, offering Holy Mass, and remembering. In short, November is devoted to the souls in purgatory.
This prayer from the Byzantine Church speaks in complement to psalms 50 and 130 orients our hearts and minds:
By Thy resurrection from the dead, O Christ, death no longer hath dominion over those who die in holiness. So, we beseech Thee, give rest to Thy servants in Thy sanctuary and in Abraham’s bosom. Grant it to those, who from Adam until now have adored Thee with purity, to our fathers and brothers, to our kinsmen and friends, to all men who have lived by faith and passed on their road to Thee, by a thousand ways, and in all conditions, and make them worthy of the heavenly kingdom.
Today, the Order of Malta-Eastern CT Area gathered for Mass.
May the souls of the faith departed rest in peace.