Thirty Day Devotions for the Holy Souls

Thirty-Day Devotions for the Holy Souls

by Susan Tassone

The "Thirty-day Novena of Meditations and Prayers" offers a powerful method of praying for departed family and friends. Touching and exquisite devotions will surely elevate your soul while providing aid and comfort to the faithful departed.

"Of all prayers, the most meritorious, the most acceptable to God are prayers for the dead, because they imply all the works of charity, both corporal and spiritual." -St. Thomas Aquinas

The months following the death of a loved one are an especially difficult time. Thirty-Day Devotions for the Holy Souls offers comfort to those who are grieving and gives them a personal and powerful method of praying for their departed family member or friend.

Day by day, here are:

• Prayers and meditations that console the one who mourns and assist the one who has died
• Scriptural passages
• Reflections from Church Fathers, saints, and theologians
• Answers to the most commonly-asked questions about purgatory