13 Reasons to Pray for the Dead

 When we pray for the dead, we:  

1. obey the Lord and His Church, 
2. love our neighbor, 
3. express our unity with the other members of God's family, 
4. help purify people in purgatory,
5. help those in purgatory to go to heaven, 
6. face death and thereby become more aware of reality,
7. express and strengthen our faith in the power of prayer,
8. receive the benefit of the prayers of those in purgatory (Catechism, 958),
9. rejoice, for all those in purgatory have given their lives to Jesus and will go to heaven, 
10. purify ourselves so that we will go directly to heaven and skip purgatory, or lessen our time in purgatory, 
11. share in the pouring out of God's mercy, and 
12. enter more deeply into the mystery of God's love and His plan of salvation. 
13.  because Our Lady has asked us to pray for the dead:  "Today I wish to call you to pray daily for souls in purgatory. " (11/6/86)  

This website aims to explain the Catholic Teachings on the Holy Souls, the meaning of Purgatory and how to gain indulgences for the Holy Souls, offering Scriptural support and the Teachings of the Church down the ages. Here you will find prayers for the Holy Souls and special devotions dedicated to them. 

Holy Souls Crusade was born in November of 2002 and is growing from an Irish association to one with a worldwide interest, having members from various parts of the world. We welcome you and hope that these explanations will help to show the great need there is to pray for the Holy Souls.