| Praying In the Presence of Our Lord for the Holy Souls |
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You would like to pray for your grandparents in Purgatory, but you aren t very good at reciting prayers and could use a little help with a ready-to-use prayer. Prayers like this are out there but are difficult to find in the vastness of the two thousand years of Catholic writings. Susan Tassone has compiled a list of hard to find prayers like this along with other prayers that would otherwise be inconvenient to locate. Praying in the Presence of Our Lord for the Holy Souls is an exhaustive resource of prayers, devotions, and short articles on the souls in Purgatory. Does the world need another prayer book? Well, yes. The books which give teachings on Purgatory usually include a small number of prayers and devotions, but the key words here are small number . The prayers are usually very generalized and have no explanation of their origins or purpose. Susan has grouped prayers, devotions, articles, and other information related to the holy souls in her book. The great thing about this book is that it includes notes on where the prayers and devotions came from and what they are about. It makes very interesting reading for trivia maniacs. There is also an article on Purgatory by the late C.S. Lewis, a famous Anglican (a little known fact is that C.S. Lewis became a Christian after an evening of debating with J.R.R. Tolkien a Catholic and the author of The Lord of the Rings trilogy). Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. (the Archbishop of Chicago) gave his stamp of approval for the book in its Forward. He recommends the collection of prayers for the Blessed Sacrament. Praying for the holy souls in the presence of Jesus is a great way to intercede for them when you are not in Mass. Praying in the Presence of Our Lord for the Holy Souls should be in every Catholic s library. If you are not praying for the holy souls now, someday you will be and its good idea to have a resource like this when it is needed. |
