It is the duty of every Christians to pray for the souls in purgatory. ‘Every baptized Christian believe that through death, one is leaving for heaven, and it is not necessary for one to enter heaven straight away. If one has died not in a state of grace, the person could go in to purgatory, before entering in to heaven. This soul cannot make prayers of effort to enter into heave. However, with the support of others such as; prayers, alms giving, offering holy mass and the special prayers such as the Divine mercy prayer, the reparation prayer, doing the Way of the Cross prayer offered for a particular soul can ultimately result in getting the mercy of God to these souls to reach to heaven.

There are many simple ways to help the souls in purgatory for a practicing catholic. Every Christian believes that Jesus Christ, the son of God who came to this world was to save the humanity form the bondage of sin and so that no soul is lost.   Jesus carried and the pain he incurred before his crucifixion was indeed the sins of the humanity.

Jesus offered all of his pain and difficulties, His position, power and glory to redeem the souls from the bondage of sin, a ransom to God the father. Following this footsteps and example, when a human is suffering for a good cause, ; such as  standing for the truth, this person is offering all his/her suffering to God the Father through Jesus Christ for the salvation of souls.

The unexpected difficulties, tragedies can be offered to the souls in purgatory. One needs to accept all these as the will of God that this person has to undergo these pains Jesus offered. At Gethsemane (Luke 22:42): Jesus prays, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will,” carry the meaning that Jesus fully accepted His painful way to Calvary and the death, which resulted in saving the humanity from the sins.

If one sincerely believe in the incarnation, life, passion, death and the resurrection of Jesus, and trusting in the saving power of God, this person’s faith and prayers will be answered to save the should from purgatory.

First Saturday devotion, and the ‘Eternal Rest Grant unto them O Lord’ prayer along with Five Our father, five hail Mary and Five Glory Be prayers are a great relief for the souls in purgatory.

The Holy Soul Novena prayer and praying specially I the month of November for the Holy Souls in purgatory also help a lot to save as many souls are passible form the purgatory.

It is a great blessing to join the salvation mission of our lord to save the souls by praying for the suffering sols in purgatory.

Let us develop a great devotion to the souls in purgatory so that a practicing catholic can take as a mission to save as many souls are possible.