Prayer for souls in purgatory, fourteenth week after Pentecost

September 6: For those who suffer for their idleness.
September 7: For those who suffer for having spent their time in vain and useless conversation.
September 8: For those who committed sins against human dignity.
September 9: For those who did not do good works for human dignity.
September 10: For those who did good works to be esteemed.
September 11: For those who suffer for their bad example and scandal.
September 12: For those who had little love for God in this life.

Prayer for souls in purgatory, thirteenth week after Pentecost

August 30: For those who suffer for their rancor.
August 31: For those who desired the death of their neighbours.
September 1: For those who were vengeful.
September 2: For those who suffer for the vice of gluttony.
September 3: For those who suffer for the vice of drunkenness.
September 4: For those who envied the good of others.
September 5: For those who suffer for their sloth in works of piety.

Prayer for souls in purgatory, twelfth week after Pentecost

August 23: For those who suffer for their indecent words.
August 24: For those who suffer for their wandering eye.
August 25: For those who suffer for their ugly, dishonest works.
August 26: For those who suffer for attending dishonest entertainment.
August 27: For those who suffer for having read evil novels and books.
August 28: For those who suffer for hearing idle conversation.
August 29: For the Souls who suffer for their impatience.

Prayer for souls in purgatory, eleventh week after Pentecost

August 16: For those who suffer for their vanity in clothing.
August 17: For those who suffer for their vainglory and bragging.
August 18: For those who were left dominated by avarice.
August 19: For those who suffer for their little charity towards the poor.
August 20: For those who spent on promoting their services.
August 21: For those who did not help charities, and could have.
August 22: For those who suffer for failing to promtly rid themselves of evil thoughts.

Saint Lawrence

Today is the feast of St Lawrence, a Roman deacon martyred under Valerian. He had extraordinary eucharistic piety, being strong enough to consume the Host after someone vomited very soon after their own reception. He was grilled to death, and it supposed to have been so strengthened by the Lord that he told his persecutors to turn him over, as he was done on that side.

In the EF, Matins contains no less than seven references to Lawrence as a Levite, references that have been excised from the OF of the Office. These references serve to underscore a hermeneutic of continuity between the Mosaic Covenant and the New and Everlasting Covenant: deacons are of the order of Levi, while priests are of the order of Melchizedek. Removing these references have had the effect of "suppressing the way in which the characters of ordination relate to the former dispensation, and to the Temple. These changes alone impair the way contemporary Catholics can understand their own relation to the one and eternal covenant with God, now made manifest in Christ, as the same covenant in both old and new dispensations." (Hemming, Worship as a Revelation, p. 131)

Just another reason to use the EF.

Music for Mass

One more reason to use the propers for Mass, instead of hymns: When GK makes fun of Catholics on Prairie Home Companion, he uses guitar masses and crazy 70s liturgical innovations (not that guitar masses aren't a crazy 70s liturgical innovation), not reverent worship.

Prayer for souls in purgatory, tenth week after Pentecost

Intentions this week for the 90-day novena:

August 9: For those in your life who exercised patience towards you.
August 10: For those souls who are in Purgatory for your sake.
August 11: For those who were your companions in guilt.
August 12: For those who hope for some alleviation.
August 13: For those souls who worked in your best interest.
August 14: For those souls to whom you are most obliged.

Prayer for the souls in purgatory

By way of La Buhardilla I've come across a 40 day prayer plan leading up to All Souls. It started yesterday, and unfortunately I was more interested in reading Dn Hemming's "Worship as a Revelation" than in translating the intentions. I'm going to post the intentions for this week here, and then later on I'll do the rest of them. There are different intentions for each day. This will help to strengthen our ties with our friends who are in purgatory.

August 4: For the soul of your father, mother, siblings and spouse.
August 5: For the soul of your confessors, pastors and superiors.
August 6: For the souls of your special friends.
August 7: For your benefactors.
August 8: For those who are your enemies.