Helping Priest Souls in Purgatory

"I do not want to exclude priests who have died.

They also need prayers and suffrages

so that they may return to my arms from purgatory to heaven.

Even there, the mission of faithful souls lasts,

to free priests from that place of purification,

to gain for Me the joy of seeing them finally in the bosom of My glory.

This will be an act of charity for them

and a joy they will give Me.

~ Jesus to Venerable Concepcion Cabrera de Armida, from To My Priests ~

In the time of St. Bernard, a monk at Clairvaux appeared after his death to his brethren in religion to thank them for having delivered him from Purgatory. On being asked what had contributed most to free him from his torments, he led the inquirer to the church, where a priest was saying Mass. "Look," said he, "this is the means by which my deliverance has been effected; this is the power of God's mercy; this is the salutary sacrifice which takes away the sins of the world." Indeed, so great is the efficacy of this sacrifice to obtain relief for the souls in Purgatory that the application of all the good works which have been performed from the beginning of the world would not afford so much assistance to one of these souls as would be imparted by a single Mass.

~ Fr. Michael Muller, CSSR, from The Blessed Eucharist, Our Greatest Treasure ~

Read more about Masses for faithful departed priests here.

Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest, Mother of all priests, and our Mother, help us respond generously to the Holy Spirit's request, through the voice of His Church, to offer up to God Eucharistic adoration for priests. Amen.