Novena for Our Dear Departed
ACT OF CONTRITION
All : O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins
because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they
offended Thee my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve
with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life.
Amen.
Pray the Rosary
FIRST DECADE:
All : Lord, open our lips, and inflame our hearts, and cleanse them of useless and evil
thoughts. Enlighten our minds, that we may seriously meditate on Your sufferings and
death, and the pains endured by Your most glorious Mother; and deign to hear and
receive us before Your great Majesty, You who lives and reigns forever. Amen.
All : My most merciful Jesus / look down with eyes of pity / on the soul of Richard
Layugan for whom You have suffered and died on the cross.
On the beads of the Holy Rosary in each Decade, say the following:
Leader : My Jesus, through your bloody sweat
in the garden.
All: Have mercy on the soul of Richard
Layugan
My Jesus, through Your bloody sweat n the garden,
All : Have mercy on the soul of
___________.
Leader : My Jesus, through the blows You received on Your
sacred face, All : Have mercy on the soul of ___________.
Leader : My Jesus, through the cruel scourging You
endured, All : Have mercy on the soul of
___________.
Leader : My Jesus, through the crown of thorns that pierced
Your head, All : Have mercy on the soul of ___________.
Leader : My Jesus, through Your carrying of the cross on the path
of bitterness, All : Have mercy on the soul of ___________.
Leader : My Jesus, through Your face covered with blood which You allowed to be
imprinted on the veil of
Veronica. All : Have mercy on the soul of
___________.
Leader : My Jesus, through the bloody garments that were cruelly removed from Your
wounded body, All : Have mercy on the soul of ___________.
Leader : My Jesus, through Your hands and feet pierced with
cruel nails, All : Have mercy on the soul of ___________.
Leader : My Jesus, through Your sacred side pierced with a lance and from which flowed
blood and water, All : Have mercy on the soul of ___________.
Leader : My Jesus, through Your crucifixion and death on
the cross. All : Have mercy on the soul of ___________.
Leader : Eternal rest grant unto the soul of
___________ O, Lord, All : And let perpetual light
shine upon her.
Leader : May she rest in
peace. All : Amen.
SECOND DECADE: All : O God, who is ever so loving and merciful, we humbly beseech
Thee in behalf of ___________, whom
You have called out of this world. Do not deliver her into the hands of the enemy nor
forget her forever, but bid the Holy Angels lead her to paradise, her true country, that
for as much as in You, she put her hope and trust. She may not endure the pains of
hell, but may come to the possession of eternal joys. Through our Lord Jesus Christ
Your Son, who lives and reigns in unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without
end. Amen.
My most merciful
Jesus....etc.
THIRD DECADE: All : Be merciful, we beseech Thee O Lord, for the soul of
___________, for whom we offer to you this
sacrifice of praise, humbly beseeching Your Majesty that by those holy and
propitiatory offerings, she may be found worthy to win everlasting rest. Through our
Lord Jesus Christ Your Son, who lives and reigns in unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
world without end. Amen.
My most merciful
Jesus....etc.
FOURTH DECADE: All : Grant we beseech Thee, Almighty God that the soul of
___________, who departed out of this world may
be cleansed by this novena prayers, receive forgiveness and everlasting rest.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ Your Son, who lives and reigns in unity of the Holy
Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
My most merciful
Jesus....etc.
FIFTH DECADE: All : Absolve, O Lord, the soul of ___________, from every bond of sin so
that by Your aid she deserves to
escape the judgement of wrath, and come to the enjoyment in eternal light.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ Your Son, who lives and reigns in unity of the Holy
Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
My most merciful
Jesus....etc.
Leader : Let us pray All : O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant to the soul
of ___________ the remission of all
her sins that through pious supplications she may obtain the pardon she has always
desired who lives and reigns in unity of the Holy Spirit , one God, world without
end. Amen.
Leader : Eternal rest grant unto the soul of
___________ O, Lord, All : And let perpetual light
shine upon her.
Leader : May she rest in
peace. All : Amen.
