Each year we have a ceremony for blessing graves in the parish. It's a very moving occasion, and, after praying for all the dead, Fr. Tim walks around, blessing any graves that people ask him to bless. The visit to a cemetery in the first week of November has a plenary indulgence attached, so, although there is a feeling of sadness, there is also some joy in the knowledge that, just by going to the cemetery and saying a prayer for the faithful departed, souls are freed from Purgatory.
Do remember to pray for the forgotten souls in Purgatory as well as for your loved ones...
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Thanks, Mac. Very meaningful Post.
"May the Souls of the Faithful departed rest in peace".
"And for those in Purgatory who have nobody to pray for them. . . I pray for them". R.I.P.
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