How does one offer the Eucharist or suffering for others?

[Jesness]

Hiyo all.

My dad died quite a long time ago (18 years ago) he wasn’t Catholic, but was a baptized Christian, and as far as I can recall an honest man. From what my mom tells me, at the time of his death he seemed to be in a state of humbly trusting in God for his salvation. Obviously those things do not indicate where he went, but it makes me hopeful that he might have had a shot at purgatory…

I do understand that it’s quite possible that he’s already in heaven or … well to be quite honest I’d rather not think about anything other than purgatory or heaven… however I figure it might be a good idea to offer prayer for him anyway. (Better late than never…)

I try to pray for him often especially the chaplet of Divine Mercy, and ask God that if by chance my prayers are not applicable to my dad then to please use them for another soul in purgatory. However I would like to do more. So my question is this: How does one go about offering the Eucharist or suffering for a soul in purgatory?

 

[angelic06]

I try to pray for him often especially the chaplet of Divine Mercy, and ask God that if by chance my prayers are not applicable to my dad then to please use them for another soul in purgatory. However I would like to do more. So my question is this: How does one go about offering the Eucharist or suffering for a soul in purgatory?

My condolences on the loss of your father.

I think you can just say in your heart, before you receive Holy Communion, “I offer this Holy Communion (or Rosary, Our Father, etc.) for x.”

More formally, you can request the priest to offer a Mass for your father. A priest may offer a Mass for anyone he chooses, Catholic or not, living or dead. It is customary, but absolutely not necessary, for a requester of Masses to offer a stipend to the priest (this must be a voluntary offering, otherwise, it is simony). An even older custom, I believe, was also to offer a smaller stipend to the altar server in addition to the priest.

From what you post, your father does not seem to be someone in hell. So, let me write this: if your father is already in heaven, then the Lord will apply your prayers to someone else, so that no prayer, genuinely prayed, is ever wasted.

 

[beth40n2]

Hiyo all.
How does one go about offering the Eucharist or suffering for a soul in purgatory?

Have a mass offered for him would be great. Actually any mass you attend, at the consecration of the body and at the consecration of the blood, when they are held up by the priest, you can offer the Eucharist for him and you can do that for the souls in purgetory.

When we offer up prayers for the souls in purgetory, if the person we mention is already in heaven, the prayers are not wasted, the Lord will put those prayer for anyone who needs them.