Is this even catholic?

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i was surfing the web for prayers for the holy souls (i love praying for them!!!)

and i came across this prayer

This is the prayer to Anima Sola.

Hear, mortal, the lament of the imprisoned soul, alone, sad,
Abandoned in this obscure dwelling.
My soul, soul of peace and of war,
Soul of sea and land,
I desire that all that I have as lost or absent
Is returned to me or appears.
O Soul, the most abandoned and alone of all of purgatory!
I accompany you in your grief,
Having pity on seeing you suffer and moan
In the abandonment of this harsh and long imprisonment,
And I desire to lessen your pain;
I offer you all my meritorious works,
And all that I have suffered, suffer, and will suffer in this life
So that you can pay for your sins before God,
And achieve His grace hoping that you will do me the great favor
That he give to my understanding the light necessary
So that I may obey His Holy Law
Loving Him above all things as my one and only good,
And my neighbor as myself,
Because by that I will merit his Divine Majesty and infinite mercy:
My salvation.
Amen.

(Pray 5 Our Fathers, 5 Hail Marys, and 5 Doxologies)

who is the anima sola?
is this a catholic devotion?..
 
yeah i got the feeling that it wasnt right…if it was truely catholic then the prayer would be for all the holy souls in purgatory…plus they would be address as the souls in purgatory not anima sola…
i think i’ll stick with praying CATHOLIC prayers for the holy souls…👍
 
crystal_waters said:
i was surfing the web for prayers for the holy souls (i love praying for them!!!)

and i came across this prayer

This is the prayer to Anima Sola.

Hear, mortal, the lament of the imprisoned soul, alone, sad,
Abandoned in this obscure dwelling.
My soul, soul of peace and of war,
Soul of sea and land,
I desire that all that I have as lost or absent
Is returned to me or appears.
O Soul, the most abandoned and alone of all of purgatory!
I accompany you in your grief,
Having pity on seeing you suffer and moan
In the abandonment of this harsh and long imprisonment,
And I desire to lessen your pain;
I offer you all my meritorious works,
And all that I have suffered, suffer, and will suffer in this life
So that you can pay for your sins before God,
And achieve His grace hoping that you will do me the great favor
That he give to my understanding the light necessary
So that I may obey His Holy Law
Loving Him above all things as my one and only good,
And my neighbor as myself,
Because by that I will merit his Divine Majesty and infinite mercy:
My salvation.
Amen.

(Pray 5 Our Fathers, 5 Hail Marys, and 5 Doxologies)

who is the anima sola?
is this a catholic devotion?..
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Anima Sola literally means “lonely soul” and refers to the most neglected soul in purgatory. It is an old Catholic devotion dating from the 17th century. Unfortunately it has become corrupted and used by “new age” or spiritulists and in the Sateria religion.

The text you quoted reads more like a poem than a prayer though, mainly because it’s directed to the soul and not to God. Especially the line highlighted above. We don’t offer our prayers or meritorious works to the person we’re praying for, but to God to use as he will. Other than that, I don’t think there’s anything inherently evil in it. But to my ears it doesn’t really sound like a prayer.
 
seagal said:
Anima Sola literally means “lonely soul” and refers to the most neglected soul in purgatory. It is an old Catholic devotion dating from the 17th century. Unfortunately it has become corrupted and used by “new age” or spiritulists and in the Sateria religion.

The text you quoted reads more like a poem than a prayer though, mainly because it’s directed to the soul and not to God. Especially the line highlighted above. We don’t offer our prayers or meritorious works to the person we’re praying for, but to God to use as he will. Other than that, I don’t think there’s anything inherently evil in it. But to my ears it doesn’t really sound like a prayer.
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did they call it anima sola in the 17th century?..
 
I’m not sure, I don’t know what language “anima sola” is. It seems very much like Latin or Spanish but not precisely.
 
I would ignore some “prayer” like that.

I skimmed over it, and I got stuck on the part of “paying for” sins. We can never do that. That’s what Jesus and Jesus alone did on the cross.
 
I asked my parish priest about this devotion after mass last night. He had heard of it but didn’t think that it was practised much any more. He also said that the phrase wasn’t Latin, which doesn’t mean anything. I was just curious what language it was.
 
seagal said:
I asked my parish priest about this devotion after mass last night. He had heard of it but didn’t think that it was practised much any more. He also said that the phrase wasn’t Latin, which doesn’t mean anything. I was just curious what language it was.
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did catholics used to practise it?
 
Crumpy said:
I would ignore some “prayer” like that.

I skimmed over it, and I got stuck on the part of “paying for” sins. We can never do that. That’s what Jesus and Jesus alone did on the cross.
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   I  wonder what  Purgatory is all about if   we don't  pay  for our own sins?    I will ask  a priest in   Spain about if  and   a friend who works  with a deliverance team  in   Peru.  The priest is an authority in the Church  and a student of    Fr.  Amorth.
Many Blessings,
BP
 
BluesPicker said:
I wonder what Purgatory is all about if we don’t pay for our own sins? I will ask a priest in Spain about if and a friend who works with a deliverance team in Peru. The priest is an authority in the Church and a student of Fr. Amorth.

Many Blessings,
BP
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We can’t pray for ourselves in Purgatory, we can only pray for others.
 
crystal_waters said:
did catholics used to practise it?
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I don’t know any more than you could find out with Google. After a careful reading of a wikipedia article, it looks like the devotion to the Anima Sola is based on the Catholic practise of praying for the souls in purgatory. But over the years the image (usually a woman in chains surrounded by flames) seems to be taken over by more occult practises. While there is nothing wrong with praying for the neglected souls in Purgatory (in fact we’re strongly encouraged to do so), using that particular “prayer” (in the OP) is not really doing that because it’s directed to the soul and not to God. Just my :twocents:
 
seagal said:
A link in Google books I found use the hand to scroll down a bit.
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i think id rather just pray for all the holy souls in purgatory rather than just one…i can always offer up my prayers for all the holy souls in purgatory especially the one who receives the fewest or no prayers for its relief or deliverance…

talking of the holy souls heres a favourite website that i love to go to to read about the favours they have obtained for those who help them

missionbell.homestead.com/Afavourgrantedbytheholysouls.html
 
crystal_waters said:
i think id rather just pray for all the holy souls in purgatory rather than just one…i can always offer up my prayers for all the holy souls in purgatory especially the one who receives the fewest or no prayers for its relief or deliverance…

talking of the holy souls heres a favourite website that i love to go to to read about the favours they have obtained for those who help them

missionbell.homestead.com/Afavourgrantedbytheholysouls.html
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Thanks for the site, very inspirational 👍 You’ve inspired me to pray more for the souls in Purgatory.
 
seagal said:
Thanks for the site, very inspirational 👍 You’ve inspired me to pray more for the souls in Purgatory.
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the site inspired me too because its not favours that were granted hundreds of years ago, these are favours that people are receiving at the present time…

reading that site makes you want to help the holy souls as much as possible because you gain life long prayer warriors and intercessors, and eternal friends for now and in heaven…:D:thumbsup:
 
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