Please help me pray, I'm not sure how

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I was just Confirmed at the Easter Vigil and the faith I grew up in did not pray for the dead. I learned today of the death of a friend of mine. I did not know him well, but every interaction I had with him proved him to be a kind and gentle man. Now I am feeling the weight of all the friends I lost this year.

I want to pray for their souls; I have been praying for their souls. But I don’t know any rote prayers and to be honest I don’t know just how to express the burden I feel for these people. Please help me pray for my friends and please list any suggestions for rote prayers regarding this topic. Thank you, CAF.

For:
Mike
Donna
Patrick
Tom
Austin
David
Chris
 
Hi,

Have you considered in having a Mass said for them? You can go to your local parish and have that done as a Mass intention.

Here’s one that I use. May the Divine assistance be with us always, and may the souls of the faithfully departed rest in peace.

Also you can say a Rosary for them. I will pray for your friends.

Little One0307
 
Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
Amen.
 
Mass and reciting a rosary are the great powerful ways to pray for them. On the other hand your personal visitation to the Tabernacle and self-sacrifices (penances) help you to fasten you prayer to be granted. But don’t expect it will be answered straight away, God knows our prayer even before we say them but believe that your prayer will be granted by the will of God. Do not forget that we do not know who are in purgatory but our faith is that once someone is released from there he or she will pray for us from heaven.

Christ is risen alleluia, alleluia…
 
One thing I do is i pray this after every meal (these prayers were put together like this in the
prayer book from which I learned them, bjt I am not sure if they actually go together.

We give Thee thanks for all Thy benefits, O Almighty God, Who liveth and reigneth forever.

May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.

I may add: May the soul of Thy servant, Name, thrpugh the mercy of God, rest in peace.
 
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I was just Confirmed at the Easter Vigil and the faith I grew up in did not pray for the dead. I learned today of the death of a friend of mine. I did not know him well, but every interaction I had with him proved him to be a kind and gentle man. Now I am feeling the weight of all the friends I lost this year.

I want to pray for their souls; I have been praying for their souls. But I don’t know any rote prayers and to be honest I don’t know just how to express the burden I feel for these people. Please help me pray for my friends and please list any suggestions for rote prayers regarding this topic. Thank you, CAF.

For:
Mike
Donna
Patrick
Tom
Austin
David
Chris
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God Our Father,
Your power brings us to birth.
Your Providence guides our lives. By
Your command we return to dust.

Lord, those who die, still live in Your presence.
Their lives change but do not end.
I pray in hope for:
Mike, Donna, Patrick, Tom, Austin, David, and Chris, all friends of Jedimonk as You well know Father.
I pray too, for my family, relatives and friends
and for those dead known to You alone.

In company with Christ, who died and now lives,
may they rejoice in Your Kingdom,
where all our tears are wiped away.
Unite us again in one family, to sing
Your praise forever and ever.
Eternal rest grant unto them Oh Lord,
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
Amen!
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women and
blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
 
Eternal Father, I offer you the most precious Blood of your Divine Son Jesus,
in union with the Masses said throughout the world today;
for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory; for sinners everywhere; for sinners in the Universal Church;
those in my own home and within my family.
Amen.

Also I add my voice to those who recommend the Holy Rosary and offering of Mass intentions for your friends.
 
Thank you all so much for your prayers and suggestions. I pray God’s blessings on all of you today.
 
Eternal rest grant unto Jedimonk’s friends (Mike,Donna,Patrick,Tom,Austin,David and Chris) O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May they all rest in peace.
Amen.
 
Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum,
benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus.
Sancta Maria mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen
 
God Our Father,
Your power brings us to birth.
Your Providence guides our lives. By
Your command we return to dust.

Lord, those who die, still live in Your presence.
Their lives change but do not end.
I pray in hope for:
Mike, Donna, Patrick, Tom, Austin, David, and Chris, all friends of Jedimonk.
I pray too, for my family, relatives and friends
and for those dead known to You alone.

In company with Christ, who died and now lives,
may they rejoice in Your Kingdom,
where all our tears are wiped away.
Unite us again in one family, to sing
Your praise forever and ever.
Eternal rest grant unto them Oh Lord,
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
Amen!
 
Hail Mary conceived without sin.
Pray for us who have recourse to thee.

Hail Mary conceived without sin.
Pray for us who have recourse to thee.

Hail Mary conceived without sin.
Pray for us who have recourse to thee.
 
My mom taught me to offer my graces from my masses for my departed friends. I usually just say Dear Lord, I offer this mass that I am attending for the soul of my friend, ____, Please bless them. Amen.
You can also have a spiritual communion and offer it for your friend. Those prayers are in the back of the prayer books in church.
Take care.
 
I have no further suggestions besides the wonderful ideas and prayers already mentioned above, but I will pray a rosary for the repose of the souls of your departed friends. May God bless them…and you! 🙂
 
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