Yes, yes, yes, pray for her at every opportunity. Since Protestants don’t believe in praying for the dead someone needs to pick up the slack. You can also have Mass said for her.My wife’s mother (to whom I was very close) passed away on Dec 18. She was a Baptist her whole life and loved the Lord very much. I am new to the faith, so bear with me. What happened when she died? Is there something I can do, like pray for her soul? Thank you in advance for your answers. God bless.
That is a very good advice.Definitely pray for her soul. Make acts of reparation ie. fasts etc… and most important of all, have some Masses said for her.
**Prayer of Saint Gertrude the Great **
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy 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.
It is a natural thing to pray for those who have died. What happens after death we don’t really know. The good thief was promised that he would meet Jesus in Paradise that very night. However some of us die with issues unresolved. Purgatory is the anteroom to heaven, not a sub-department of Hell. Prayers for souls in Purgatory probably don’t work by some sort of divine magic, rather, like letters to a prisoner, the fact that the effort has been made speeds progress to early parole.My wife’s mother (to whom I was very close) passed away on Dec 18. She was a Baptist her whole life and loved the Lord very much. I am new to the faith, so bear with me. What happened when she died? Is there something I can do, like pray for her soul? Thank you in advance for your answers. God bless.