What is the All Souls' Day novena? How do I pray it?

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**All Souls Day is November 2nd, the day after All Saints Day. It is a feast/solemnity observed by the Roman Catholic Church for the commemoration of the faithfully departed souls in Purgatory, while undergoing purification of their sins before coming into full union with God in Heaven.

All Souls’ Day was established in the eleventh century by St. Odilo of Cluny. The Church of England abolished All Souls’ Day during the Reformation. However, the day has been re-established in Anglo-Catholic churches.

All Souls’ Day is also known as the Feast of All Souls, Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (from the Latin Commemoratio omnium Fidelium Defunctorum), Defuncts’ Day (in Mexico and Belgium), or Day of the Dead (in Italy).

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*“It is a holy and a wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.”

2 Macabees 12:46*
 
All Souls Novena\

*Say once a day for nine days, starting on October 24th
and ending on All Saints Day (the eve All Souls Day).
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**O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful,
grant to the souls of Thy servants and handmaids departed,
the remission of all their sins;
that through pious supplications they may obtain
the pardon they have always desired.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father
in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
God,
world without end.

Amen.
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