dominican saints
Anniversary of deceased
brothers & Sisters of the ORder
Feast Day November 10th
St. Dominic had a great devotion to all the souls in Purgatory and gave them nightly a third portion of the blood he shed in penance. This devotion persists among his children as the numberless practices held in honor among them and the examples of our principal saints testify. But today we pray especially for the dead of the Order, urged thereto by a triple motive. First, the motive of zeal. Because each Order forms in the assembly of the saints a particular legion. The glory of God, to be complete, demands that from the phalanx of St. Dominic no single person shall be wanting, and urges us to hasten the deliverance of the children of the Order detained far from their heavenly home; second, the motive of affection. For as we are all, though with different titles and degrees, members of the same family God will have us show one for the other a more urgent charity, a more supernatural and operative compassion.
Now, the best earnest of it we can give is to pray for these souls who must always belong to us and who count upon us. Third, the motive of reparation. Since among our dead brothers and sisters are there not some whom we have offended, or omitted to help in the nature of justice and charity? And is it not supremely just that our prayers should repair the mischief wrought by our example or by our negligence? These reflections and sentiments apply equally well to the members of the Holy Rosary Confraternity.
Prayer — St. Dominic, give me your compassion for the souls in Purgatory.
Practice — Offer a communion for all the pious persons of your acquaintance who have died since the beginning of the year.
Prayers/Commemorations
First Prayer on the Anniversaries
O Lord God of mercies, grant to the souls of Thy servants and handmaids,
the anniversary of whose decease we commemorate, a seat of refreshment,
the blessedness of rest and the brightness of light. Through Christ our
Lord. R. Amen.
Second Prayer on the Anniversaries
O God, the Giver of pardon and the Author of man’s salvation, we beseech Thy clemency, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and of all Thy saints, to admit the brethren and sisters, the friends and benefactors of our congregation,to the fellowship of eternal bliss. R. Amen.
Third Prayer on the Anniversaries
O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, give unto the souls of Thy servants and handmaids the remission of all sins, that through pious supplication 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. R. Amen,
Prayer for Benefactors from the Dominican Breviary
For Thy Holy Name’s sake, O Lord, deign to grant eternal life to all who do us good.