Mass for New year's Eve

Unfortunately, I have more names to add: Bonnie, Sean, John and Frank.
Frank's story is the saddest one I have heard yet. He was living alone in another state, far away from his family when he took his life. None of his family would claim his remains, so they contacted a former classmate, someone not even close, and made him power of attorney. My heart aches for this poor soul. Please join me in prayer. Thanks.

My church has a Mass and devotions for the souls in Purgatory every last Friday of the month. We are having it tonight, even though it is New Year's Eve, and I am going. I will be praying for all the souls we have listed here. What a great way to end the year.

Prayer request from a priest

A priest asked me to post the following names of young men who committed suicide years ago: John, Michael, and a seminarian whose name he did not give me - committed suicide after he was told he would not be recommended for Holy Orders.  Thank you.

Prayer of thanksgiving

The following post was sent to my internet prayer group:

"I Praise and Thank Jesus and my Dear loving Mother Mary for miraculously saving my wife from an attempt to commit sucicide on this Christmas day. Thanks a lot for giving her the sacrament of confesion.Kindly protect her and pray for her. Kindly heal her physically and mentally who is very depressed."

Please pray for her.  We don't need to know her name. Our Lord and Our Lady know.

Souls are pleading for prayers

I just heard about two more suicides in my city last week.  Please pray for Ellen and Jennifer. That means there were at least 5 here last week.

I apologize that my posts seem so morbid, especially at Christmas, but I feel very driven to pray for these souls, many of whom do not get any prayers because people think they were not saved. Even if we pray for someone who was not saved, our prayers will go for someone else, so they are never wasted.

One day about 6 months ago or so, I was in my house alone, and I heard a voice say my name. It was an audible voice, plain as day. Then I heard a train whistle (see my story at https://sites.google.com/site/divinemercyforlostsouls). It came to me immediately that the "voice" was a soul in Purgatory pleading for my prayers.
I am guessing these souls are among the most overlooked souls for two reasons - one, that people think they were not saved, and two, that friends and family are angry with them for what they did. I don't know the exact quote, but I know Pope John Paul II said that one of the best acts of charity is to pray for the souls in Purgatory. Let us pray....

New member on the sidelines

Dolores C.  wants to join the group but does not have a computer. She will be praying with us. She has two relatives who committed suicide and has asked us to pray for them with her. Their names are Frank and Ed.  Thanks.

It seems that often when I am telling my train story to someone or posting a name for prayers, I hear trains.  Like right now, I am hearing them. I take this as a confirmation from God that He is happy that we are praying for the lost souls.

More prayer requests

I have been asked to put 4 more names on the list of the souls to be prayed for who committed suicide: Kathy, Lois, Rick and Bob. Another person asked us to pray for Jeff who murdered his wife Jessica and then killed himself.  She asked for prayers for Jessica too.  Thank you so much. 

Prayers needed

Please pray for S. who took his life last week. Friends and family are very distraught. Please pray for them too. They asked me just to put an initial, not his name. Thanks. There were three suicides in my city last week that I know of. This is very disturbing. We need to gather more prayer warriors.