In celebration of our special brothers and sisters in purgatory, I want to share a bit about an organization that I belong to, as well as give more information about a special prayer that we should all recite during the month of November for them.  God bless the poor souls!

Firstly, FOSS (Friends of the Suffering Souls), is based in Australia.  There are no membership dues, but every member has the obligation to organize a Holy Mass for the suffering souls in purgatory once a year (usually, it will be your birthday).  The current goal of FOSS is to have 200 Holy Masses celebrated each day, in a perpetual novena, for the poor souls in purgatory.  FOSS came about from several lay people who devoted themselves to organizing a 100-day novena for the poor souls, inspired by the novena and Marian apparition that took place at Knock, Ireland, in the 19th century.

If you would like more information on FOSS and how to become a member, to share in their spiritual fruits, please visit this website: http://www.knocknovena.com/

And secondly, there is a special prayer that each of us should take the time to recite as much as possible during the month of November on behalf of the poor souls in purgatory.  In a Church-approved apparition, in the 1960s, the Blessed Mother appeared to Hungarian mystic, Elizabeth Kindelmann, and asked that some additional words be adapted to the traditional “Hail Mary” prayer.  As a promise, the Blessed Mother told Elizabeth that for every Hail Mary prayer that is said this way, Her “Flame of Love” will blind satan in these End Times, and also would release ten (10) poor souls from purgatory into Heaven during the month of November.  As a bit of perspective, if one were to say 50 “Flame of Love” Hail Mary prayers as part of one set of Mysteries for the Holy Rosary, those prayers would release over 500 poor souls from purgatory(!).  Here is the special Hail Mary prayer:

“Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with Thee, blessed are Thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, spread the effect of grace of Thy Flame of Love over all of humanity, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.”

For more information, please see this page on this blog: http://maryrefugeofholylove.com/the-seal-of-the-living-god/the-hail-mary-prayer-the-flame-of-love/

And to learn more about Hungarian mystic, Elizabeth Kindlemann, and the “Flame of Love” movement, please visit this website: http://theflameoflove.org/

God bless!