Prayers for the Dead & Grief

When someone you love dies, you can find a space to pray for them, follow a novena for the faithful departed, write their name or a personal prayer intention, and light a candle in their memory.

Prayers for the Dead & Grief brings together Catholic prayers for different moments after the death of a loved one: saying goodbye and entrusting them to God, praying for their eternal rest, facing a sudden or unexpected death, praying when you did not have the chance to say goodbye, and finding comfort when grief feels especially heavy.

You will also find prayers to:

• pray for all the faithful departed;
• pray for the soul of someone who has died;
• learn to live with absence without forgetting the person you love;
• remember a loved one on the anniversary of their death;
• pray when visiting a grave or cemetery;
• renew hope in eternal life and the resurrection.

The app also includes a novena for the faithful departed and the souls in purgatory. Over nine days, you can follow a prayer journey with a different prayer each day, entrusting those who have died to God, praying for their eternal rest, and keeping their memory alive in faith.

You can choose a prayer, read it or listen to it quietly, and then light a candle. You can also write the name of the person who died or a prayer intention for their soul and light a candle as a personal symbol of prayer and remembrance.

It is designed for those who want to live through the loss of a loved one in the Catholic faith: praying for the dead, asking for mercy and eternal rest, finding comfort in grief, and keeping Christian hope alive.

A prayer, a novena, a candle, and a quiet moment to remember, trust, and keep praying for those who are no longer with us.