Do Not Forget Us

When someone we love passes away, can we still do something for them?

The Christian faith answers yes. Death does not break the bond of love: those who have gone before us live in God, and our love can still reach them.

Do Not Forget Us is a short, simple and practical guide for anyone who has lost a loved one and wants to help them through prayer. It gathers what the Catholic Church teaches about the dead and about Purgatory, the best-known testimonies of Maria Simma and Natuzza Evolo, the accounts of the Medjugorje visionaries about the afterlife and, above all, everything we, the living, can do for the souls of those we love.

Inside you will find:

• what Purgatory is, and why the holy souls need us
• which Masses to have offered for the dead, including Gregorian Masses
• how to gain a plenary indulgence for the souls in Purgatory
• the importance of a dignified burial and of visiting the cemetery
• the works of charity and small sacrifices that help the departed
• a gentle chapter on unborn children and their mothers
• the most beautiful traditional prayers: Eternal Rest, the De Profundis, the Prayer of Saint Gertrude, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and prayers at the cemetery, for someone who has recently died, for the forgotten souls and for an unborn child

A book of comfort and hope, to read, to keep by your bedside, and to give to anyone who is grieving.

"Our dead are not far away. They have only gone on ahead. And they are waiting for us."