November: Month of the Holy Souls:- A reminder that November is the month of the Holy Souls, when we pray for our departed brothers and sisters in Purgatory (see:- What Does the Catholic Church Teach About Purgatory? | Catholic Answers Tract ). A note from the Diocesan directory reads ‘Pleanery indulgence (under the usual conditions) applicable to the dead for a visit to a church on 2nd November; another for each day a cemetery is visited 1-8 November.’
Perhaps when we say grace after meals during this month to pray the short and simple prayer: ‘May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.’
On other occasions: ‘Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and ;et perpetual light shine upon them, may they rest in peace. Amen.’