Prayers for those who died outside the Church

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Are there any specific prayers prayed for those who died outside the Church, especially those who hated Catholicism and didn't believe in God?

I had an online friend died about 9 years ago, and he fit the description above. I have often wondered about his own salvation, and am fearful.

God bless
 

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Are there any specific prayers prayed for those who died outside the Church, especially those who hated Catholicism and didn't believe in God?

I had an online friend died about 9 years ago, and he fit the description above. I have often wondered about his own salvation, and am fearful.

God bless
Lord have mercy on us all!
 
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Are there any specific prayers prayed for those who died outside the Church, especially those who hated Catholicism and didn't believe in God?

I had an online friend died about 9 years ago, and he fit the description above. I have often wondered about his own salvation, and am fearful.

God bless
Do not fret.

1. If you spoke to him, you planted a seed.
2. The seed may have had growth he was not sharing.
3. The Lord calls us in the 11th hour and he may have responded.
4. Pray for him because he could just be in purgatory.
5. Do not stress too much because a simple prayer for him probably had great affect. The Lord hears the faithful even if we do not know what He will do with our prayers, indeed He uses them for others.
 
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I would research prayers for the dead if I were you.
I have heard the Rosary is a favorite but if you do not have time
Pray the Creed
7 Our Fathers
7 Hail Mary
7 Glory Be.
 
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Are there any specific prayers prayed for those who died outside the Church, especially those who hated Catholicism and didn't believe in God?

I had an online friend died about 9 years ago, and he fit the description above. I have often wondered about his own salvation, and am fearful.

God bless
I'd like to know this. My grandma was the most pious and holy person I knew but she was evangelical, not Catholic. I've prayed for her as often as I can remember since she passed in 2020.
 
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I'd like to know this. My grandma was the most pious and holy person I knew but she was evangelical, not Catholic. I've prayed for her as often as I can remember since she passed in 2020.
May she dwell wit the blessed.
 
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My favorite prayer in that situation is the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
Thank you. I offered him a Divine Mercy Chaplet just this afternoon. May he rest in the peace of Christ. Amen.
 
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