Gregorian Catholic Sympathy Mass Offering Cross Card

This is a beautiful traditional Catholic image of Christ Crucified with angels in adoration. All texts, fonts, and images can be customized.The Catholic Encyclopedia explains this tradition of Gregorian Masses as follows: “Gregorian Masses consist of a series of thirty Masses offered on consecutive days for the soul of a deceased person. They receive their name because of a story written by Gregory the Great (died 604) in the DIALOGUES (4:55; PL 77: 416-421) about a Monk who obtained release from Purgatory after thirty Masses were offered on his behalf. On two occasions, the Sacred Congregation on Indulgences (March 15, 1884; August 24, 1888) declared the confidence of the faithful in the efficacy to God’s mercy and good pleasure, and asserted their approval by the Church.” We always should remember our own dearly departed loved ones in the holy Mass and through our own prayers and sacrifices to help in their gaining eternal rest.St. Ambrose (d. 397) preached, “We have loved them during life; let us not abandon them in death until we have conducted them by our prayers into the house of the Lord.”