Question 1

What is The Lamp (Lantern-Light)?

Accepted Answer

The Lamp (Lantern-Light) is a 100% free, full-featured Roman Catholic web application designed to help faithful worldwide locate Mass and Adoration times, pray the Liturgy of the Hours, pray the Holy Rosary with bead tracking, examine conscience for Confession, learn from the Church Fathers, and maintain a dedicated memorial list of holy souls in purgatory to pray for.

Question 2

How can I find Catholic Mass times and parishes near me?

Accepted Answer

The Lamp includes an interactive Catholic Mass finder with live GPS distance calculations, filtration by diocese (such as Northampton, Westminster, Birmingham, Southwark), parish contact information, confession times, and Sunday obligation schedules.

Question 3

How do I pray for deceased loved ones and Holy Souls in Purgatory on The Lamp?

Accepted Answer

Within the Holy Souls Memorial sanctuary on The Lamp, users can add departed loved ones by name, light virtual prayer candles, request community prayers from members worldwide, and recite traditional Catholic prayers including the Requiem Aeternam, Psalm 130 (De Profundis), and the Prayer of St. Gertrude the Great.

Question 4

What prayers and chaplets are available on The Lamp?

Accepted Answer

The Lamp features the complete 20 Mysteries of the Holy Rosary (Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, Glorious), the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, the Chaplet of Saint Michael the Archangel (Nine Angelic Choirs), the Seven Sorrows of Mary, the 14 Stations of the Cross, and a searchable library of Latin Vulgate and English Catholic prayers.