[Elsie]

No one has ever offered me a reason (as opposed to a vehement, spittle-flecked assertion) why my mother, when she lived in Baltimore, cared about me and prayed for me, but now that she is in Heaven, doesn’t care about me, and doesn’t pray for me.

I thought Catholics are NOT assured of salvation?

[Arthur McGowan]

Every man is allowed one exception: his mother.

[Iscool]

I thought Catholics are NOT assured of salvation?

Besides, according to the Catholic fable, most of them are in purgatory...How's one in purgatory to pray for someone else whilst fighting off the flames of penance???