Bro,
I’m mildly curious about something that seems inconsistent to me . . . .
1. Those construed to be in purgatory per your system’s theology are A) BEST? or ONLY? able to be prayed out by folks still alive as mortals.
2. Sounds like somehow, in that case, those CLOSER TO THEM—BELIEVERS ALREADY RESIDING IN HEAVEN—that your system construes as powerful prayer intercessors—are NOT (A) effective? (B) allowed? (C) interested in bothering with such cases?
Oh no. Anyone can pray for the “poor souls.” I SEEM vaguely to recall some prayers in which we ask Mary to pray for them.
Just FYI, a muttered “May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercies of Christ rest in peace,” at the end of grace or of bedtime prayers counts as a prayer for the “poor souls”.
Thank you both for your insights, dear brothers in Christ!