Posted on 01/13/2026 3:10:13 PM PST by CharlesOConnell
Song-prayer at the article link click.
I prayed it for him about 4 am.
I am going to pray it again.
Good Idea
He predicted Kamala Harris’ V.P. candidacy 6 months before anyone else.
I had to stop listening to him cause I couldn’t take the F bombs.
Another good idea. I pray this chaplet every morning without fail for maybe 8 or 9 years now. I start out by saying For those who will die today, for those who have already died, May God have mercy on your souls. I figure that way I am covered :).
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is such a beautiful and powerful devotion. I pray it often as well. May our Lord welcome Scott Adams to the glory of Heaven.
Amen!
He had already turned to Christ. Praying for dead people does nothing
the Lord is outside of the space/time continuum.
So praying for someone means the Lord can apply these prayers to the past events in our time, because the Lord is not in time but in eternity.
What? You’re not into chants, incantations or repetitious
prayers?
Good for you. I can’t believe there wasn’t more discussion about “Assisted Suicide” given his recent conversion and he discussed it as an option shortly after. I am going to draft an email to my parish priest telling him there is not much understanding of this in Catholic or Protestant Christians and asking him to explain it.
There is always a prot that has to pee in the punch bowl.
2 Timothy 1:16-18: Paul writes to Timothy, praying for Onesiphorus, who had served Paul but is implied to be deceased (as Paul greets his household separately in 2 Tim 4:19, without mentioning him directly): "May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me... May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day." The phrase "on that Day" refers to the day of judgment (cf. 2 Tim 4:8), which means that Paul's prayer seeks mercy for Onesiphorus after death. This illustrates apostolic practice of praying for the departed, entrusting them to God's judgment and mercy, rather than assuming their fate is sealed irrevocably at death.
1 Corinthians 3:13-15: Paul describes the final judgment of believers' works: "Each man's work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire." This implies a post-death process of purification ("as through fire") for saved souls whose imperfect works need refining before heaven. Prayers for the dead avail in this purifying fire, aiding the soul's journey to holiness, as nothing unclean enters heaven (Rev 21:27). It underscores that salvation is not instantaneous perfection but can involve merciful cleansing.
These show intercession for the faithful departed, entrusting them to Christ's redemptive work
Jesus Himself said this in Matthew 12:32 where Jesus teaches on forgiveness: "And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come." By distinguishing sins forgivable "in the age to come" (after death), this implies a state beyond this life where forgiveness or purification can occur.
Revelation 21:27: In describing the heavenly Jerusalem, John states: "But nothing unclean shall enter it, nor any one who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life." This reinforces the need for post-death purification for the saved who die imperfect, as no sin can coexist with God's holiness. Prayers for the dead support this process, invoking Christ's atoning blood to cleanse souls.
These passages collectively reason that death does not sever the bonds of charity in the Body of Christ (Rom 12:5; 1 Cor 12:26). Prayers for the dead do not undermine Christ's unique mediation (1 Tim 2:5) but participate in it, as the living intercede through Him for the departed, fostering hope in resurrection (1 Thess 4:13-18) and eternal mercy.
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