Posted on 08/08/2015 2:06:13 PM PDT by NYer
Ping!
After the deaths of seven family members and numerous friends, I always pray for them.
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most precious blood of thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, for those in my own home and in my family. Amen.
At one time this prayer was said to help to usher 1,000 souls out of Purgatory and into Heaven.
Praying for the dead was...till Luther decided he knew best and took it out. And there is biblical evidence for a third situation...other than heav n and hell...
Being Protestant, I’ve never really believed in Purgatory, but I understand the theory and going back to my college history of philosophy classes and literature classes, i.e. Reading Dante, I accept it. I have always thought it appropriate to pray for those when they pass, that Jesus will send His angels to take them to Heaven. And I’ve come to realize that some souls may need healing in route. Yes, that is not exactly Protestant belief either.
But in praying for those who have died and remembering them, I think is a good thing and I can agree with Mr. Guzman’s explanation. I hope Jesus is using my major professor for history, Fr. Shea, in providing angelic help and ministry to the budding historians at St. Joe (Indiana) where he taught and I attended.
. If a person dies without Christ there remains nothing else that can be done for that individual. The Word tells us it is appointed once for man to die then the judgment.
. We have no teaching in the NT indicating we can pray the dead out of purgatory, as there is no purgatory, nor that we are to pray for the dead.
I would love to hear what this third “situation” is you claim the Bible teaches.
A thief can steal money, and even though he had to go to jail, may be forgiven, but the consequences of his action still exist. He needs to return what he stole. He needs to make up for the suffering he caused the owner and even the owner's family.
Same with purgatory. Through the Mercy of Jesus, and the grace of the sacrament, a true penitent receives forgiveness from God. But what we do has consequences beyond our actions. Sin has greater consequences, a ripple effect like a stone thrown in a pond. Until reparation for this is made, a soul facing its God, in all His Perfection would rather some for those consequences, than to face God in that state.
What an unspeakable joy there must be when a soul is released, purified, and seeing its God, never to be separated again!
Amen!
You and I have had good discussions, E, in open forum. The comments made are not in line with caucus rules, however. Thank you, and God bless you both.
In God Our Father’s time the Souls in Purgatory or Heaven visit you in a silent way in prayer for some.You have no idea why they are with you in prayer but you soon find out.
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God bless you, E!
I’ve never read Dante. For some reason, and I love Doré, I couldn’t get past the illustrations. I need to be more open-minded!
Courtesy Ping!
Their prayers for us are very powerful. Saints like Padre Pio had palpable experiences with souls in need of prayer and sacrifice.
We can never take for granted that a soul is in Heaven, no matter how much we loved them on earth: nor can we take for granted that someone went to hell. God decides; for our part, we need to pray without judgement. If I get to Heaven, I hope there are a lot of people I may not have expected to see- God in His Mercy hears our prayers and uses them in His Infinite Wisdom, for what is best, praise His Name! To God for His Being, (((HUGS))) I so wish I could sometimes, just to say how much I love Him! Praise You, Lord!
I am not talking about their prayers for us.If your feel the presence of a soul in purgatory or Heaven then you are meant to pray for their intentions here on Earth. As my spiritual director explained. I have had this happen 4 times in the last year and knew the reason ever time in 3 days.
God bless you!
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