From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God (cf. “This teaching is also based on the practice of prayer for the dead, already mentioned in Sacred Scripture: “Therefore made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin” (2 Macc. From this sentence we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come’ (St. He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. “‘As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. The tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire (Cf. The Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. “The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned. The Catechism of the Catholic Church goes on: “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven. Our prayer for them is capable not only of helping them, but also of making their intercession for us effective.”
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 958, teaches us “In full consciousness of this communion of the whole Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, the Church in its pilgrim members, from the very earliest days of the Christian religion, has honored with great respect the memory of the dead and ‘because it is a holy and a wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins,’ she offers her suffrages for them” ( Lumen Gentium 50 cf. 5:8)” ( Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1681). The Christian who dies in Christ Jesus is ‘away from the body and at home with the Lord’ (2 Cor. “The Christian meaning of death is revealed in the light of the Paschal Mystery of the Death and Resurrection of Christ in whom resides our only hope.
We pray that the deceased will enjoy eternal happiness, eternal life, with God in Heaven, The Church prays for the dead in her liturgies, and she gives us some beautiful prayers for the dead. We should pray for the dead, especially for our own family and friends and those who have no one to pray for them. We all have known people who have died–brothers, sisters, other family members, friends, acquaintances.
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