This was a drawing done by one of my sons, Kostin, when he was approximately 9 years old. I have always liked it. In its simplicity one can see how our prayers can help our dear friends, the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The Catechism is clear that we should help them. "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." Our prayer for them is capable not only of helping them, but also of making their intercession for us effective". (CCC958)A Mass was offered today for the Holy Souls. Currently the Children's Rosary has had three monthly Masses offered on the first of each month for seminarians that they will grow in holiness and lead us in love, on the first Saturday for renewal of family prayer, on the 25th of the month for all the members of the Children's Rosary and all who help the Children's Rosary.
We will now have a monthly Mass offered for the Holy Souls in Purgatory on the 13th of each month.
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