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Through our prayers the Holy Souls of Purgatory receive consolation and help, and draw closer to Heaven

Through our prayers the Holy Souls of Purgatory receive consolation and help, and draw closer to Heaven

Holding His hand, side by side with Him, I must plead for the living and for the departed, holding His wounded hand.

Through Christ and His saints our prayers are channelled to the Faithful Departed

We meet the dear faithful departed in the presence of Jesus, who 'channels' our love to them who live 'in Him'.

When we pray at Mass we are united with Christ in Glory and with the gathering of His saints and the souls of Purgatory

The souls of Purgatory are drawn into God's bliss as soon as they can bear the brightness of His glory

When we ask Our Lady to pray for the souls of Purgatory, she does so, and God's purifying grace is poured upon them like a soothing balm

When we pray for the Faithful Departed we not only help them to be drawn closer to the light of Heaven - by the grace of Christ - we also bring them the consolation of knowing that they are not forgotten: that their friends and relations on earth hold them in their hearts, and long for them to find joy, on entering Heaven's glory.

We pray, in the Mass, "Save us from final damnation". It is Jesus Christ who calls out from our altar, across the Abyss which separates earth from Heaven, and asks the Father to save those who are present, or who are associated with the Mass, for example sick members. The Faithful Departed are the other people helped by His sacrificial prayer. Catholics who refuse to attend regularly or at all, are refusing to be present as Christ prays for them. They condemn themselves, by their attitude.

The power of prayer, offered in the name of Christ, is extraordinary, especially the greatest prayer: the Sacrificial prayer of Christ in the Mass, offered for the faithful departed as well as the living. A soul in the depths of Purgatory can find himself brought suddenly, swiftly, towards the light of Heaven, as he cries out with joy because he has not been forgotten, but has had a Mass offered for him by a fellow Catholic.