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The month of November is traditionally dedicated by the Church to offer suffrages for all the faithful departed and holy souls in purgatory. A suffrage is an intercessory prayer on behalf of someone, in this case, of our dear brothers and sisters who have gone before us. Through the communion of saints, we here on earth could “expedite” the entry into heaven of all our faithful departed brothers and sisters who are still in purgatory, purifying themselves from the temporal punishment left by their sins which were already forgiven in the Sacrament of Confession, by praying for them.

As the Compendium of the Catechism teaches us:

“Because of the communion of saints, the faithful who are still pilgrims on earth are able to help the souls in purgatory by offering PRAYERS in suffrage for them, especially the EUCHARISTIC SACRIFICE. They also help them by alms-giving, INDULGENCES*, and works of penance.” (Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, n.211)

The Church Suffering and the Church Militant constitute in their relations a second circle of most vital activities. Having entered into the night “wherein no man can work,” the Suffering Church cannot ripen to its final blessedness by any efforts of its own, but only through the help of others—through the intercessory prayers and sacrifices (suffragia) of those living members of the Body of Christ who being still in this world are able in the grace of Christ to perform expiatory works. The Church has from the earliest times faithfully guarded the words of Scripture that it is a holy and a wholesome thing to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins. {2 Maccabees 12:43]

The suppliant cry of her liturgy: “Eternal rest give to them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them,” can be heard already in the Acts of the martyrdom ofSaints Perpetua and Felicity (A.D. 203) and is represented in numerous sepulchral inscriptions of the most ancient period, while theologians and Fathers of the Church, beginning with Tertullian, have supplied its substantial proof. . . . So fundamental indeed and so natural to man’s hope and desire and love is this belief, that historians of religion have discovered it among almost all non-Christian civilized peoples: a striking illustration of Tertullian‘s saying that the human soul is naturally Christian.

The Catholic, therefore, is jealous to expiate and suffer for the “poor souls,” especially by offering the Eucharistic Sacrifice, wherein Christ’s infinite expiation on the Cross is sacramentally represented, and stimulating and joining itself with the expiatory works of the faithful, passes to the Church Suffering according to the measure determined by God’s wisdom and mercy.

Karl Adam

Filed Under: DD Nov 2018 Headlines, DD Nov 2019 Headlines, DD Nov 2020 Headlines, DD Nov 2021 Tagged With: Holy Souls in Purgatory, Karl Adam, Saints Perpetua and Felicity, suffrages, Tertullian

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VIGIL MASS OF THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER - Divine Mercy Sunday 10/04/2021. The Holy Mass at 6.00pm. Intention: For All Parishioners living and dead ... See MoreSee Less

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stswithuns.org.uk/newsletter-nl_11042021/All of our Services for can be found on our websiteDear brothers and sisters in Christ, we ask God to keep you safe during these difficult times.Mass Times this Weekend:Today (April 10th 2021 ) we invite you to Vigil Mass at 6:00pm ST SWITHUNS RC CHURCHTomorrow is Divine Mercy Sunday - 11/04/20218.30 - Holy Mass(in English)10.15 - Holy Mass (in English)12.00 - Holy Mass (in Polish)You can still view our services ONLINE via our Facebook Page if you are unable to attend mass in person.with blessings to all Father Marcin and the Parish Team.Why not sign up to our E-Newsletter via our website. ... See MoreSee Less

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All of our Services for can be found on our website
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, we ask God to keep you safe during these difficult times.
Mass Times this Weekend:
Today (April 10th 2021 ) we invite you to Vigil Mass at 6:00pm ST SWITHUNS RC CHURCH
Tomorrow is Divine Mercy Sunday - 11/04/2021
8.30 - Holy Mass(in English)
10.15 - Holy Mass (in English)
12.00 - Holy Mass (in Polish)

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SATURDAY WITHIN OCTAVE OF EASTER 10/04/20219.00am - The Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament9.30am - Divine Mercy Chaplet followed by Benediction10.00am The Holy Mass. Intention: + Marie de Glamorgan RIP followed by The Holy Rosary prayer ... See MoreSee Less

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