Why Do Catholics Pray for the Dead?
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Even if our loved ones are on their way to heaven, they probably weren’t perfect. Purgatory is the last purification we go through before entering heaven, so that we can be in heaven with God without any weaknesses or imperfections.
We can pray for the dead by asking God to remember them in His mercy. We can also offer up to Jesus our own little sufferings for our loved ones in purgatory. This is why the catechism reminds us in paragraph 958, “... 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.
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