{"id":25048,"date":"2009-11-04T14:20:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T18:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/11\/honoring-the-dead-the-companio\/"},"modified":"2009-11-04T14:20:04","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T18:20:04","slug":"honoring-the-dead-the-companio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/11\/honoring-the-dead-the-companio\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring the dead, the companionship of saints–the Catholic way"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"Holy<\/a><\/p>\n

… while we visit cemeteries, let us remember that there, in
\nthe tombs, only the mortal remains of our loved ones rest, while awaiting the
\nfinal resurrection. Their souls — as Scripture says — already “are in
\nthe hand of God” (Wisdom 3:1). Hence, the most appropriate and effective
\nway to honor them is to pray for them, offering acts of faith, hope and
\ncharity<\/b>. In union with the Eucharistic sacrifice, we can intercede for their
\neternal salvation<\/i>, and experience the most profound communion while awaiting to
\nbe reunited again, to enjoy forever the love that created us and redeemed us.<\/p>\n

… how beautiful and consoling is the communion of saints! It is a
\nreality that infuses a different dimension to our whole life. We are never
\nalone! We form part of a spiritual “company” in which profound
\nsolidarity reigns: the good of each one is for the benefit of all and, vice
\nversa, the common happiness is radiated in each one<\/b>. It is a mystery that, in a
\ncertain measure, we can already experience in this world, in the family, in
\nfriendship, especially in the spiritual community of the Church. May Mary Most
\nHoly help us to walk swiftly on the way of sanctity and show herself a Mother
\nof mercy for the souls of the deceased. (Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus Address, November 2, 2009)<\/p>\n

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… while we visit cemeteries, let us remember that there, in the tombs, only the mortal remains of our loved ones rest, while awaiting the final resurrection. Their souls — as Scripture says — already “are in the hand of God” (Wisdom 3:1). Hence, the most appropriate and effective way to honor them is to … Continue reading Honoring the dead, the companionship of saints–the Catholic way<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1801],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}