As yesterday we remembered that group of the Communion of Saints who experience eternal bliss in the presence of God, today we remember those who are on their way, but still need purification before seeing God face to face. We take time today to remember them, tell their stories, do sacrifices for them and pray for them that God's mercy release them from their detainment and take them soon into his presence. Many of these souls have no family, no one to pray for them, and these, like the "most neglected" we serve on earth, are the ones to whom we might give particular attention. Pope Benedict XVI reminded us that "Purgatory strips of from one person what is unbearable and from another the inability to bear certain things, so that in each of them a pure heart is revealed, and we can see that all belong together in one enormous symphony of being." They are our brothers and sisters needing our help. May we use this day and all the days of the month of November, which is dedicated to them, to pray that they reach their final destination in heaven.
Bro. Rene
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