| A Pastoral Note on Praying for the Souls in Purgatory |
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| A Call to Prayer |
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In this pastoral note, Archbishop Vigneron shares the importance of praying for souls in purgatory and invites the lay faithful to join him in prayer.
“We receive a profound comfort when we encounter God’s unending love through His Son Jesus Christ. The manifestation of this love, displayed in Jesus’ death on the Cross, opens a new path for us to know and love Him more intimately. Our journey to proclaim God’s love and to witness to its transformative power develops and matures through a life anchored in the Word made flesh and nourished through the Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist.
As we read in the First Letter of St. John, our identity as God’s children encourages us to live our lives rooted in God’s love: “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God” (1 Jn 4:7). An essential characteristic of the virtue of love is our devotion to Christian prayer – especially intercessory prayer for all, for the living and the dead. It is with this in mind that I present to you the Confraternity for Holy Souls, a new lay apostolate within the Archdiocese of Detroit dedicated to prayerfully interceding in love for the souls in purgatory.” |
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| Get Involved |
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| Confraternity for Holy Souls Workshop |
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Learn how to pray for the souls in purgatory, the four last things, and the biblical basis for the doctrine of purgatory.
Anyone who desires to pray for the souls in purgatory and has an interest in participating in the Confraternity and learning about the doctrine of purgatory is invited to attend!
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.” —1 John 4:7 |
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