All Souls' Day Hope, Mercy, and Eternal Life #catholicchurch #shorts #catholicfaith

Catholics believe that when we pray for the dead our love and intercession can help them on that final journey to be purified to be made ready for heaven This idea isn't made up it's biblical In 2 Maccabees 12 colon 44 46 Judas Maccabeus offers prayers for his fallen soldiers believing that it was a holy and pious thought to pray for the dead And in second Timothy one verses 16 to 18 St Paul prays for his friend Onesiphorus that God may grant him mercy on the day of judgment Even Jesus in Matthew 12 verse 32 spoke of sins that can be forgiven in the age to come That's why Catholics have always prayed for the departed not because they doubt God's mercy but because they trust it.    • Why Do Catholics Pray for the Dead? The Me...   #AllSoulsDay #CatholicFaith #PurgatoryExplained #CatholicBeliefs #TheCatholicWay #CatholicTradition #PrayForTheDead #CatholicChurch #CatholicTeaching #AllSaintsAndAllSouls #CatholicLife #CatholicDevotion #EternalRest #CommunionOfSaints #FaithHopeLove