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Are there any quotes on praying for the faithfully departed in the Catechism?
St. Paul prayed for his dead friend, Onesiphorus, in 2 Timothy 1:16-18. Ephesians 6:18-19 talks about making supplication for all the saints. (My Catechism is buried, sorry)
Catechism is never buried.
http://ccc.scborromeo.org.master.com/texis...Search&s=SS
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
Part 1, Section 2, Chapter 3, Article 9, Paragraph 5, SubSection 2, Heading 1
958 Communion with the dead. "In full consciousness of this communion of the whole Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, the Church in its pilgrim members, from the very earliest days of the Christian religion, has honored with great respect the memory of the dead; and 'because 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." 500 Our prayer for them is capable not only of helping them, but also of making their intercession for us effective.
http://ccc.scborromeo.org.master.com/texis...Search&s=SS
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
Part 1, Section 2, Chapter 3, Article 9, Paragraph 5, SubSection 2, Heading 1
958 Communion with the dead. "In full consciousness of this communion of the whole Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, the Church in its pilgrim members, from the very earliest days of the Christian religion, has honored with great respect the memory of the dead; and 'because 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." 500 Our prayer for them is capable not only of helping them, but also of making their intercession for us effective.
thank you! I think some people add onto truth, that really bugs me. Just making sure this is true doctrine and stuff. I once thought it a sin to watch certain movies. But that was just people adding onto truth, thanks again! 
QUOTE (thessalonian @ Nov 4 2008, 02:59 PM) 
Catechism is never buried.
I'm an old fogey who actually likes to hold books in my hand. It was literally under a stack of 20 canon law books. This paper is going to be the death of me.
The liturgy of the Church prays for the faithful departed:
QUOTE (Eucharistic Prayer I)
Remember also, Lord, your servants N. and N.
who have gone before us with the sign of faith
and rest in the sleep of peace.
Grant them, O Lord, we pray,
and all who sleep in Christ,
a place of refreshment, light and peace.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
who have gone before us with the sign of faith
and rest in the sleep of peace.
Grant them, O Lord, we pray,
and all who sleep in Christ,
a place of refreshment, light and peace.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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