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| Revelation 5:8 presents the saints in heaven as linked by prayer with their fellow Christians on earth. |
To Catholics,
the communion of saints is comprised of everybody except the damned. That means, all the living, AND the dead,
i.e., those in heaven and purgatory.
That’s why we lucky people believe we have friends in heaven, praying
and waiting for us.
We are all
connected. My prayers are really “our”
prayers. Faith includes all this. Even in the Mass we say, “Look not on our
sins, but on the faith of your Church.”
Note the plural reference. It is
not only my personal faith, nor my parish’s, but everyone who makes up the Body
of Christ.
I see my
family and friends, in heaven, waiting for me.
They’re my fan club, so to speak.
I see the Catholic Church, universally, including all of us, praying for
each other. All for one, and one for
all.
