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The Communion of Saints extends to the most abandoned Christians: no matter how lonely a Christian may be, he knows very well that he never dies alone: the entire Church is with him to return him to God, who created him.
Pass through time. Each of the acts we perform in charity has unlimited repercussions. On the last day it will be given to us to understand the incalculable resonances that the words, or actions, or institutions of a saint, and also our own, may have had in the history of the world.
We all need each other, we can all help each other; in fact, we are continually participating in the common spiritual goods of the Church. At this moment someone is praying for us, and our soul is vitalized by the suffering, work or prayer of people we may not know. One day, in the presence of God, at the moment of particular judgment, we will see those immense contributions that kept us afloat in many cases and, in others, helped us to be a little closer to God.
If we are faithful, we will also contemplate with immense joy how all our sacrifices, work, prayers were effective in other people; even what at that moment seemed sterile and of little interest to us. Perhaps we will see the salvation of others, due in large part to our prayer and mortification, and to our works.
In a particular way, we live and participate in this communion of goods in the Holy Mass. The unity of all members of the Church, even those most distant, is perfected every day around the Body of the Lord, which is offered for his Church and for all humanity. «All Christians, through the Communion of Saints, receive the graces of each Mass, whether it is celebrated before thousands of people or if a child, perhaps distracted, helps the priest as the only assistant»9.
Saint Gregory the Great exposes this wonderful effectiveness of the Holy Mass with great graphic and pedagogical sense. «It seems to me – says the Holy Doctor in one of his homilies – that many of you know the fact that I am going to remind you of. It is said that not long ago it happened that a certain man was taken prisoner by his enemies and taken to a distant point from his homeland. And since he was there for a long time and his wife did not see him coming from captivity, she judged him dead, and as such offered sacrifices for him every week. And as many times as his wife offered sacrifices for the absolution of her soul, just as many times the chains of her captivity were loosed. Returning later to his town, he admiringly told his wife how the chains that held him in her cell untied themselves on certain days of each week. As his wife considered the days and hours in which this happened, he recognized that he was free from her when the Holy Sacrifice was offered by her soul, as far as she could remember »10. Many chains are broken every day thanks to the prayers of others.
Hablar con Dios