§621: prayer meant for one soul is given to others, "but our prayer is not lost"
How it happened
- Locutions and revealed knowledgeChrist, Mary, an angel or a soul speaks within; the seer “knows”
What the soul wanted
- Teaches about the afterlifeJudgement, levels, durations, pains, helps
Evidence
- None stated in the source
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| Faustina, DiaryDiary: Divine Mercy in My Soul — St Faustina Kowalska, written 1934–1938 | Diary §621 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Question: What if I fear that someone I love is lost?
- Chapter: Gaining Indulgences for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: How We Help the Holy Souls
- Chapter: On Indulgences
- Chapter: A Drop for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: A Rule of Charity for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: Three Things to Arrange Before You Need Them
- Question: Which prayers and works help the souls most?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme F: The most efficacious prayers and worksThe Mass first; then prayer, alms, works of mercy, indulgences — and the traps.
About the witness
St Faustina Kowalska1905–1938 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
More from St Faustina
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- FAU-02St Faustina: §21: Sister Henry asks for one Mass and three ejaculatory prayers; on the third day she returns: "May God repay you"
- FAU-03St Faustina: §36: before God's judgement seat she is told "one day of fire in purgatory" and offered a short suffering on earth …
- FAU-04St Faustina: §58: a sister dead two months comes "all in flames", saying the prayers have not helped her but have helped others; …
- FAU-05St Faustina: §412 (1935): souls doing penance "like shadows" among demons; a demon as a heavy cat; the Rosary until dawn
- FAU-06St Faustina: §425–426: a dying soul's own deeds testify against it "as living corpses"; its torments are like Hell's except that …
- FAU-07St Faustina: §515/§518: at the locked cemetery gate: "we are happy in the measure that we have fulfilled God's will"
- FAU-08St Faustina: §594–595 (1936): a sister seen several times, her sufferings diminishing, finally radiant and in heaven; she …
- FAU-10St Faustina: §748 (All Souls' Day 1936): a sister at the cemetery says "We are in the chapel"; at next day's Mass three white …
- FAU-11St Faustina: §1185–1187 (1937): a sister asks a day of fasting; Faustina is refused permission and obeys; the soul says obedience …