EO ONLY: Intermediate state after death

[RileyG]

What do prayers for the dead for the righteous do? Is that only known to God?

What about the canonized (glorified?) Saints? Are they in heaven or paradise? Or is there a distinction?

Thanks

 

[ArmyMatt]

What do prayers for the dead for the righteous do? Is that only known to God?

what do you mean?

What about the canonized (glorified?) Saints? Are they in heaven or paradise? Or is there a distinction?

paradise. heaven isn’t until the Resurrection.

 

[RileyG]

what do you mean?



paradise. heaven isn’t until the Resurrection.

As in, those who died righteously or had holy deaths, how does the prayers of the dead affect them?

Am I making any sense?

 

[RileyG]

IOW, if an extremely holy person dies (i.e. a living Saint), does the prayers of the departed do them any good if they are already in paradise? or do we know?

 

[ArmyMatt]

As in, those who died righteously or had holy deaths, how does the prayers of the dead affect them?

Am I making any sense?

yes, thanks. ultimately for the saved, God knows how our prayers help or how they affected the righteous when they were alive.

 

[ArmyMatt]

IOW, if an extremely holy person dies (i.e. a living Saint), does the prayers of the departed do them any good if they are already in paradise? or do we know?

we can know if God wills that we know, for whatever His reason. and yes, our prayers do them good.

 

[RileyG]

we can know if God wills that we know, for whatever His reason. and yes, our prayers do them good.

thanks!

 

[ArmyMatt]

thanks!

no probs!