The Dead See Us and Help Us: What the Mystics Revealed
Can our loved ones who have died see us? Do they know when we pray for them, when we bring a flower to the cemetery, when we light a candle? For All Souls’ Day, November 2nd, we answer the seven questions we all ask ourselves standing in front of a grave. We listen to the Church, which tells us what is certain, and to the mystics who met the souls in Purgatory: Natuzza Evolo, Maria Simma, Saint Faustina Kowalska, Saint Catherine of Genoa and Padre Pio.
Where do our loved ones go after death? Can they hear our prayers? Does Purgatory hurt, and how long does it last? Do they send us signs? Will we see them again? And above all: what can we really do for them? We talk about Holy Mass, the Rosary, forgiveness, charity, and the plenary indulgence for the dead from November 1st to 8th.
At the end we pray together. Write in the comments the name of a loved one who is no longer with us: whoever reads it will pray for them, and you will pray for theirs. 🙏
CHAPTERS
00:00 Can our dead see us?
01:37 Where are they now? The particular judgment
02:24 Saint Catherine of Genoa: the soul that judges itself
05:06 Who was Maria Simma
06:21 Saint Faustina’s vision of Purgatory
07:05 Can they see us? Do they know what we do?
10:04 Do they hear our prayers? Can we talk to them?
12:10 Saint Monica: “Remember me at the altar of the Lord”
12:55 Do they suffer? How long does Purgatory last?
16:32 What we can do for them: the advice of the saints
18:59 The plenary indulgence for the dead (November 1–8)
19:43 Do they send us signs?
20:19 Padre Pio and the soul of Pietro Di Mauro
22:21 Will we see them again? Will we recognize each other?
24:43 Closing prayer for our departed
SOURCES
Catechism of the Catholic Church, nos. 956, 958, 1021–1022, 1030–1032
2 Maccabees 12:46; 1 Peter 4:8
Saint Catherine of Genoa, Treatise on Purgatory
Benedict XVI, General Audience, January 12, 2011 (on Saint Catherine of Genoa)
Saint Faustina Kowalska, Diary, no. 20
Sister Emmanuel Maillard, interview with Maria Simma (1997), The Amazing Secret of the Souls in Purgatory
Nicky Eltz, Get Us Out of Here! (interview with Maria Simma)
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Last Conversations, July 17, 1897
Saint Augustine, Confessions, Book IX, 11
Valerio Marinelli, interview with La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana (November 2, 2020)
Pino Nano, interview with Natuzza Evolo (Calabria.Live)
Bernard Ruffin, Padre Pio: The True Story
Testimony of Cleonice Morcaldi on Padre Pio
Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, grant 29; Apostolic Penitentiary, decree of October 22, 2020
The Church has not made an official pronouncement on Maria Simma or Natuzza Evolo: we present their accounts as testimonies.
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