I have the virus that has affected the rest of my family over the past week, and as I was praying that God would take away the misery, I realized that I could use my puny suffering instead of whining about it. So I offer the discomfort of having this virus for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, especially for my beloved father who died of leukemia in 1992.
Pope Benedict XVI referred to this practice in his weekly Angelus address on Sunday, November 4:
"Truthfully, the Church invites us to pray for the dead every day, offering also our sufferings and difficulties that they, once completely purified, might be admitted to enjoy the light and peace of the Lord for all eternity."
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