Episode Details

In this episode, Monsignor Don Wolf explores All Souls Day through the lens of communion across time and the hope of purgatory as purifying love. A hospital story, Scripture, and the saints help illustrate why praying for the dead is not empty sentiment but solidarity in Christ.

• one Church that includes the living and the dead
• universality of grace from Adam to the apostles and to us
• communion with saints and ordinary faithful across centuries
• why prayer for the dead matters and how it helps
• purgatory as the experience of cleansing love, not a place
• forgiveness in Christ and the truth of our lives held together
• time and presence rethought in light of eternity
• practical invitation to remember and pray for specific souls

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Father Don Wolf is a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Living Catholic also broadcasts on Oklahoma Catholic Radio several times per week, with new episodes airing every Sunday.