BD.4305
May 19, 1948

PRAYER FOR NEEDY SOUL

Souls in darkness suffer terribly. Their strength is depleted. It is a state of great hopelessness as long as they lack the knowledge of the power of Love, which can lighten their lot. They wander around, their will is weak, and so they could remain for an extremely long time in this agonizing state unless they receive help through thoughtful prayers.

People on Earth can give this help if they think of those poor souls in Love, which lightens their lot. Only Love gives them strength. A prayer without Love is fruitless, only a form which has no result. It is only the degree of Love, which determines how much strength they will receive. Thus you must keep the condition of those poor souls in mind. Know that they continually ask you for strength as soon as they sense the power of Love. They depend on your help as long as they are in the depth, as long as they are not able, through their knowledge, to increase their strength. So, that is a work of Love for other suffering souls in the beyond.

Any compassionate thought for those souls enlightens them. They feel this and so remain constantly close to you, by directing themselves into your thoughts. They beg you to intercede for them. Do not forget them. Do not turn your thoughts away from them. Give them loving prayer and so help them upwards. Relieve their burden and show them first of all the power of Love, so that Love for other suffering souls will come alive in them. Then they, with deeds of Love for others, can free themselves from their own hardship.

Their surroundings are in keeping with the state of their soul - dark and desolate. And when a prayer for those souls rises up to GOD, then a faint ray of Light shines in, in which the soul receives a gleam of understanding that does them good after the constant darkness.

The degrees of Love in the intercession determine the brightness of the Light that radiates through the darkness. The soul then turns toward that Light, expecting new rays and pleading for them. Fulfill their cry for help, do not let them alone in their need. Give them the help, which you can give them. Bring the gospel to them in thought. Urge them to help bring the blessings of Light rays to others that they themselves have re- ceived from you.
Through your prayers you can relieve an immeasurable amount of suffering. You can participate in the redeeming of those souls, because the strength of your prayers influences their will, which becomes active in the right way. And they use the strength they receive to perform deeds of Love for other souls in need, and then they begin a rise upwards to the Heights for which they will thank you forever.

AMEN