BD.8616
September 14, 1963
INTERCESSION FOR SOULS IN THE BEYOND
Answer on the doctrine that only "Qualified prayers"
are entitled to pray for poor souls.
Time and again I teach the Gospel of Love. When you accept this Gospel,
and when you fulfill the commandment of Love to GOD and your fellowman,
you fulfill your earthly task. You must always ask yourself if what you
think, speak and do is according to MY commandment of Love. But it is
always necessary that this Love comes forth out of the depth of your heart,
because I cannot be satisfied with mere words and gestures.
All deeds of Love must be done unselfishly because to expect reward diminishes
the Love. Selfish deeds are only valued by worldly standards. The inner
feeling is all that counts in the desire to help and bring happiness.
When I ask from you a life of Love I mean only an unselfish giving Love.
This alone will bring you to maturity. But this pure, Divine unselfish
Love unites you with ME, and what you in that Love ask for your neighbor
you will also receive, be it earthly needs lessened, or spiritual treasures
given. Your Love will always accomplish what you ask for your fellowman.
Prayers spoken with the mouth without Love, not flowing out of the depths
of the heart, are as if they were not even spoken. Such prayers do not
reach MY Ear and cannot be fulfilled. Because works of Love are the purpose
of earthly life, I will not cease to preach Love. I will also commission
MY vineyard workers to spread the Gospel of Love, to speak to everyone's
heart urging them to unselfish deeds of Love.
It is obvious that I will never hinder any one to perform works of Love.
He must be alive and above all be urged by Love because any other way
is worthless for the soul of man and not pleasing to ME. I MYSELF value
the will of man, I alone know if his heart is in all he thinks, speaks
or does.
You must always preach Love and only Love. You should never hinder in
their deeds of Love, which also includes prayers for the deceased. Do
you know the degree of maturity of the one who prays? Can they judge that
I hear their prayers? Would you want to hinder anyone in such prayers
if they are concerned?
Otherwise they would not pray about their loved ones whom they want to
help. You will put doubt in the heart of a humble person who is not sure
of his maturity, which would qualify him to pray for those souls. Who
can say that he is so strong in faith that only his prayers are worthy?
Judgment about the value of the prayers should be left to ME alone. I
will know the value of every soul's will to help. I will truly protect
each one who prays, from the power of MY opponent. Empty lips prayers
are of no value. Such prayers are of MY adversary, otherwise their faith
would be alive and their prayers would come from their hearts. Do not
tell them not to pray.
It is wrong to think that whoever prays thus, moves into the power of
MY opponent. When a prayer is spoken only with the mouth I cannot accept
it. Such prayers will certainly not rescue the soul from the enemy. Anyone
with that kind of prayer does not have to fear the enemy because they
will not take away souls from him.
I tell you: I will only correct your thinking, which was headed in the
wrong direction. Such teaching did not come from ME, because it is not
according to the Truth, which I bring to Earth, so that a Light shines
in the darkness, which MY opponent has spread over the Earth.
Wherever a Light of Love shines people draw closer to ME. Such a spark
of Love will urge people to pray for souls in the beyond. These people
are not unbelieving otherwise they would deny a life after death and would
never pray for souls.
AMEN |
