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The text explains that Christians pray not only for those who remain, but also for the departed, seeking the remission of sins. 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It links the earthly members with the heavenly members and supports the departed through prayer and petition for remission of sins.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What do the cited Bible passages say about the effectiveness of prayer?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"The document repeatedly affirms prayer’s power through quotations such as Jesus praying for Peter, Paul requesting prayers, and James instructing believers to pray for one another so healing may come. It also cites the confidence that God hears requests made in accordance with His will.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What help do the departed need according to the text?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The departed are said to need prayer and petition for the remission of their sins. The Church prays for its children who died with true repentance, following the teaching that believers belong to the Lord whether they live or die.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},408500,1790883345,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":44,"category_name":45,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":44,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":52,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":144},7971461740886,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_3d24733baf745e90a7e4bdd5f77d97b2","Prayer may be for oneself or for others.Prayer foreach other expresses the mutual love between mem-bers of the Church.Since,according to the Apostle,love never faileth (1 Cor.13:8),the earthly membersof the Church not only pray for each other,but also,according to the law of Christian love,they pray alsofor those who are departed (the heavenly members);and the heavenly members likewise pray for those onearth,as well as for the repose of their brethren whoare in need of the help of prayer.Finally,we ourselves  \nNovember 2004 Vol.CXXIX,No.11  \nAn Unofficial Newsletter for Members Only of  \nSaint Mark's Parish,Denver;Colorado  \nPRAYER-THE SPIRITUALappeal to those in heaven with the entreaty to prayfor us and for our brethren.Upon this bond of theBOND OF THE MEMBRCEIVEheavenly with the earthly is founded also the con-OF THE CHURCHDEC 0320cern of the angels over us and our prayers to them.  \nThe power of prayer for others is constantly af-firmed by the word of God.The Saviour said to theApostle Peter:\"I have prayed for thee,that thy faith failnot\"(Luke 22:32).The holy Apostle Paul often en-treats Christians to pray for him:“I trust that throughyour prayers I shall be given unto you”(Philemon,v.22).  \nBy Father Michael Pomazansky.A.0.1.LIBRAFrom Orthodox Dogmatic Theology  \nPrayer is the manifestation of the Church's lifeand the spiritual bond of its members with God in  \nthe Holy Trinity,and of all witheach other.It is soinseparable fromfaith that it maybe called the at-mosphere of theChurchor thebreathing of theChurch.Prayersare the threadsof the living fab-ric of the Churchbody,and they goin all directions.The bondofprayer penetratesthe whole body ofthe Church,lead-ing each part of itinto the common  \n\"Brethren,pray forus,that the word ofthe Lord might havefree course and beglorified,even asit is with you”(IIThess.3:1).Be-ing far away,theApostle is joinedwith his spiritualbrethren in com-mon prayer.“NowI beseech you,breth-ren,for the LordJesus Christ's sake,and for the love ofthe Spirit,that yestrive together withme in your prayersto God for me”(Rom.15:30).The  \nApostle James instructs:“Pray one for another,that yemay be healed;for the effectual fervent prayer ofa righteousman availeth much”(James 5:16).St John the Theo-logian saw in revelation how in the heavens twenty-four elders,standing at the throne of God,fell downbefore the Lamb,and everyone had harps and vialsfilled with incense,“which are the prayers of saints”(Rev.  \nlife of the body,animating each part and helpingit by nourishing,by cleansing,and by other formsof mutual help(Eph.4:16).It unites each memberof the Church with the Heavenly Father,the mem-bers of the earthly Church with each other,and theearthly members with the heavenly members.It doesnot cease,but yet more increases and is exalted in theHeavenly Kingdom..  \n5:8);that is they raised up the prayers of the saints onearth to the Heavenly Throne.  \n# WHEREINALLHATH BEEN RECORDEDTENG SHALLJUDGEMENT BE AWARDED\n\nPrayers for the Faithful Departed  \n“Pray one for another\"(James 5:16).“Whether we liveordie,we are the Lord's”(Rom.14:8).\"Love neverfaileth”(1 Cor.13:8).“Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name,thatwill I do,that the Father may be glorified in the Son”(John  \n14:13).  \nIn God all are alive.Church life is penetrated by aliving awareness and feeling that our dead ones con-tinue to live after death,only in a different form thanon earth,and that they are not deprived of spiritualnearness to those who remain on earth.Therefore,thebond of prayer with them on the part of the pilgrimChurch(on earth)does not cease.\"Neither death norlife...shall be able to separate us from the love ofGod,which isin Christ Jesus our Lord”(Rom.8:38).The departed needonly one kind of help from their brethren:prayer andpetition for the remission of their sins.  \n“And this is the confidence that we have in Him(the Sonof God),that,if we ask anything according to His will,Heheareth us.And we ifwe know that He hear us,whatsoever  \nwe ask,we 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