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47 Why is the Holy Mass also relevant to those who have died? Because the Eucharistic Sacrifice is also offered for those who have died in Christ and who have not been fully purified. They wait in Purgatory for the blessed day when they can see God face to face. We pray for them during the Holy Mass asking God to show mercy to them, and that he might purify them with the fire of his charity and bring them into his kingdom of light and life: Paradise. To pray for the faithfully departed is a debt of charity that we do for their benefit as well as being a prayerful expression of our communion with the Saints. It is a praiseworthy and noble gesture on the part of the lay faithful to have a Holy Mass celebrated for their deceased family members, relatives and loved ones. 137