Having a Mass said for someone

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At what point in the canonization process is it no longer appropriate to have a Mass said for the repose of someone’s soul?
 
I think it would be up to the moment of beatification; not the ceremony itself, but when the Pope signs the decree of beatification.
 
Having a Mass (or any prayer) said is always appropriate; if the soul is already in Heaven, the prayer ‘goes to’ someone else. I like to think the new arrival in Heaven gets to choose who benefits, but I’m not sure about that.
 
“already” is a temporal word. “heaven” is an eternal word. Beatification and canonisation are signs from the temporal church that someone’s life is an example for us to gain our eternal reward. It is an act of spiritual mercy to pray for the dead. Beatification and canonisation are not intended to be signs that an individual no longer requires our prayers.
 
jimrob said:
“already” is a temporal word. “heaven” is an eternal word. Beatification and canonisation are signs from the temporal church that someone’s life is an example for us to gain our eternal reward. It is an act of spiritual mercy to pray for the dead. Beatification and canonisation are not intended to be signs that an individual no longer requires our prayers.
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Bad choice of words. I meant to say that

“We know the person is in heaven, so we know they don’t need our prayers.”
 
I think what we want to say here is that
canonized saints do not need our prayers for the repose of their souls.

We can pray “for their intentions” so for example, if Bl John Paul II has his own intention to pray for the poor of the world, we can join our own prayers to his. Likewise St Francis of Assisi or St. Peter the Apostle, or our Blessed Mother–we can always join our own prayers to theirs.

What we should not be doing though is praying that a canonized saint will be released from Purgatory and enter into the fullness of heaven. That was the OP’s question (as I took it). At what point in the canonization process do we stop praying that the deceased person will be released from purgatory?
 
TheMc said:
I stand corrected…again… 🙂

It’s been one of those days.
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I think you need to correct the correction.🙂 because what you said before was correct.
You did say that because they’re in heaven, they don’t need our prayers.

Or maybe I read it wrong?
 
FrDavid96 said:
I think you need to correct the correction.🙂 because what you said before was correct.
You did say that because they’re in heaven, they don’t need our prayers.

Or maybe I read it wrong?
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Ok, I think we all get what was trying to be said. Let’s just be done with this… 🙂

 
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