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…Catholics must pray that they can stand in the place of someone they wish to be saved and bear some of the cost of that person’s sins?
 
…Catholics must pray that they can stand in the place of someone they wish to be saved and bear some of the cost of that person’s sins?
Not only NOT “must,” but I’ve never heard of this before.
 
…Catholics must pray that they can stand in the place of someone they wish to be saved and bear some of the cost of that person’s sins?
No. Period. What the Church does teach is that we can alleviate some of the sufferings of the souls in purgatory by our prayers and acts of penance, etc. But only Christ could bear the cost of our sins since the justice of God demands an eternal restitution that only a divine person could offer. That’s why the Son of God became the son of man.
 
…Catholics must pray that they can stand in the place of someone they wish to be saved and bear some of the cost of that person’s sins?
You have received responses on indulgences, which I think is what this is about, but there is another possiblity:

…12But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away. 14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.… …13And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away. 14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. 15Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace.……14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. 15Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace. 16For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

This passage seems to indicate that a spouse can be sanctified through the marraige.
 
maybe Maxirad is talking about victim souls (i only know of saints) or redemptive suffering.

when we pray the Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, we say, “… I wish to make reparation for all the sins of the world…”

also the morning offering prayer we say, “… I offer them for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sin…”
 
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