Sending prayers back in time

[TheRealJuliane]

So, today I was thinking about something. I was watching a documentary about this man who grew up in a juvenile detention facility in like the 1930’s. While there, he and other children were physically abused by the staff. I felt the urge to say a quick Hail Mary for them, but I hesitated since the abuse happened so long ago and he has since died. So here is my topic…

Since God is outside of time and space, He knows and takes into consideration all of the prayers offered to someone even after they have passed on (like praying for someone who might be in Purgatory).

If this is true, then I want to pray for the alleviation of the suffering and an increase in grace for the children who were in that facility so long ago. But I want my prayers to help them while they were still alive. In a sense,I want to send prayers back into time. And if this is allowed, it boggles my mind how my prayers today could have helped provide spiritual strength for a suffering child so long ago. Please bear in mind that I am not talking about praying for the soul of someone who has died, but, rather, praying to alleviate the suffering of a person while they were still alive. (I keep reiterating this because I am going to have ten people tell me to pray for his eternal soul, but that is not what I am talking about).

Anybody else thought about this? That means the prayers of my grandchildren who are hopefully a long way off can help me with my problems today. Crazy huh…

Not crazy at all. I know one day, as I was praying in church and longing to see my mother again in Heaven, I realized that for her, there has been no 46 years since she passed…And when (if) I reach Heaven, the time between her loss and seeing her again will be as nothing at all. Which gave me great cheer and yet more longing…

I was not trained and encouraged to pray for her after she died, since my father was a convert and neglected our spiritual training after Mom had passed. So in the years while I was away from the Church, of course I did no praying for her (in case she was in purgatory). I now pray for her every night, and for my father too (since he was re-baptized as a Baptist after his re-marriage). And for all my ancestors who might still be in purgatory. I will try to remember to pray for my future grandchildren who may pray for me!

Time is not a one-way process to God, although it appears that way to us. In fact it is hard for our minds to even grasp the reality of the true universe without the limitations that our natural brains have.

 

[PrayRosary]

Not crazy at all. I know one day, as I was praying in church and longing to see my mother again in Heaven, I realized that for her, there has been no 46 years since she passed…And when (if) I reach Heaven, the time between her loss and seeing her again will be as nothing at all. Which gave me great cheer and yet more longing…

I was not trained and encouraged to pray for her after she died, since my father was a convert and neglected our spiritual training after Mom had passed. So in the years while I was away from the Church, of course I did no praying for her (in case she was in purgatory). I now pray for her every night, and for my father too (since he was re-baptized as a Baptist after his re-marriage). And for all my ancestors who might still be in purgatory. I will try to remember to pray for my future grandchildren who may pray for me!

Time is not a one-way process to God, although it appears that way to us. In fact it is hard for our minds to even grasp the reality of the true universe without the limitations that our natural brains have.

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing