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956 The intercession of the saints. "Being more closely united to Christ, those who dwell in heaven fix the whole Church more firmly in holiness.... [T]hey do not cease to intercede with the Father for us, as they proffer the merits which they acquired on earth through the one mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus.... So by their fraternal concern is our weakness greatly helped." 495
Do not weep, for I shall be more useful to you after my death and I shall help you then more effectively than during my life. 496 I want to spend my heaven in doing good on earth. 497
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495 LG 49; cf. I Tim 2:5.496 St. Dominic, dying, to his brothers.
497 St. Therese of Lisieux, The Final Conversations, tr. John Clarke (Washington: ICS, 1977), 102.
English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.
