What are the duties which the dogma of the Communion of Saints imposes on us?
First, it obliges us to show, by a holy life, that we are worthy of the great family of which we are members. . .
Secondly, the Communion of Saints imposes on us the duty of invoking the saints with confidence . . .
Thirdly . . . the duty of praying often for the souls in Purgatory . . .
Fourthly, it prescribes us tenderly to love each other as members of one same body . . .
The word communion excludes division and coldness.
-- Hamon,
Meditations
