231. Kto należy do Świętych Obcowania?
Communion is among the Saints:
1. prawowierni chrześcijanie na ziemi, that is, the Church militant;
2. święci w niebie, that is, the triumphant Church;
3. dusze w czyścu, that is, the suffering Church.
232. Dlaczego społeczność Kościoła wojującego, triumphant and suffering, we call the "Communion of Saints."”?
The community of the militant Church, triumphant and suffering, we call “Communion of Saints”, because all its members are sanctified by Baptism and called to holiness, and many of them even became completely holy.
233. Na czem zależy Świętych Obcowanie?
The communion of the saints depends on this:
1. that everyone, who belong to it, they are most closely connected to each other, as members of one body, whose head is the Lord Jesus1);
2. że wszyscy mają udział w dobrach duchownych, namely: in favors and merits, the prayers and good deeds of this community.
234. Na czem zależy obcowanie ze sobą wiernych na ziemi?
The interaction of the faithful on earth depends on this, that each of them participates in the holy mass and prayer, and in other good works of the Church.
235. Na czem zależy obcowanie nasze ze świętymi w niebie?
Our relationship with the saints in heaven depends on this, that we honor and invoke saints, and the saints intercede for us to God).
(All Saints' Day).
236. What does our communion with the souls in Purgatory depend on??
Our relationship with the souls in Purgatory depends on it, that we bring them relief through indulgences, prayer and good deeds, and especially through the sacrifice of the holy mass; and suffering souls, as we trust, they ask God for us.
237. Na czem zależy obcowanie Świętych w niebie z duszami w czyścu?
The communion of the Saints in heaven with the souls in Purgatory depends on this, that the saints come to the aid of the souls in Purgatory, contributing to God for them.
Reminder. Let us pray for one another, that we may all be saved. (How. 5. 16). Let us commend ourselves daily to the cause of the saints and let us willingly save the souls in Purgatory.