Are
all dead people able to visit the living?
When the deceased make an appearance, they often come either
to aid the living or to ask the living for help. They might request, for
example, that prayers and Masses be said for them, or they might ask that
certain papers of a confidential nature be destroyed. Sometimes a deceased
relative of a person in need of the sacraments comes to inform a priest of the
situation and to show him where the one in need is to be found.
How
would the dead obtain the power to visit the living?
St.
Augustine answered simply: “Through God’s secret ordinance.” It happens with
divine permission and through divine power.
And why
would God allow ghosts to visit?
Apparently,
to accomplish spiritual missions for themselves or others. That’s why, if
you ever do encounter some kind of apparition, the best thing to do is to pray
for the soul and have Masses said for his or her repose.
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