If souls go out their way of the netherworld to ask for prayers from the living, how eager would these souls be once they know of a person who is as eager as to pray for them even without them asking for it?
And how the soul helps you out especially when you, the intercessor, never know its name!
The soul I wanted to pray for was the soul of the father of a friend.
But this friend would not give me the name of her father no matter how I insisted.
It might be because this friend resented over my non-appearance to her father's funeral.
I was broke at the time, nothing to even buy load for my cellular phone to contact and inform her of the matter.
I was even too sick to walk my way to the wake.
And because of this, I never knew the cemetery where the remains of her father were to be buried.
After the burial, I was able to secure some money to contact her and asked for the name -- for prayers!
But she would not reply pertaining to her father's name.
I was thinking, she might change religion that never believes in soul-praying.
Well, enough of speculations!
The soul would find ways to let me know its name.
For, I do believe souls are in dire need of prayers.
Souls even visit the living through dreams to tell of this intercessory need of theirs.
I left everything to the soul and I let myself forget about it.
One day, I came to visit my mother's grave.
And after praying for my mother's soul, I decided to do "slow-walking" towards the interior of the cemetery while saying another rosary -- this time, for other souls.
Along the way, towards the end of the cemetery, I noticed a freshly-laden grave with the name "Severino" of the family name of my friend.
"Was your father's name Severino?" I asked my friend via text message.
Her reply was vague.
It could be understood as "no" or "yes" by our dialect.
But a common neighbor of ours whom I had never seen for years came to our house and I had the chance to ask for the name of the father of our common friend.
And the reply was: "SEVERINO!"
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