For her birthday, Cécile received a special gift offered by her husband, Bruno: a stay at Montligeon during the Pilgrimages of Heaven. With their friend Jean-Marie, they both volunteer at Radio Maria France. Cecile says: “For a long time we had been wanting to discover this shrine that we did not know yet.” That first visit for her was a time of grace and an opportunity to entrust her parents and in-laws in prayer.
Registering your deceased with the Fraternité de Montligeon
Cecile explains how she got to know Montligeon : “When my father died, I got him registered for the deceased for whom prayers are said here, and I also included my mum and my mother-in-law.” What matters for her is more to maintain a real link than to keep their memory. She stresses the importance of praying for them and with them, so that love continues to unite both the living and the dead despite the separation.
The bond of love is not severed
Cécile declares convincingly: “They are always with me. The bond of love is not severed.” She tells us that her parents sometimes appear in her dreams, as a familiar, comforting presence. Even if death is challenging, she believes that the link remains, in a changed way. And she adds: “I think of them very often. I will be happy when I can meet them again one day.” Montligeon makes that communion tangible and helps building her hope.
Praying for forgotten souls too
Eventually, Cécile insists on the special dedication of the shrine: “Here , people also pray for those who have no one to remember them, the departed with no family members or those who died anonymously.” She values that particular mission, especially around All Saints’ Day, when the Church bears in its prayer all the souls, known or unknown, who have been entrusted to God’s merdy.
You too can come to Montligeon to pray for them and with them, and pray for your deceased loved ones and all the forgotten souls by taking part in the Pilgrimages of Heaven:
