Remember to Pray for Me!
Mary Beth Bonacci, writing in Envoy Magazine, says something I've wanted to say, but haven't:"If anyone stands up here and announces that I’m already in heaven, I want that person removed — forcibly — from the room." And "odds are quite good that, if I did as well as I hope to, I’m currently in purgatory. And I won’t be getting out without some help.
"So pray for me. Keep praying for me. Don’t stop until you’re ready to join me. If you’re Protestant, pray for me anyway. Humor me. Consider it one final favor."
She expresses it a heckuva lot better than I would, as well.