Behold, Love is a ransom, and the tears thereof are prayers.
And if thou have lived purely, thy fervent desire shall be counted grace to the soul of thy dead.
For the burning and continual prayer of the just availeth much.
Yea, thy love shall enfold the soul which thou lovest: it shall be unto him a wedding garment and a vesture of blessing.
The baptism of thy sorrow shall baptize thy dead, and he shall rise because of it.
Thy prayers shall lift him up, and thy tears shall encompass his steps: thy love shall be to him a light shining upon the upward way.
And the angels of God shall say unto him, "O happy Soul, that art so well-beloved; that art made so strong with all these tears and sighs.
"Praise the Father of Spirits therefor: for this great love shall save thee many incarnations.
"Thou art advanced thereby; thou art drawn aloft and carried upward by cords of grace."
For in such wise do souls profit one another and have communion, and receive and give blessing, the departed of the living, and the living of the departed.