12: 12-27). For after they have been received into their heavenly home and are present to the Lord (2 Cor. 5:8), through him and with him and in him they do not cease to intervene with the Father for us, showing forth the merits which they have won on earth through the one Mediator between God and man, Jesus Christ (1 Tim. 2:5), by serving God in all things and filling up in their flesh those things which are lacking of the sufferings of Christ for his Body which is the Church (Col. 1:24).
Nam in patriam recepti et praesentes ad Dominum (cf 2 Cor 5,8), per Ipsum, cum Ipso et in Ipso non desinunt apud Patrem pro nobis intercedere, exhibentes merita quae per unum Mediatorem Dei et hominum, Christum Iesum (cf 1 Tim 2,5), in terris sunt adepti, Domino in omnibus servientes et adimplentes ea quae desunt passionum Christi in carne sua pro Corpore eius quod est Ecclesia (cf Col 1,24).vatican.va vatican.va