"I am a deacon at Holy Family parish in the Tucson diocese and during our nine o’clock mass last Sunday as Fr. Alonzo was consuming the precious blood a female sounding voice came through the sound system singing “Praise to the Holy One," Burt Nehmer of Tucson. "Our choir is not miked and [the priest’s] mike was off, so no one was wearing an active microphone yet a voice was unmistakably coming through the speakers. When he turned to give me the cup, he was smiling and I asked him what he thought that was and he said an angel. Most of the congregation heard it and thought the choir had made a mistake and started singing but I told those people that they do not have a microphone so then they looked at me like what in the world was the singing so I asked them if they thought it was an angel and they readily agreed."

Angels help us, and so do the deceased. The Church itself teaches that we should implore prayers from those in both Heaven and purgatory.

One might surmise that those who were holy in life may be given special intercessory privileges. 

"We have quite a bit of phenomenon since our pastor died suddenly in 2007," wrote the same deacon. "There have been missing objects found the next day in the spot they were missing from the day before. And at the funeral Mass and since then with different people being baptized or priests celebrating Mass who were friends of his the lights that shine on the tabernacle flicker on and off; during a Mass said for him one month after he died the flickering was in groups of three. We changed the light bulbs and had the wiring checked and everything is fine, then something happens and they will start flickering again."

We both pray for the help of deceased loved ones and also at such moments pray for them.

At Medjugorje, the Blessed Mother said that on occasion God allows souls of the departed to manifest. 

Of course, saints are also close. With angels, they orchestrate events.

"I wanted to tell you how I found out about Sister Faustina," wrote Christine Eadon of Canton, Ohio. "It was 1990 or 1991. I had a dream one night. 

"In the dream, it was night. I was standing, looking at a building which was about three stories high. The building was dark, but for one window on the top floor which had a light on. 

"As I looked at the lighted window, I knew that someone had 'healed someone's mother. And that was the end of the dream.  I woke up, wondering who had cured the person's mother, as I made my way to the bathroom. The entire time I was wondering.  I got back into bed, closed my eyes, and a priest appeared before my inner eyes. 

"This was quite a shock to me! He was an older man, a slim man, wearing a cassock, and he looked at me and said, "That was Sister Faustina,' and he disappeared! 

"I was very astounded by this occurrence, so I wrote the name down, later discovering I had spelled it correctly (miracle of miracles). Anyway, at work the next day, I called the Catholic bookstore. I was very embarrassed, but asked if they had ever heard of a Sister Faustina. 

"The woman said that, yes, she had! And that she had just one of her diaries left. She said that it had some pages loose, and because of that she would give me a big discount.  Did I want the book? 

"Wonderful things happened after that. "When you love, as meager as you think it is, beautiful things happen. Surprises of love!  Because Love loves. My little boys and I prayed it during a horrific storm and the storm stopped, as if by the snapping of fingers; the children were amazed. It was a dazzling example of praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Once at a church, while they were praying the Rosary, I was so excited about her possible canonization, and I thought, 'oh, how I wish I could announce the fifth Glorious Mystery!' 

"A woman turned around to me, immediately, and said, 'Would you like to announce the fifth Glorious Mystery?' 

"These are, perhaps, little things, to others, but a person does not forget the gifts that are given." 

[resources: The God of Miracles]