Experience teaches us that there are people who die so
suddenly, they have not had the opportunity to confess
their sins, but are not guilty of serious "death dealing" sin
and separation from God.
Gathering the objects,
he 'sent 12,000 Drachmas
to Jerusalem to offer a sin
offering...' (II Maccabees 12, 39-46).
Peter-Paul Rubens: Judas Maccabaeus praying for the Dead