Commentary Par XV 7-12

Resembling an indirect address to the reader, this passage begins with a rhetorical question ([Par XV 7-9]) and ends in an apothegm.  The courtesy of these saved souls in ceasing their joyful celebrative behavior in order to attend to a still-mortal being is adduced as evidence for the efficacy of prayer and as a rebuke to all on earth who think present pleasures exceed in value such exalted ones as these.