Some thoughts on the Souls in Purgatory

If they come back to CLonard Monastery they will be swinging from the rafters.

 

I have read the booklet "Read Me or Rue it", well worth a read. You can read it at the following link!

http://www.theworkofgod.org/Library/Purgatry/Readme.htm

Lovely Prayer John, thank you!

 

I think though it is often not that they misbehaved at mass but rather that they are allowed to serve out their final purgatory in Church in front of the Blessed Sacrament.


Padre Pio saw one such soul a former novice at the altar in San Giovanni he was there for not keeping the rules. He got attention by knocking over the candle sticks.

I think there are seven circles to purgatory just as there are seven to hell and heaven.Just as indeed there are seven stages in prayer....at the last stage you get to roost in Church.

That's why they are often so full of the poor souls , especially at Christmas. Christmas being their big break.

 

http://www.helpersoftheholysouls.com/index.htm

 

In the Mass we are all there as one. Heaven, Purgatory, and us the Militant Church on Earth. I like to receive my Holy Communion on behalf of all these souls, the dying and those who die that very day and those about to die sudden deaths. One drop of His blood is enough for the whole world.

 

You will have to excuse me today.. I keep having to correct my typos, and even missing out the end of sentences..

 

wow...thanks for that....awesome reminder

 

All I can think of when I contemplate Purgatory is mystery and awe.

St Margaret Mary Alocque had a saint for a confessor his name was St Claude Colombiere. A Jesuit and writer. He wrote a lot about the importance of not wasting time.



Anyway you would only have to read a line or two of this guys writing to guess he was a saint, just chock full of zeal and the zeal of the Lord.

But shortly after St Claude died st Margaret Mary comments that he spent a brief time in purgatory for some little fault , apparently in the seventh circle nearest heaven and that he did not suffer. St MM assisted him with her prayers...

St Claude played a huge role in promulgating the Sacred Heart of course. I always take this as a warning how pure we must be to enter through those golden gates.

 

where can one read more of the 7 circles of heaven, hell, and purgatory? I've never heard of that.

 

Actually,
I remember a visionary speaking about eleven layers of purgatory....? was it Medjugorje?

 

Mirjana’s description of Purgatory:

“There are several levels in Purgatory. The more you pray on earth, the higher your level in Purgatory will be…The lowest level is the closest to hell, where the suffering is the most intense. The highest level is closest to Heaven, and there the suffering is the least. What level you are on depends on the state of purity of your soul. The lower the level the people are on in Purgatory, the less they are able to pray and the more they suffer. The higher the level a person is in Purgatory, the easier it is for him to pray, the more he enjoys praying and the less he suffers…The Blessed Mother has asked us to pray for the souls in Purgatory. They are helpless to pray for themselves. Through prayer, we on earth can do much to help them. The Blessed Mother told me that when souls leave Purgatory and go to Heaven most go on Christmas Day.”4

“Many people were there. They were suffering immensely…They were normal people, all kinds. There was much physical suffering…I could see the people shivering, thrashing, and writhing in pain…I saw this place for a short time…The Blessed Mother was with me (during the vision). She explained to me that She wanted me to see Purgatory. She said so many people on earth today do not even know about Purgatory…I could not hear them. I only saw them. The Blessed Mother said so many people who die are quite abandoned by their loved ones. They cannot help themselves in Purgatory. They are totally dependent on the prayers and sacrifices of the generous people on earth who remember them. Our Blessed Mother hopes Her own children will help the souls in Purgatory by prayer and fasting and various penance for the poor souls to make restitution for them…Those who have died no longer have free will as they had on earth. They no longer have a body. It is no longer possible for them to make up for the things that they did when they had their body that hurt and harmed themselves and others. On July 24, 1982, the Blessed Mother said:‘We go to Heaven in full conscious of the separation of the body and soul. It is false to teach people that we are reborn many times and that we pass to different bodies. One is born only once. The body, drawn from the earth, decomposes after death. It never comes back to life again. Man receives a transfigured body. Whoever has done very much evil during his life can go straight to Heaven if he confesses, is truly sorry for what he has done, and receives Communion at the end of his life.’ Our Lady said that the souls in Purgatory can see their loved ones during those moments when we pray for them by name.”5

 

You have just proved me wrong Donna.

..and I have proved myself wrong. I was basing the levels of heaven on the choirs of angels and there are nine , not seven..shows how much I know.
http://www.catholic.org/saints/angels/angelchoir.php

 

That last line Donna, is interesting..."Our Lady said that the souls in Purgatory can see their loved ones during the moments when we pray for them by name.....

I'm wondering--does that mean that if we pray for a soul, they then can appear to people like Padraig and are able to convince Padraig to pray for them more---or appear to their loved ones--even....
How do you translate that??

 

I just don't pray for them in the shower anymore. I know, TMI

 

You helped me realize what MS7 was saying in Gardens of Prayer. I thought she was saying that we had all shared too much, then I remembered P mentioning the loo (not the best thought of the day lol) and seeing you put TMI above, helped me understand.. I can be slow at times .. tut @ me lol

 

Thanks...I must remind myself....need a waterproof stereo installed perfect, as it is incompatiable.

 

am still laughing.. If they can see you when you pray for them, you better start wearing a swimming costume!

 

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