Purgatory
Many of us Catholics are incredibly ignorant of the great doctrine of Purgatory. We have the false belief that once we die, we either go to heaven or hell; and that there is no such place as Purgatory.
“a misty place full of fire, a prison of suffering,” according to St. Faustina of the Divine Mercy, where the poor souls wait for their release through prayers, masses and acts of charity offered by the living. The poor souls cannot pray for themselves.
What is Purgatory?
It is a prison of fire in which nearly all souls are plunged after death and in which they suffer the most intense pain.
Here is what the great Doctors of the Church tell us of Purgatory:
So grievous is their suffering that one minute in this awful fire seems like a century.
St. Thomas of Aquinas, the Prince of Theologians, says that the fire of Purgatory is equal in intensity of the fire of Hell, and that the slightest contact with it is more dreadful than all the possible sufferings of this Earth.
St. Augustine, the greatest of the Holy Doctors, teaches that to be purified of their faults prior to being admitted to Heaven, souls after death are subjected to a fire more penetrating, more dreadful than anything we can see, or feel, or conceive in this life.
“Though this fire is destined to cleanse and purify the souls”, adds the Holy Doctor, “still it is more acute than anything we can possibly endure on Earth.”
St. Cyril of Alexandria does not hesitate to say: “that it would be preferable to suffer all the possible formats of Earth until Judgment day, than pass one day in Purgatory.”
Another great Saint says: “Our fire, in comparison with the fire of Purgatory is a refreshing breeze.”
“a misty place full of fire, a prison of suffering,” according to St. Faustina of the Divine Mercy, where the poor souls wait for their release through prayers, masses and acts of charity offered by the living. The poor souls cannot pray for themselves.
What is Purgatory?
It is a prison of fire in which nearly all souls are plunged after death and in which they suffer the most intense pain.
Here is what the great Doctors of the Church tell us of Purgatory:
So grievous is their suffering that one minute in this awful fire seems like a century.
St. Thomas of Aquinas, the Prince of Theologians, says that the fire of Purgatory is equal in intensity of the fire of Hell, and that the slightest contact with it is more dreadful than all the possible sufferings of this Earth.
St. Augustine, the greatest of the Holy Doctors, teaches that to be purified of their faults prior to being admitted to Heaven, souls after death are subjected to a fire more penetrating, more dreadful than anything we can see, or feel, or conceive in this life.
“Though this fire is destined to cleanse and purify the souls”, adds the Holy Doctor, “still it is more acute than anything we can possibly endure on Earth.”
St. Cyril of Alexandria does not hesitate to say: “that it would be preferable to suffer all the possible formats of Earth until Judgment day, than pass one day in Purgatory.”
Another great Saint says: “Our fire, in comparison with the fire of Purgatory is a refreshing breeze.”
Prayer for the Holy Souls
Prayer of St. Gertrude
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the Universal Church, those in my home and within my family, Amen.
(a prayer said to release 1,000 souls every time it is prayed)
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